Here we are again and the journey is starting to get very exciting.

A lot of things' are uncovered, and offers are coming true.

The Therapy Session still hold's quite a few surprises.

Just going to have to read to find out...hehehehe

I want to thank my lovely wifey & beta, Arc Morpheus. She does such Wonderful work with my mess. MWAH !

I hope you continue to stay with me on this mysterious journey they are taking.

Don't own anything Twilight...all SM.

So, what do you say we get on with the story...

CHAPTER 12

FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH, EXPLANATION OF THERAPY SESSION, AND OFFERS FULFILLED

When I love it is from the depths of my soul

That sacred place where all of me lives

Beauty if found within and when I see you

It is your heart and soul that I see.

And when I love, it is without conditions.

See me as I see you

Love me as I love you

In this lifetime and all lifetimes

We are one

And the love resides within our hearts and souls.

~Unknown~

~EPOV~

"Edward, answer me. Tell me what is going on with you? What kind of pain are you feeling? Where is this pain? Come on Edward, I can't help you if you don't talk to me," Nick asks fretfully.

I looked up at Nick, and just shook my head. "There's nothing wrong with me...it's something wrong with Bella. I felt her pain, and I could see her falling over onto a couch. Then the pain went away, but I still feel panic and the dread that something bad has happened to her."

In the meantime Daniel has run out to the vehicle and retrieved the medical kit that Nick carries with him. He has been trained to deal with pretty much any medical emergency and totally certified for any emergency. He starts to take out some things', and I just shake my head at him, and tell him it is not necessary. That I'm not in any pain, and don't need him fussing over me for no reason.

Nick persists until I finally holler, "I told you I don't need your help. I'm fine. I'm not the damn one hurt...its Bella. And, just don't stand there and look at me as if I'm fucking crazy. I know exactly what I was feeling and what I saw. Just go the hell on and leave me alone. All of you."

I close my eyes' and pinch the bridge of my nose. Why don't they understand, or just leave me alone. I feel her pain, and this was bad, and there is nothing I can do.

Wait a minute, there is something I can do...I've got Emmett's phone number. I'll just call him and see if he can find out what is going on with her, and if she is alright. Daniel starts gathering up supplies and put's them back in the bag, and he and Ron leave the room. Nick stands there looking at me with concern.

"Nick, I am fine, really. If there were anything truly physically wrong with me, I would let you do whatever you needed to do to help me. Now, I can't explain exactly what I just felt other than a crushing pain in my chest, but then Bella's face was there and I could see that it was her in pain. Something bad is going on with her right now, and I'm not really concerned with you believing anything I have to say. I just know what I saw, and what I felt. It looked as if she was falling over onto a couch clutching her chest, and then it just started to let up. I'm sorry for hollering at you guys, but then again I'm not. I don't know what is going on here between Bella and me that I even feel her pain. Yet, that should not be surprising as apparently we have been sharing dreams, and emotional feelings for each other. Just bear with me until I...we can figure what is really going on. Alright?" I say remorsefully.

Nick nods and say's, "There just needs to always be an understanding between you and I, that if something appears to be happening to you that I am going to do whatever it takes to take care of you. You are my main concern here. Can you understand that? As for this thing going on between you and this young woman Bella, I can't dispute what is going on, but I can't totally understand it either. Just know I am here for you above anything, or anyone else. It's not only a job, but also personal concern as I felt we were really friends. Nick, I am sorry to make you feel as if we are anything other than friends. You have always been there for me, and I know you do it more out of friendship than a job. God, Nick I just don't know what is going on here."

I look at him and hope he can see the depth of understanding in my face as I continue.

"All I want are some answers and Bella is hurting...physically, and I'm feeling it along with her. Sure, I know your having doubts, but I just feel it in my heart that there is more to this than any of us could ever imagine. Just work with me on this, alright? If anything really comes about that I am in need of your help, I will ask and I have no doubt in my mind you will be there, my friend," I said with a smile.

So, we kind of gave the bro' hug to each other, and I felt we were back on solid ground with each other. Nick was my best friend and I totally trusted him with my life.

