I want to apologize for taking so long. Life here got ubber busy with my business, my family and other life stuff. Thank you to bethaboo for being my beta. She rocks my socks. I hope you enjoy this chapter and be forewarned things are going to start heating up from here on out.

RPOV

Five days had passed and Bella was still in her coma. The doctor kept telling us that her vitals and her brain were fine but the reason for her still being under he had no fucking clue. Alice played all her favorite music and Lauren read from her favorite books. We three talked to her like we always had and Alice threatened to blow our all of our trust funds but Bella didn't move.

She was in a deep abysmal hole that we couldn't get her out of. We always relied on each other but this time Bella had to be the one to get herself out of the shithole she was in. Alice and I knew that it was time to tell Lauren what we had been planning. If she was on our side maybe when Bella woke up she would see why we had to do what we needed to do. Lauren had gone out to get us all lunch as the hospital food sucked shit and even I wouldn't feed it to a dog. When she came back she told Bella the deli had her favorite and it was waiting for her to eat whenever she was ready.

We all sat down at the small table and ate quietly. Alice kept watching the monitors and I watched her watching them. We all knew she was in there we just didn't know how to get her out of there to come back to us. We'd already lost Charlie and I didn't know if anyone of us would survive losing our sister next.

"Lauren, Alice and I have some things we need to talk to you about. I'm sure you noticed money flying out our accounts and Alice buying the building but we have a reason." I sat there trying to chew the bite was in my mouth but it wouldn't go down. I grabbed a napkin and spit it out while she sat there looking at the both of us.

"I knew something was going on! I just waited to see who would tell me first. This has to do with what Charlie did isn't it? You know I will back the two of you up. I think for us to find out what happened and carry on his work is brilliant. I would love to hear what you two have been up to.""

Alice dropped her sandwich on the floor and I choked on my soda when we heard that Lauren was with us. It didn't matter to her what was going on but she wanted to be let in on our little secret.

"I bought the building because of what was underneath it. There is so much room that we can have all the equipment we need, training rooms, shooting range and have the boutique as a cover. From what Rose and I can figure out our father was like the CIA but on his own. He wasn't like the other operatives out there like him. Our father had a conscience and only did things for good. Rose is still trying to track some people down but she is coming across dead ends. "

Lauren looked at me and I nodded back to her. I moved my chair closer to my sisters so we could keep this as private as we could.

"Lauren, we never meant to keep you out of all of this but we didn't know how you would react. You always seem to side with Bella on things and we knew how she felt about this. We didn't want to make things worse than they were already, but look what we did! Bella got pissed off and as far as we know she may never come back to us." The look on Alice's face and Lauren's was the look of death.

"Our sister will come back to us! Bella is in there I just know it! She is holding back and protecting herself just like she always does!" Both Alice and Lauren were on their feet looking down on me. I knew I had screwed the pooch the moment the words came out of my mouth.

"I am sorry I didn't mean for it to come out that way. I know she is in there but I am so scared. Neither of us knows what is going to happen when she comes out of this. "I had tears in my eyes and so did my sisters.

"I am board but where do we go from here? Do we know what we need and where to find it? Wait a minute you mentioned guns and classes, does that mean we are really going to continue Charlie's work?" Lauren wiped her eyes and put her chin in her hand.

"I don't see why not. I think we may get some answers if we go into his world. I actually like the thought of putting my law degree to work for good instead of getting pieces of shit off. I found someone that might be willing to help. It seems Charlie and this man were in contact up till the day he was murdered." I gathered up what was left of our lunch and put it in the garbage can.

"I take it we're all in—now to get Bella better and join us. " Alice sat up and looked over to the monitors again. Her eyes got wide and she stood up.

We both watched her walk over and stare at Bella. The next thing we knew Alice was hollering that Bella was back and for us to get our asses over to her bed. Alice was bouncing on her heels and kept murmuring to Bella to keep it up. We raced over to her and waited to see what she saw. Bella's fingers were slightly moving. Her body was waking up and trying to find us. Lauren flew out the door to find the doctor. This was the sign we had been waiting for but now the real work would begin.

