I know a lot of you are probably thinking; She already posted this. Yes I did but a really thoughtful reader pointed out some discrepancies and although somethings I know y'all could over look, this however you couldn't. It bugged me so therefore, I added and tweaked and hopefully it's better then the first go around. Big thanks to the readers and reviewers. You all really make me happy, so thank you. Big Thanks to Nails 233 and rmcrms5 you are awesome! Words seriously cannot describe it!

I don't own Twilight. I'm just borrowing the characters for my own story. :)

Previously~

"Listen, she's scared shitless right now. I have half the mind to beat the shit out of you for all this. Just, let me do the talking. I'll coax her out to where you can get her. Okay?" By this point, the men had actually stopped in front of her.

Thankfully, the darkness of the alley sheltered her from their eyes. However, the lights did not keep them hidden. She looked up and had to clamp her hand over her mouth as she realized the deal maker was Edward himself.

She could not believe it. Jacob was involved. To what degree did all this go? she wondered. She had to bite her lip to keep from crying. She felt like her whole world truly was non-existent. "STOP!" her mind screamed at her, "now, is not the time to start feeling sorry for yourself."

Bella waited silently - afraid to even breathe - until she could hear their heavy footsteps reaching the truck. She carefully slid up the brick wall at her back and stealthily crept down the alley away from her stalkers. She glanced back over her shoulder and breathed out a heavy sigh of relief. They had failed to see her.

She rounded the corner when she heard shouting. "Fuck! Where the fuck is she Black? I swear to God I will kill you if we can't find her!" Edward barked menacingly, "Split the fuck up, she couldn't have gone far."

"Shit!" Bella swore under her breath as she quickly darted into a door on the other side of her building. The first place they would look would be her old apartment, which was now Jacob's apartment, so she went to the basement. Even when she lived here, she hated the basement, but right now, she had to cast her fears aside so she could attempt to escape the madman that is Edward.

"I don't get it man. She was just there. I mean it's like now she just fucking vanished," Emmett stated.

"I don't know Emmett; I think she's around here somewhere. She's just hiding and too fucking scared to come out. Can't say I blame her really. I mean Edward does have a temper in him," Jasper commented back.

"Nonetheless, he loves her and I have a feeling she loves him too." Emmett looked at Jasper as they continued looking around the alley for any signs of Bella.

"You really think she loves him? I mean, she barely knows him. Hell it took Rosie…," suddenly they heard a can being kicked away; there was no mistaking the clanking sound of metal rolling across the concrete.

Emmett looked up with a sparkle in his eye. Jasper met that with a smirk and motioned for Emmett to get on one side and he on the other, they continued on towards the sound. They found a wooden crate that looked like a perfect hiding spot. Jasper pointed for Emmett and counted to three silently with his fingers. Emmett quickly lifted the create up and - nothing.

"Damn," Jasper sneered, "I thought for sure she would be here," Jasper just shook his head disappointingly.

"Hey Jasper, you know - she was always klutzy - you don't think she ran and is hurt somewhere do you?"

Jasper looked at Emmett perplexed, "I don't know Emmett, we just need to keep looking. I'll call some more people in. One way or another, she'll be found and back with Edward, where she belongs."

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Bella felt like she had waited forever and she was starting to feel incredibly cramped in the large cabinet space she had concealed herself in. She hadn't heard anything in a while so she decided to open the door and peek out. She did it ever so quietly and looked around. As she was about to step out, she heard voices and scrambled back into her makeshift hiding spot. She cracked the door just enough so she could look out. First, she saw Edward going through bins and chucking them across the room. There was no denying the look of desperation mixed with frustration etched on his face.

"Dammit Jacob, you better help me find her," Edward roared enraged.

"Look Edward, she's gotta be here. Or at least nearby, there is nowhere for her to go. She knows the girls are gone, that her parents think she's dead. I mean, you even had me fooled. Where the hell is she gonna go."

In two seconds flat, Edward had Jacob thrashing up against the basement wall. Bella had to bite on her fingernail to keep from gasping aloud.

"Listen, you sorry son of a bitch. I love her and I hate that I had to do this to her. HOWEVER, it was the only way. So shut the fuck up and help me look for her!" Edward gave him one last hard shove and stalked off.