Now it was time to make a call to Emmett. So, once I reassured Elle that everything was alright, I then went upstairs to my room, and pulled up Emmett's number. Now, let's just see how trustworthy Emmett will be to me.

"Hello," Emmett said abruptly. "Uh Emmett, have I caught you at a bad time? I surely hope not, as I really need to talk to you," I say nervously.

"Hey Edward, No man, it's not a bad time. Just a lot of things' going on right here, mainly having to do with your offer, and Rose and I have decided to take you up on it...that is, if the offer is still there," Emmett state's hesitantly.

"Are you kidding? I am beyond thrilled you two are making the move, and I can hardly wait to meet your Rose. She sounds like one heck of a wonderful woman, and just to put both of your minds' to rest, everything I offered still stands. There should not be any doubt of that," I said excitedly.

"Good to hear, Edward. We got one more friend of Rose and Bella's that is working on getting her boyfriend moved out to a branch office of the law firm he is working for, then that means there will be the five of us moving out to Los Angeles," Emmett say's assuredly.

"Wait a minute, Emmett. You said the five of you?" I ask questionably. "Oh, that's right. I've not had a chance to call you about Bella, but it's almost like pulling teeth trying to get any information from either Rose or Alice. There is something going on with Bella, and it seems from what little I have been able to pick-up from the tail-end of conversations, that she has been offered some kind of opportunity at a university there in Los Angeles. I don't have much else other than that right now. I have been trying my best to get as much info as I could before giving you a call. Jacob hovering around has kind of got their radar up as to saying anything about her, especially when he's around.," Emmett say's despondently.

"Listen Emmett, I know you remember our conversation that night at the hotel, and about the dreams. Well, just a little earlier today I was sitting in the kitchen talking to Elle that has been keeping the house up for me. Anyway, right in the middle of us talking about some pictures I found I had a very bad spell of severe chest pain. It felt as if someone was actually trying to tear my heart out of my chest, and all of a sudden Bella's face was there...looking at me, and she appeared to be grasping her chest and all I saw was her falling sideway's on a couch as if she was laying down. Then, she was gone, and my chest pain was gone. But, I still have a feeling as if something is very wrong. Call me crazy if you want, but I know what I felt and what I saw. Now, I don't want to cause a scare in any of you out there, and I don't think anything needs to be said to her directly as it may just make her totally close us off. I just want you to find out if she is alright, and see if you can find out anything more about where she is going to be here in LA. Can you do that for me?" I ask pleadingly.

"Sure, I'll do everything I can, and give you a call as soon as I got anything. I will find out more about what is going on with her, but I'm going to have to find something to do with Jacob so the girls' will feel more at ease talking to me," Emmett states confidently.

"Then tell Jacob I need him to come on out to Forks. That he is being counter-productive out there, and if he has any doubts about my telling him to come, just to give Nick a call," I say sounding agitated.

"Consider it done then, and thanks a lot for this opportunity you are giving us. It means a lot, and I won't let you down," Emmett state's confidently.

"Hey, I know that without a doubt, and that's why I made the offer. I need you, Emmett, and I feel we are going to become very close friends. So, get your ass ready to come on out here," I say excitedly.

As soon as I get off the phone with Emmett, I run downstairs and tell Nick of the situation with Jacob, and I got him coming to Forks. Also, that he may call just to check and see if I actually said it. Nick nod's and tells me not to worry about Jacob, and that he will handle it.

I go back upstairs, and lay down with my hands behind my head, and just imagining Bella coming closer to me. It won't be long now, and we will finally be together, and I can feel myself falling asleep with a smile on my face.

Something was touching my face, and I tried to swipe at it. A touch on my lips, and I wipe at it, then I feel a light touch on my ear-lobe, and what sounds like a soft giggle. I roll over on my back, trying to force my eyes to open; as they do I see what looks like a light fog hovering over me. I finally manage to get my eyes totally open, and there she is...floating above me. Her long hair was flowing gently behind, her big beautiful eyes looking at me, and then she smiles at me. Suddenly she seems to be floating down closer to me and I feel her lips on mine...a gentle kiss like a lazy breeze running over autumn leaves.