APOV

I knew Bella was in there all along but she was hiding from what she knew deep down in her heart. A few days later Bella fully regained consciousness but was fuzzy. She didn't remember what happened or who did it to her. She was in a lot of pain and very frustrated at remembering daily things like phone numbers, street names and days of the week. Weeks went by as they were full of rehabilitation for her and for all of us. Her doctor wanted her to stay in the hospital until she was more mobile and our place was still a work in progress.

Bella was doing great in her rehabilitation sessions. She was a fighter and constantly pushed herself to the next level even though her therapist told her to take one step at a time. Her speech was the first thing to come back but she got frustrated easily when she got stuck. She was constantly calling Rose flower because she never got the right one. Lauren and I were called "hey you" but we were okay with it all. We were happy she was awake and making progress no matter how small the steps were. Bella was frustrated easily but the three of us always calmed her down. We were just as frustrated as she knew she wanted everything to happen now. Her body needed the time to heal and her brain needed time to catch up and regain what it lost. The doctor assured us that in time she would be back to Bella with no major repercussions from this other than some scars. Bella would have to maintain therapy but we could do it with her. He told us once she returned home things like peeling potatoes and writing would be therapy for her. He also said that yoga and aerobics wouldn't hurt her either. Lauren brought up martial arts and he thought it would be perfect once things got back to normal.

The weeks went into months and we all had been busy getting things ready to bring Bella home. The boutique was going to have a grand opening in a few weeks and the rest of it was ready to show Bella. Rose had found some great people that were friends of Charlie's and they were glad to help. We found out later many of them were the ones that sent flowers. We kept our solemn promise that we knew nothing and they did too when it came to this underground life were going to belong to. Through them we found the best builders, martial art teachers, the best suppliers for equipment and they even promised they'd send us cases. We still didn't know what we were doing but we told ourselves that Charlie did it for us so we could do it for him.

The three of us finally had everything settled and finished ready to start this new life together. I postponed the opening of the boutique so Bella could be there with us. We brought her home in the afternoon of a beautiful summer day. These past months had made us grow up and realize just how strong we four were. Lauren was more outspoken and gave her opinion to us all the time now. Alice was a force to be reckoned with when it came to anyone of us and as for myself I softened up a little bit compared to the cold heart bitch I was. We were not sure how Bella was going to be but we were sure that whatever she decided we were with her. We hoped that she would understand why we were doing this.

We all decided that we would get the best therapists money could buy us. We set up a room downstairs for everything and I made sure Bella had the best equipment to help her. Bella was still immobile and was still frustrated easily with her speech and motor skills. Her doctor assured us that the help we hired was the best and in time Bella would be back to her normal self. Time was on our side and we knew that Bella would be back to us just like she was always.

Bella was shocked at everything we had done for her. She seemed so unhappy at the hospital but seemed even unhappier where we were. One morning she was being a real bitch in a box and started yelling and throwing things. Her therapist tried to get it out of her but she decked him. We were shocked but he told us it was normal. It meant her brain was working and that it was healthy for her to let it out. We figured it out that she was upset we'd sold our father's building. We never told her it was sitting empty and that we were waiting for her to make a decision on it. Bella felt like a total ass when we sat down and explained things to her.

"Bella, we would never do anything without your knowledge about it. You needed more room for your therapy so we moved into this building. We wanted to make sure you had the best of everything for your recovery and we couldn't do that at dad's building. We all love you and we want you to be the best you can be. Even our dad would have wanted that for you." I put my hand on her thigh and Rose pulled her into a hug. Lauren had her hands on her shoulders as we were all there for her no matter what shit fits she threw.

We all looked at each other because we knew there was more to it but after this tantrum we decided to wait to tell her about moving into Charlie's world. We were not sure how Bella would take what we all did but we knew deep down inside she would come to realize it we had no choice and neither did she after being almost killed. Lauren helped Bella to her room after her last session of speech therapy and the rest of us settled in for a movie. Lauren came back with tears in her eyes and we knew she had a rough time with Bella that night.

"We are going to have to show her what we all did because she is not dumb. She knows something is up and she knows we are hiding something from her. I don't know how we will plan to do it but it needs to be soon."

Both Rose and I nodded to her as she grabbed the popcorn bowl out of our laps and we all knew this was going to be a long night of what ifs, how come's and fuck its.