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I didn't keep you waiting too long did I? I will finish the court scene with this update…not sure what else will be in here. Anyway, ready set go!

"Now, if we are to resume this meeting, we all will remain calm or this case will be dismissed. Am I understood?" Judge Turpin asked all of us, everyone said some form of yes. "John, is there any questions you would like to ask the Plaintiff?"

"Yes your honor. If Victoria could please take the seat." He gestured towards the hard seat. She stood gracefully and sat in the seat beside the judge. "So you say this man raped you?" He pointed to James.

"Yes, sir."

"If that is true, why did you never leave?" Victorias eyes turned to me, I nodded to tell her to be honest.

"I was scared. He told me if I tried to run or if I said anything to anyone, he would kill me. I've just now gotten enough strength to bring him to court."

"That's all." John said and walked back to James.

"You may take your seat." Judge Turpin told Victoria. "Is there any more evidence the Plaintiff wishes to offer?"

"Yes sir." I said. "I would also like to mention that a co-worker of mine has also had trouble with James herself. He cornered her in her office, but I had entered before anything could get too far."

"That's not true." James said calmly. "This coworker he speaks of is his girlfriend. She came on to me, sir."

"Is this true?" The judge asked me. I silently cursed to myself.

"Ye,s your honor."

"And the two of you," He gestured between James and I. "Work in the same office, correct?"

"Yes, sir." I answered.

"Is it possible that you two are trying to outdo each other? One of you got the girl and the other wasn't happy?"

"No, sir. That isn't the case at all." I stated while James agreed with the judge.

"It is true. Edward has been against me since Bella came on to me. He swore that when Victoria had this false case against me that he would win and put me in jail to keep me away from Bella." James spoke with confidence, I almost believed him. "If I may sir, I've been so outlandish because I'm disgusted that these people are trying to give you false information against me. None of it is true and I've been trying to make peace with Edward for some time. It makes me sick to know it came to this."

The judge looked sympathetic and my heart sank. James was starting to win. Damn it! "Edward, do you have anything else before I make my verdict?"

I looked up to him, heartbroken that we were about to lose. I swore that I could win this, but I needed Bella to succeed and she wasn't here.

"No sir. I have nothing else apart from the pictures, a witness and a doctors report." Victoria started crying and Laurents head fell as my heart sank.

"If you have nothing else…" The judge was cut off midsentence with the door bursting open.

"Wait!" Bella was running inside the room and I've never been more happy to see her than I was in that moment. "Please…" She was out of breath. "I have something you need to see." She gasped between breaths.

"I'm sorry mam this is a private case." The judge stated.

"I'm the second attorney, Bella." The judges eyes lit up.

"So you are who we were waiting on?"

"Yes sir, and I am terribly sorry for that, I was busy getting this last piece of evidence." She said has she pulled out two tapes. I looked over at James and saw him giving Bella a deathly glare. "May I show this?" Bella said while pointing to the small T.V. and cassette player.

"Might as well." The judge said.

Bella walked over and put one of the tapes in. "I have solid proof that this man, James, has not only raped my client Victoria, but I also have proof of his advance on myself." She pressed play and I saw Bella sitting in her chair in her office. I had just walked out and James entered shortly after while he shut and locked the door. He walked closer to her while she stood and backed away. He closed the space between them and had her locked in his arms. She brought her knee up into his groin and he fell after trying to grip her desk. She ran towards the door but he caught her ankle, causing her to fall. She grabbed a few of the things that fell of her desk and threw them at him. The moment she was about to scream, he covered her mouth and pushed her to the corner wall, I burst through the room.

Seeing this made my hatred rise even more for the "man" that was a few feet away. No one should touch Bella like that. No one should touch any woman like that.

After that video was over Bella put in the next. It was James's office. He had a girl tied, blindfolded, and gagged. I noticed the fiery red hair and looked at Victoria. Her head dropped and she placed her hands over her ears while shaking her head fiercely.

You could see everything in the video. You could clearly see James and Victoria. There was no doubt what was happening and if that wasn't proof enough, Victoria's reaction would have made you believe it. Tears were falling down her cheeks swiftly while James had a smug smile on his face. Once the video was over Bella turned to the judge.