Jacob was making his way towards her hiding spot when Edward's voice rang out and halted his movements, "Jacob, I'm telling you this once, if we don't find her - it's your ass on the line." Edward stormed out of the room tossing more crates as he went.

Jacob shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Bella tried to make herself fit tighter in the cabinet only to accidentally kick the door of the cabinet. Jacob shot his head up and made his way towards her. "Shit, shit, shit…," Bella thought.

Jacob opened the door and mouthed for her to be quiet. "Bella, I thought I told you to stay in the truck," he whispered.

She quickly crawled out of her hiding spot and stood up. He went to put his arms around her and she tried to shrug out of them.

"What the fuck for?" Bella argued, allowing the feeling of betrayal to wash over her, "If you were just going to hand me over to the fucking enemy! Tell me Jacob, did you work for him before too? Is that how THEY were able to get inside MY house to fucking TAKE ME?" Bella shouted and shoved Jacob away from her.

He stumbled back before he regained his footing. He tried to take a step towards her, but Bella's fist lashed out and connected with his nose. "Ah - shit Bella, I think you broke my nose!" Jacob whined like a toddler.

"Good, you fucking deserve it! I cannot believe you! He's the guy Jacob! AND what's worse is that you knew it, you let my parents think I died, when in reality I didn't and you were a part of it the whole time!" Bella threw her hands up in the air. "I can't believe you Jake. Is that really all it takes is money and your morals go out the window? Did you ever think what the repercussions meant for me? How it was going to take a toll on me? In case you didn't notice Jake, he's not all roses and hugs. He's abusive, he's...and...I...and…," Bella stuttered out. The words would not come out as she thought about her stolen virginity.

She had found a couple of towels and handed them to Jake to help with the bleeding. However, smugly she was pleased at her handy work.

"AND?" Jacob continued, "You like him?" Bella looked up at him appalled.

"If you didn't already have a fucking broken nose Jacob Black, I would punch it again! But, seeing how you do, maybe I should settle with something else to mutilate."

Bella was about to go in for his manhood when he shouted out, "Wait, no! Okay - okay - I'm sorry. You don't like him," Bella scooted back away from Jacob and sat on one of the dryers.

"Listen, Bells, we don't have time for this. I'm sorry for what I did. But, I know for a fact that he's bringing in more men to look for you as we speak. I need to get you out of here. I know you don't trust me, that's fine, but let me get you out of here and then you can beat me over the head."

Jacob held his hand out for her to take. She sat there for a few minutes trying to decide if she trusted him. In her head, she knew it was not a matter of trusting him. She just knew she needed to get out of the situation. "He'll kill you, Jake. If he knows you helped me your signing your own death warrant."

"Bella, he won't know and if in the off chance he does, my number was up with him a long time ago," Jake said looking away. He knew his number was up with Edward way before the shit he pulled a month ago. "I'm going to hell anyways," He muttered to himself. He quickly maneuvered him and Bella up to a place he figured she would be safe until he could try to redeem himself.

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As the hours ticked by there was still no sign of Bella, Edward's frustration had reached its peak. He could not comprehend why Bella would run. Yeah he was tough on her. Rough with her on more than one occasion. However, something happened after she went completely cationic and he couldn't put his finger on it.

He finally had gathered everyone involved into Jacob's apartment for a meeting. He was willing to put up a very hefty reward for the return of Isabella to the safety of his arms.
Edward decided to double the amount if she was returned in less than 24 hours. Of course, he had brought in every bit of man power he had, and although he was glad that there were more people out looking for her, he couldn't help, but hope that some of them didn't find her because he knew how shady they were.

Edward looked around the room at some of his finest men, Jasper and Emmett included. Jacob had come in only a few minutes ago sporting a newly broken nose. He looked at him suspiciously. Emmett on the other hand busted out laughing.

"Dude, what the hell did you do?" Emmett asked.

Jasper looked back and forth between Jacob and Edward curiously. Edward just crossed his arms across his chest and waited. Jacob tried to divert the attention he was receiving about his nose by asking Edward if he wanted a drink. When Edward nodded his head, Jacob handed him a glass filled with Jack. He asked Jasper and Emmett and they nodded as well so he passed one to Jasper and Emmett also. Together they each sipped from their glasses.

Once the jack was gone, Edward asked, "So Jacob, tell me what happened to you that fucked up your nose in the last 45 minutes." Everyone's attention turned on Jacob.