Then, she whispers...'I will be with you soon, my Edward. I have much to do so we can be together...but, we will be together...forever. I reach up to touch her cheek, and as I do she seems to start to fade away, but, not before I hear her say one more thing...'I will always be with you', as I am 'Forever Yours." Then she is gone, and I slowly fall back asleep.

~BPOV~

I hear someone calling my name, as I struggle towards consciousness. They seem very far away, but keep calling to me. I finally hear someone mention calling an ambulance, and this causes me to wake up with a start. I look around, and Alex, James and Victoria are sitting there looking at me.

Victoria is taking my blood pressure, while Alex keeps putting this awful thing under my nose trying to wake me. I swat at it, and go to sit up. Victoria asks me to lie still for a moment until she gets through, and as she is taking the cuff off my arm I go to sit up. I look at them and Alex asks me how I am feeling. I really was fine, I felt good actually. I asked them what happened & they told me about my clutching my chest and just falling over on the couch.

I don't remember any of it, but bits and pieces of the last part of the video. I ask them to show it to me again and they act hesitant as to the way it affected me. I told them I was alright and I wanted to see the rest of the video. They still were persistent about showing it to me, so I reached over for the remote and proceeded to start it back up. I rewind it up to the point James and I was talking in the different languages and continued to watch it to the end where Victoria is bringing me out of the hypnosis.

Then there is James, and he is giving his account as to what happened to him during the session. He states that when he grabbed my arms trying to hold them down that he felt an overwhelming power surging through him, and it was as if he was another person, and he felt such love for Bella, but he knew her as Evelyn. That she was his wife and that he was fixing to go off to battle with a bunch of gladiators, and she kept insisting he not leave her. That she felt he would not make it back to her alive. They declared their undying love for each other, and their son, Micah. It was at this point the contact James had with me was broken and I fell over on the couch grasping my chest.

I sat there very still pondering over what I had just seen, and it reminded me of one of my dreams. I asked Alex and James if they had not found mention of anything like it, and they said they had not. So, I hopped up from the couch and went running back into the lab. I grabbed up the last two of my journals and started flipping through the pages. It was in my last journal, and it practically described everything in that session. They each took a turn reading the entry and then they turned to me and there were looks of total shock on all their faces.

"I told you there was a connection between my dreams, but just exactly what does it all mean?" I asked dubiously.

Alex and James were looking through the journals and Victoria came around and took a seat next to me. "Bella, I don't want you to become upset to my suggestion, but what you experienced is what we were looking for...your past lives. Apparently this was one of them with the mention of gladiators, and the different languages. I'm pretty sure that once James gets a chance to go through the video, probably numerous times that he will be able to decipher most of what was said. It may take a little time, but even you were able to understand a few of the things' being spoken of. Let's not worry about it right now, and I am still going to LA with you where we will be able to continue the sessions and we just may be able to uncover some more information, "Victoria reassures me.

I couldn't do much but look at her and nod, but my mind was racing through all my dreams trying to remember more involving the different things', I kept mentioning in the session. I finally told them that I would appreciate it if they would keep on seeing what else they could find and translate, but that I had other things' I needed to attend too. I told Victoria that once I got all the information about when I was supposed to be leaving to go to LA that I would let her know so she could go about making her own arrangements. With that said, I left the lab.

I drove over to the Anthropology Department, and was greeted by Carlisle."Well Bella, did you have a nice time with your friends? What did they say about your going out to California?" he asked smiling.

"Well, they were very excited for me, and I can hardly wait. It is truly going to be an experience I'm sure not to forget. So, do you have any information as to when I am supposed to be leaving?" I asked anxiously.

Carlisle looked at me with a gleam in his eye and said, "As a matter of fact, I do. If you will come to my office I will give you what I know, and the arrangements for your ticket, and everything else you will need."

So, with that said we went to Carlisle's office and he laid out all the information he had gotten from the university. I was very excited, and could hardly wait for things' to start happening. It seemed I was to be leaving anywhere between three or four weeks, they had me a small apartment rented right off campus as it was totally filled, and if there was anything else I needed upon my arrival they would do their best to provide me with what I needed. I had a ticket that would be waiting for me at the airport, and needless to say, I was just blown away with their generosity.