"Every office in our building has hidden cameras. I didn't know until I went to talk with my boss one day and happened to see a monitor that was viewing different offices. I went to Jay today and told him what was happening. After much persuading and him viewing the videos himself, he gave them to me to prove that James is indeed guilty." Bella finished and walked to my side. James lunged for her but I pulled her behind me, before I had a chance to make a move the judge was in front of me and James was lying on the ground. Only seeing James's red face did I realize that the judge had punched him.

"You are a vile man. You will be locked away, no parole and you will never lay your hands on another person again." The judge nodded at the guard and he took him away along with his lawyer. The judge left without a word spoken leaving Victoria, Bella, Laurent, and I stunned to the core.

"You did it. You did it!" I grabbed Bella and brought my lips to hers with as much passion as I could muster. I left no gap between us. "I can't believe you, you wonderful, beautiful, miraculous, sweet, amazing and stunning woman!" I forced my lips to hers again, I felt her smile beneath my kiss. I pulled back and looked into her eyes. "I was so scared. I didn't know what happened to you."

"It took a lot of persuading to get Jay to view the videos himself. Once he finally did he didn't hesitate to practically throw them out me and fling me out the door to get here before this was over."

"Bella?" Victoria said softly. We both turned to see that she still had tears streaking down her face. Bella didn't waste a second, she pulled Victoria into a tight hug as she sobbed into her shoulder. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" She choked out. "You saved my life." She whispered. She finally pulled away from Bella and turned to me. "You saved me, too. I'll never be able to thank you enough."

"If I remember correctly, I was losing." I said in defeat.

"Only because James knew how to get pity." She told me as she pulled me into a hug.

"Thank you." I smiled and tightened my arms around her. "Laurent…I don't even know what to say." She told him once she pulled away from me. "You tried so hard, I can't ever tell you what that meant to me." She closed the distance between them and kissed him, hard. When she pulled away, his lips were still puckered and his eyes were wide. I couldn't help but laugh, Bella joined in along with Victoria.

I hadn't realized we were still in the courtroom until the judge reappeared. "Excuse me, Mr. Masen?" I looked to him. "I would just like to apologize. I'm so sorry for not believing you before. I normally do so well with choosing the guilty from the innocent."

"It's alright sir. James is an excellent lawyer, he knows how judges think and he almost always wins his cases."

"I can see why." He turned to Victoria. "I am beyond sorry to you, dear. I didn't realize. How stupid I was." He dropped his head. "I would like to suggest though, maybe you should get a restraining order. Even though he will be in jail soon, it's always good to have one just in case. I would be honored to give you one myself."

"Thank you." She told him as she walked to him and hugged him gently. He wasn't sure what to do for a moment but he settled for patting her head.

"Follow me?" He asked, she nodded. "I will need her lawyers signatures." He told Bella and I. We nodded as well. "Also a witness." His gaze fell on Laurent who nodded his consent as well.

After an hour, we all had a restraining order against James, just to be safe. We all said our goodbyes and when Victoria and Laurent left she wrapped her arms around my waist. "I'm tired." She admitted.

"Come on." I grabbed her hand and led her to my car. She told me she had to walk from the office to the court house, that's about eight blocks. Once we pulled into my house she sighed and smiled.

"Thank you again for letting me stay until Alice is back."

"You are more than welcome here anytime, with Alice here or not." I told her as we walked into the kitchen. "Hungry?"

"Starving." We both cooked and ate quickly. It was getting late and we both wanted to go to sleep. Once we cleaned our dishes we sat in the living room with a cup of coffee.

"You know, you saved my butt today." I admitted.

"I'm sure you were fine." She told me, trying to soothe me.

"No, the judge was about to give the case to James. He would have won if you hadn't shown up when you did. You saved Victoria, you saved all of us." She blushed and I pressed my lips to hers softly.

That night, we both fell asleep in the living room. I was lying with my back against the back of the couch and Bella was snuggled against me on her back flat on the cushions. It was the best nights sleep I've had in a very long time.

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Yay! They won! Heck to the yeah Bella for saving their asses! So please review and let me know what you think : )