"Nothing dude. I was in the basement and a loose pipe busted me in my nose." Jacob poured another glass while Edward nodded towards Jasper to come towards him.

"Go to the basement and see if you see any loose pipes. He's lying, I can feel it." Edward whispered quietly. Jasper nodded and left the room. Jacob came over and poured Edward another shot before he quickly moved on towards Emmett. He motioned the bottle towards the rest of the crowd and they shook their heads.

Edward looked around the room and took a moment to appraise his best men. James, Laurent, Felix and Demetri were seated on the bar stools. He trusted Felix and Demetri; they both were police officers on his payroll. He trusted them to help with legal matters when and if it ever came to that. They were good men with families and he knew that if they were the ones that happened to find Bella. She would be safe.

Aro, Caius and Marcus were retired FBI agents, who ran a legitimate tracking business. They generally branched out to the Local Police Department, Sheriff's office and of course the FBI. However, they did a lot of business with Edward. Most of it legit, some of it not so much. However, Edward knew he could trust them as well. Just like Felix and Demetri, Aro, Caius and Marcus all had families and knew how important Bella meant to Edward.

James and Laurent were another story. James was a self-centered prick and a shady scumbag who would do anything for money. Laurent was the same way, a mere follower to James. It was as if they only had one brain between the two of them. The shady dealings they did involved anything that made a profit. They ranged from drugs to human trafficking and it was well known that they would dip into the sources so to speak.

Emmett and Jasper had numerously asked Edward to get rid of them and the only reason Edward kept them around was that they had proven that they could keep their mouth shut as well as do their job. Still that didn't mean that Edward trusted them. In fact, he didn't want them there. There was no telling what they would do to Bella if they were the ones who happened to get their hands on her. He shuddered inwardly. No, they needed to do something else. As much as he wanted all hands on deck for this job, Bella was too precious to him to have scum try to find her.

He looked at Jacob next and noticed Jacob seemed to be avoiding him at all cost. Edward questioned Jacob's behavior in his head. He could not understand why he was acting like this. It was almost as if he did not want Edward to find Bella.

Jacob was Edward's childhood friend when he went to go visit his Aunt in La Push over the summer. His aunt, Elizabeth Masen lived near La Push beach and one day Edward ran into Jacob playing. They hit it off and continued to be friends to this day. Edward began to reminisce about the time he met Bella. It was the summer after Edward turned ten. He was walking with his aunt, looked up and saw Jacob. His aunt motioned for him to go to Jacob and said she was going to go talk with the ladies. As Edward came towards Jacob, he noticed he was holding the hand of a beautiful six year old girl while Jacob's mom, his aunt and another lady he assumed was the tiny girl's mother were further up on the beach talking. Jacob was trying unsuccessfully to get the little girl to put her feet in the water. Edward watched the little girl curiously and could not understand the pull he had to her. It angered him that Jacob was holding her hand and trying to get her to do something; she clearly did not want to do. He called Jacob's name and began to walk towards them. The little girl quickly hid behind a curtain of her hair and tugged on Jacob's hand to let go. Instead, he clutched onto it. Edward swallowed thickly to try to hide his anger.

"So who's that?" Edward asked Jacob. Jacob tried to bring the girl closer and she pulled back. Jacob let out a frustrated sigh. Edward bent down to the girl's level.

"Hi. My name is Edward. What's yours?" Edward waited patiently for the little girl to answer.

When she didn't and tried tugging on Jacob's hand again to let go. Jacob snapped. "Bella I'm holding your hand whether you like it or not." Jacob looked back up at Edward, "Her name is Isabella, Edward."

Bella brought Jacob's hand up and bit down on it causing Jacob to yelp. He immediately let go and before he could reprimand her, the little girl ran off. Edward tried not to laugh, but he couldn't help himself. Jacob shoved him to the side and stormed off the other direction. Edward decided to go find the little tigress and headed in the direction that Bella had run off to. He finally came to a section of the beach that had a few rocks along the shoreline. One huge rock looked like a chair. Inside of it was a mini Bella curled up twiddling with her hands. Edward looked up and above her the rock jutted out as if offering a cover for the spot below that Bella currently sat in.

"Mind if I sit with you?" Edward asked. Bella looked up from her hands startled. Edward quickly put his hands up and spoke. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you."