I was the one getting to examine pieces of history in their possession, but in their fax they were honoured to have me available to come out and study them. I was pulling one of Alice's bouts of being overly excited, and Carlisle was sitting there laughing at me. After a few minutes, he told me to go on and get out of there, as he knew I had a lot to get ready for the move.

I went flying out the doors, hopped in my car and knew immediately where I was going...I had to see Alice and Rose.

As I sat in my car I figured I would go ahead and call Rose and see if she was busy, and if she had spoken to Alice. I pulled my cell phone out,

"Rose's Garage"

"Uh, I believe I have dialed the wrong number. The Rose I know never sounds this cheerful," sounding puzzled.

"Hey, sweetie. So, what is going on with you that I became so special to rate a call this time of day? Can't find any mummy's to work on?" Rose say's laughing.

"God, Rose, have you been into Alice's private stash of laughing gas, or one of her caffeine IV's? You sound like you're bouncing off the walls," I say puzzled.

"Well, I'm assuming you're on your way over here, so need I say more...hurry your ass on over if you want to know. Got to go, Emmett just pulled up, "as she hung up.

~EMPOV~

As Emmett rounds his Humvee, Rose comes flying up wrapping her arms around his neck, and her legs around his waist.

"Damn, if I'm going to get greetings like this all the time, then I'll be coming by every hour. So, what's up, baby?" he say's in-between kisses.

"Well, can't I just lay some loving on my hunky man? But, if we're going to get down to business then we need to do it in a hurry, as Bella is on her way over. So, come on, "she say's excitedly as she drags him into her office.

"Whoa, baby as much as I wouldn't mind a quickie, which in itself will be hard to do, you said Bella is on her way over?" Emmett questions Rose.

"Yeah, and I can't wait to tell her the news," Rose say's excitedly.

"Rose, sweetie, I need you to do me a favour. I need you not to tell her it is Edward financing all of this...your new garage, or my new job," he states worriedly.

"Damn, I hadn't thought about that...so, we just tell her you got a new job offer from one of your previous clients that's moving out there...which you are, and I'm just taking some of my funds out from here & opening a new garage out there. That I just can't be without you. You can't be without me, right?" giving him a stern look.

"Ah Rose, you know you are the love of my life, and I can't imagine being anywhere without you right by my side," he states with a kiss.

One kiss develops into another, and Rose backs up to her desk sitting down on it and dragging Emmett between her legs. He reaches down grabbing her ass giving it a tight squeeze, and she moans.

"Excuse me, but could we for go all the groping while I'm here. That is just too much for my virgin eyes'," Bella say's with a snarl.

"Honey, you've not been properly groped unless it's by a man like Emmett," she says as she plants one more kiss on Emmett.

"So, why the smile on your faces? What's going on with you two? Come one...the suspense is killing me cause from the looks on both your faces' it has got to be a dozy. So, spill," Bella say's putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, it seems you are not the only one going out to LA. Emmett got a job offer from a former employer that is moving out there, and I can't stand to be away from my honey bunny, so I'm taking some of the collateral from this garage and franchising. Isn't that wonderful! We're going to all be together," Rose say's excitedly.

"So, the three of us are going to California. But, what about Alice? Has anyone heard from her?" I say anxiously.

"No sweetie, I've not talked to her since yesterday, but I tell you what...I'll give her a call now if you'll stay right here and keep Emmett company. I won't be but just a minute, alright?"Rose asks questionably.

"Sure, go give her a call. Let's find out if Jasper has found out anything," I say bluntly as Rose walks off to her inner office.

Emmett stands there, and us just kind of in a staring match when he finally say's, "So, are you ready for this move, belly boo? Got to be exciting for you getting to go out there and study some fancy artifacts. Some place other than Tennessee, and lots' of movie stars...plenty more things' to do and see."

I look at him questionably and say, "Emmett, these are more than just some fancy artifacts...they are pieces of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Something I am going to be petrified to probably even touch. The importance of them to us today is far beyond anything any of us can imagine...especially your butt," snickering.

