Bad to the Bones
Chapter 10
"Bella, there is no other way." I didn't want to see Charlie. How could he do this to me? Edward didn't say a word. For a few seconds he let us at ease. Then he grabbed my hand and dragged me to my car.
"Why is Alec not here?" I totally forget to get up with something.
"He said he had to handle a few things in Seattle." Edward didn't seem to believe me but he didn't say anything about it. We stood still in front of my car. For the last time I looked over my shoulder to Charlie. He was looking at me with a face of impotence. I looked at my shoes, I had no idea what kind of feeling was flowing through my veins, but I didn't feel happy at all. After a few seconds I got into the car and Edward drove away.
"Where are we going? You took the wrong turn. We are supposed to go to school." He didn't look at me nor did he answer me.
Edward stopped the car in front of an apartment.
"Why and where are?" I asked Edward.
"We are at Alec's house. Because he needs to learn a few lessons. I am more important than some girl he thinks he likes." He looked very angry. It was probably the best thing to just say anything. Edward walked up to the door and he knocked, but to be precise it seemed more like he was breaking the door in. The door was opened by two very happy persons, Alec and the girl.
"Shit." Alec said when he saw it was Edward. Edward took Alec's collar and wanted to hit him.
"Wait, wait." Alec held his hands high up in the air.
"I know you are mad at me and you have every right but yesterday I found a few things out about James." Edward lowered his arm. Slowly he led go of his collar and walked insight.
"Come in Bella." Alec tried to say but Edward cut him off.
"She will wait in the car." I wanted to say something but Edward was looking very angry.
"Is the door open?" I asked him and he nodded in response. Alec stopped me by tacking my arm.
"Bella has to know too."
"No!" Edward yelled angrily, Alec let go of me and a sigh came out of his mouth. I didn't do anything, what seemed to make him even angrier.
"Isabella to the car right now." He yelled angrily, everyone in the neighbourhood was able to hear it.
"No." I said calm, my voice sounded low. Edward walked over to me from where he was standing and he took my chin in his hand.
"Bella, Charlie made sure that I can't do anything to you. But I can ruin all the lives around you. Just like I did to your dad. He doesn't have a job and without it he has no money to pay for the house. So next month he will be living on the streets." A massif anger build up in me. I started to hit him on every place that I could reach. All the emotions that I build up today came out at once. And then the tears started to run all over my face. My feet weren't able to keep me standing, and with that I fell to the ground. Edward let go of a sigh. He always seemed to have it hard when I started to cry. He kneeled to the ground and pulled me into his arms. One of his arms was under my legs and the other was comforting my back. Slowly he walked to his car. There were still tears running alone my cheeks, but the feeling of him around me comforted me a little. He putted me down in the passenger's seat and he let me look up at him.
"I am doing this for your safety. It is the best if you don't know much." He kissed my hair and closed the door.
"I will be back in ten minutes." He said before he closed the door and walked away from me. Just before he walked into the house he locked the doors of the car. I wouldn't be able to get out. After a minute I felt a lot better.
And then out of nowhere my phone rang. Alec was standing on the screen. I answered it and I heard that Edward and Alec were talking to each other.
"It seems like he is working for James. I know that you always want to have your anomies close but I don't think it is a good idea because form now on Bella will always be around you." Edward didn't response.
"Edward if you do not protect her, he will make her suffer in the most horrible ways." And then the conversation was clicked off. Someone close to Edward? Was there even someone close to Edward? The only one I could think of was Alec.
The door of the house was opened and Edward walked to his car. I dried my eyes and made sure that I wiped away all the tears. Edward unlocked the car and jumped in. He looked at me, his eyes were soft again. His hand went to my chin and he made me look up at him with his dump he wiped away the last tear.
"I don't like to see you cry, so don't." He pleased another kiss on my head and drove away.
"Is it really true that Charlie will be sleeping on the streets next month?" I asked softly. Edward sighed.
"Not yet, he found a job but it doesn't pay very well. He is going to move to a small apartment, if someone is going to buy the house." I felt relieved.
"Well let's get over with it. If you listen to me I will buy the house and Charlie would be able to move. But if you don't I will make sure that he wouldn't be able to find a job anywhere in the state of Washington." I swallowed.
"I will listen to you." I was so soft that I didn't know if he heard me.
We arrived at his house and on his couch there were laying bags. I looked up at Edward.
"Alec brought them here, there are your stuff." At the same time that he grabbed my bags I nodded. With all the bags in his hands he walked up the stairs.
"I will show you your room." He opened a door and walked in with me following him. The room was big and beautifully decorated.
"Wow." I said and heard Edward laugh.
"I am going to order pizza, you want some?" I nodded and he left the room, leaving me behind. It felt just like the first time I arrived in Forks. There were only a few differences like this time I was in Edward's house and not in Charlie's and the room was actually looking nice. Another relieve there weren't hanging any drawings of a child that she made when she was three. But this time it also felt awkward. Edward didn't really seem to like having me here and I also didn't want to be here. I was putting my clothes in the closet when the door was opened. Edward was looking a little shy what made me surprised.
"Dinner is ready. Would you like to join me?" Now it was me who looked shy. For almost ninety-nine percent I knew for sure that my cheeks were as red as fire. We both seemed to have trouble with what we should and we could say. I nodded and together we walked down the stairs. On the table there were lying to pleats with pizza.
"Aren't your parent's home?" For a second he froze and he stopped eating.
"This is my own house."
"What?" I asked in surprise.
"How did you menus to pay that?" Edward looked up at me, his eyes held surprise but also anger.
"Sorry it is rude to ask someone about their money." On his face a grin appeared.
"Let's just say that I speared up a little money." I nodded. After dinner we didn't do much. Edward was watching a football game and I was reading Romeo and Juliette, again.
"You should go to bed." I said to him. He looked up at me.
"It's Friday." It was an easy response on my suggestion. "Tomorrow we can sleep as long as we want."
"But you should go to bed yesterday must have been a rough day." He sighed and laughed a little.
"You behave just like Esmee, my mom." I grinned.
"But you will go to bed too."
"Yes sir." I held my hand up on my face just like they do in the army. Now it was he who grinned. Together we went upstairs. That night I didn't sleep very well, I couldn't let led the conversation between Alec and Edward go.
"It seems like he is working for James. I know that you always want to have your anomies close but I don't think it is a good idea because form now on will always be around you." Edward didn't response.
"Edward if you do not protect he, he will make her suffer in the horrible way."
Who was that person?
"You want some breakfast?" I asked him as he came walking in the kitchen. The eggs and the toast were almost ready.
"Sure." I took the toast and the eggs and putted them on a plate. With a big smile he ate his breakfast.
"You are a good cook." I grinned and nodded. For a few minutes we didn't say a word. We were just enjoying our breakfast.
"How did you sleep?" His voice sounded curious. The question came out of nowhere.
"Not so good. I couldn't get something out of my mind." He looked surprised.
"What was it?" I looked down to my feet, I was a bit embarrassed.
"Please don't get angry with me." He sighed.
"I promise I will not if you tell me the truth."
"Yesterday when you were insight Alec house he called me. He didn't say anything to me. But I heard you both talk about keeping anomies close and then he hung up." When I looked up at Edward he tried to get his anger under control.
"I am so sorry." I repeated myself over and over again. For a few minutes he was quiet.
"It's not your fault." He could menus to say.
"What happened?"
"The girl had his phone, she must have called you. From the first time I saw her I already didn't trust her." He let his hand go through his hair several times over and over again.
"Do you think she is related to James?" He didn't answer my question.
"What is her name?" I asked instead.
"Victoria."