Bella studied him for a minute. "Jake isn't with you, is he?" She asked him in a small voice.

Edward looked at Bella confused. "No, he's not with me, why?"

Bella shrugged, "It's just...never-mind, you'll tell him." Bella looked down and her hair fell in between her and Edward. He gently brushed it up and around her ear bringing his hand down to cup her cheek.

"I won't tell." Edward stared into her eyes and at that moment, he knew Bella was the one.

After that moment, Edward knew that Bella understood that she was safe with him. They fell into an easy conversation and become friends. There had been many more encounters with Bella that summer as well as a few other times. But then suddenly she stopped coming around. Jacob finally told Edward that her parents had separated and decided to move to try to keep their marriage and family together.

Edward always kept tabs on Bella in one way or another. For a while, it was through Jacob. Once he became an adult and successful businessman, he had her followed. Not to stalk her, but to keep her protected at all times. He knew of Jacob's sick lust for her.

Always claiming to love her like a sister yet so possessive of her that it finally got to the point that Bella told Jacob to leave her alone. Edward was incredibly proud of her for that. Yet, it surprised him to learn that Bella had in fact called Jacob for help. However, he had a sinking suspicion that it was only as an effort of last resort.

The more he thought about Bella the angrier he got. How dare she run away? She was his...always will be and she just thinks she can leave?

Jasper came back into the room and came up to Edward. "No pipes are broken Edward. There is a little bit of blood on the floor of the laundry room though, as well as some towels that were piled up into a basket. Do you think he's hiding Bella? That she actually was the one that broke his nose?" Edward pondered this. He pinched the bridge of his nose and squeezed his eyes shut. He was about to answer when James' voice rang out.

"Say Bossman, how do you want us to catch that fine piece of ass you lost?" James and Laurent snickered amused.

Emmett and Jasper glanced at Edward and saw his face turn into a cold stone mask. Laurent spoke up and said, "You know, I'm all in for helping find her, wouldn't mind getting a piece of her either," Laurent laughed, but didn't pay attention to Edward's reaction.

Edward grabbed the shot glass that he had previously drunk from and launched it across the room towards the two. It hit and shattered against the side of Laurent's head and he crumbled to the ground. James was too shocked to see another glass flying towards him. It shattered on his head as well and he fell to the floor with a thud next to his buddy. They both tried to get up as Edward descended upon them in an instant.

He would punch one and then turned towards the other and punch him. All the while screaming, "How dare you talk about MY Isabella like that! I should kill you where you lay you dog!"

Edward was finally pulled off of both men by Emmett. Jacob and Jasper picked them up and looked towards Edward awaiting his orders.

"I'm calm Emmett, let me go." Edward, righted his suit, walked over and lifted each man's head by their hair to look in their eyes. Both James and Laurent were barely conscious, but they heard the ice tone chill in Edward's next words, "I'd love nothing more than to eliminate them right now, but I have more pressing matters to deal with. Escort them out. I'll deal with them later."

Jasper and Jacob struggled, carrying them out of sight. Emmett followed just in case. It didn't take long before Emmett, Jacob and Jasper had returned. They all three nodded their heads signaling that James and Laurent had left.

Edward cracked his neck and pinched the bridge of his nose. By now, more people had come in. Edward looked around at the men that had gathered once again in Jacob's living room. He decided he would have to deal with Jacob later. Right now there were more urgent maters.

"I will pay a hundred thousand dollars to have Isabella back in my arms in 24 hours. If it is sooner the amount doubles. However, there are stipulations to this. You are not in any means touch Isabella inappropriately. There is not to be one mark on her head otherwise you will pay with your life. Do I make myself clear?" Edward said icily.

A chorus of, "Yes Sir," went around the room. Edward continued,

"We need to cover all of our bases. There maybe a chance she will try to find a way to get in contact with her family or her friends. She's obviously already tried this with Jacob and who knows she may again. Felix, Demetri I want you to use your sources at the PD. Aro, Marcus and Caius, I want you to use your informants both on the grid and off and other such means to see if you can track her down. One way or another we are going to find her."

Edward walked away signaling that the meeting was over. He went outside to the balcony while everyone dispersed. "Where are you Bella?" Edward shook his head and placed his head in his hands. "Please Bella," Edward whispered, "Come back to me."