"Alright, I give belly boo. Calm down. I'm just your average guy here...well, with a little more muscle to back up my words. Don't get all temperamental on me. I didn't mean anything by it," he say's apologetically. I burst out laughing at him, and he looks at me scrunching his eyebrows , then finally we both end up in a fit of laughter.

Meanwhile, in Rose's office, "Alice, sweetie why have we not heard from you? What's going on? Is everything alright with you and Jasper? Come on, fill me in. We got a lot going on here right now," Rose say's anxiously.

Alice takes a deep breath, "Well, I talked to Jasper and he has talked to the people in his firm, and...We're going," she say's excitedly. You can almost hear her bouncing up and down, and Rose just starts laughing with her.

Finally after a few minutes Rose finally say's, "Alice, I am very happy for you, but the thing is...well, we have got to keep this quiet to Bella about this move concerning Emmett's new job, and Edward financing me with a new garage. She can't know he is going to be out there and is just going to be kind of waiting for the right time to approach her. So, Emmett is just moving out there to work for a former employer, which he was, but we don't say it was Edward. As for my 'franchising' out west, I am pulling some collateral out of my garage, and I don't want to be without Emmett. Now, do you understand how we have to approach Bella with this?"

"I got it, alright. But, she is going to be so mad at us when she does find out", sounding worried.

"We'll deal with that when it gets to it. I personally think she will be too happy to be with him to give us the time of day," Rose say's confidently.

"Anyway, can we count on you for lunch tomorrow?" Rose asks.

"Sweetie, I'll be there with bells' on. Just give me a call or text me later when you decide where we're going to meet. Love you," Alice say's with a smooch, and hang's up.

Rose comes out of her office and we can tell by the look on her face...yes, Alice and Jasper are going with us. Now, maybe this will kind of keep Bella's mind off of other things'...such as Edward going to be out there.

~EPOV~

Nick comes to wake me up and inform me that dinner is ready, and Elle said to get my butt down there. I tell Nick that I'll be down as soon as I get washed up for dinner. Upon entering the dining room my eyes' wander over a table loaded down with anything you could imagine to eat.

"Well, it's about time you got your lazy self up. You've managed to sleep quite a bit of the day away. Now, go sit your butt down, and be thankful I didn't already let these other boys' loose on this dinner," Elle exclaims at me sternly with a wink.

So, I sit down, we say a small prayer, and within a wink of an eye everyone's' plate is laden down with food, and we are all acting like we haven't eaten in a long time. After a little bit I sit back, and just watch the rest of them enjoying their selves. I have yet to see Henry, and ask Elle where he is, and she replies that he is in the garage checking out a few of the automobiles to make sure they are in running order in case anyone might need them while we are here. I tell Elle to make sure she has made her and Henry a plate out of all the wonderful food she cooked, and she said she had it already covered.

Everyone volunteers to help her clean up the table, and she tries to run us off, but I hang back to help her anyway. The guys' wander off back into the game room leaving us to ourselves.

After getting everything cleaned up, and dishes loaded in the dish washer I ask Elle to come and have a seat with me, and that I've already got us a glass of iced tea waiting.

That I would like to talk to her a few more minutes about the picture I found. I ask her if there might be some kind of papers' the family might have kept concerning past events, or what might have happened to any of the relatives. Elle tells me there are a few more boxes in the attic with a bunch of personal papers' and newspaper articles concerning obituaries, birth records, and other things' she is not sure about.

We sit and talk a while, when in comes Henry. "Boy, look at how you have grown, and turned out to quite a man, "he say's with a great big hug.

"Henry, you haven't changed a bit, and I can tell you have been keeping up your end of the deal taking care of our Elle," I exclaim with a wink at him.

"Of course, or she would have already dumped me and found herself a younger man," Henry say's laughing.

She swipes at Henry with a towel. I just shake my head watching them and laugh. They are a pair made in heaven...something I hope to have before too long.

As Elle is fixing their dinner up, I sit there and think back on the dream I had earlier today. I remember the feel of her lips upon mine as if she were really there giving me that gentle kiss. I think about what she whispered to me right as she was disappearing right before my eyes'...'I will always be with you' and I am 'Forever Yours.' She has no idea just how true those words really are, and I intend to keep on until they are true.

Just as Elle and Henry are sitting down for their dinner, I pat Henry on the back and tell him I will catch up with him later as we are here for an indefinite period. I lean over and give Elle a kiss on the cheek and thank her for the wonderful dinner. I then tell her I am going to go check on those other boxes, and see what I can find.

As I make my way back up into the attic I start looking around, and I finally see what I am looking for. There are quite a few boxes marked important papers', and I also notice they are dated. I start looking for the one's marked around the early 1900's and a little later. I come across two boxes around those dates. I grab them up and make my way back down to the room where I have the boxes of pictures. I sit down at the desk, and kind of look at the new boxes wondering what they will uncover for me...if anything. I sit there a few more minutes until...finally a feeling tells me to grab the box sitting across from the other I had just brought down. So, pulling it over to the desk I remove the top, and start removing some of the papers. There really are all kinds of papers' in there about births', deaths', the location of family plots, the papers' on the house...everything you could imagine.

So, I start with the first thing on the stack, and as I make my way through them I discover a lot of interesting things' out about my family. They were into all kinds of businesses', and as I start looking through them I notice a few of them dated around the time of the picture of Anthony and Mauriel. I keep on looking through until I come upon the divorce papers' of Anthony and Mauriel Masen in September 1928.

I keep digging deeper into the papers' until I come across some newspaper articles. The one that catches my eye is of a car crash, police standing around holding their shotguns and pistols, surrounding a car that has hit a tree head-on. The trunk has popped open, and it is full of liquor. The car is riddled by bullet holes, and you can see two people in the picture...Anthony and Marie...both dead.

I lean back in the chair holding the picture, and cannot believe what I am seeing. It is me and Bella. I start trembling, and can't take my eyes 'off the picture. I just don't understand how this is possible, but there it is in black and white. I continue to sit there looking at the picture just shaking my head in denial. Then I start to read the story below, and it talks about the numerous cases of illegal liquor being snuck in on local back roads by either people hired, and occasionally the owners of prominent businesses. The four people involved in this incident were two men hired by the owner of a club called 'After Twilight', Anthony Masen was also involved, along with his fiancée, Marie Swan. All four people were pronounced dead on the scene. Anthony Masen sustained massive injuries from the engine upon the crash. Marie Swan was killed by a stray bullet wound to her heart. They both died in May 1929.

It went on and on about the Prohibition, and the outlawing of the sales of liquor and subsequent arrest of many people in the sale and transporting of liquor across state lines. There had been numerous arrests made by police officials during road-blocks, and information obtained of businesses still dispensing, resulting in numerous raids and destroying the illegal contraband.

I went back to looking at the picture again, and kept studying the two people in the front seat...Anthony and Marie. They appeared to be looking at each other, and she looked as if she was smiling. Oh God, how can this be possible...how can.... Then I notice the small newspaper clipping on the top of the stack...it is the announcement of the engagement of Anthony Masen to Marie Swan. I go back to looking at the picture when I notice Anthony's hand kind of hanging onto the driver's window, and there is a band on his hand. I start looking through the drawer's for something to bring the picture up closer, and finally find a small magnifying glass. I pull the picture up closer and hold it over just his hand...and there is what appears to be a band similar to the one Bella was wearing.

I drop the magnifying glass and the article on the desk, putting my head in my hands. At this point Nick walks into the room and finds me surrounded by all the boxes, and papers' strewn across the desk. Then he looks at me, and all I can do is shake my head at him, and tears fall down my face.

He comes around and see's the article, and the picture laying there in front of me. He proceeds to pick up the newspaper article, and the picture. He looks to be reading the article, and finally looks up to the picture of the car crash. Then he notices the two people in the car, then looks at the picture, and keeps going back and forth comparing the two. Finally he lay's them both down on the desk, sits on one of the boxes beside me. I look at his face and all I can see is utter shock, and all I can say is..."How...how is this possible."

Oohhh, another cliffie...well what did you expect...got to retain my crown as...'Queen of the Cliffies'...(thank you Paula)

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