It took the paramedics three minutes and twenty-five seconds to get Jasper breathing again. It took thirteen minutes to get from the marina to the hospital. A month and a half to find trust and love. And an instant to realize that it was gone. One moment can completely turn your whole world upside down. Everything you thought you knew was wrong. Turns out you don't know anything.

Edward refused to look at me the entire ride to the hospital. He didn't reach over to comfort me when I started crying hysterically, fearing for Jasper's life. He didn't take my hand when we sat in the waiting room hoping for news on Jasper. Nothing. He sat across the small room flipping idly through a sports magazine, his leg bouncing nervously up and down.

I was sad and confused and hurt, but above all things I was angry. He had lied to me this whole time, I didn't even know him.

"Anyone here for a Jasper Hale?" A nurse entered the waiting room, scanning the crowd.

Edward and I quickly stood up.

"Is there any family here? I can't really release any information to you…" She scrutinized both of us.

Edward finally turned to me. "Could you give us some privacy?" He never looked me in the eye, always keeping his head slightly down.

What was he going to do, try to dazzle the nurse into giving him information? Who knows, he'd dazzled me into giving way more than that.

I nodded and went back to my seat. He put his hand on the nurses back and led her further down the hallway. They reemerged a minute later and Edward walked over to me.

"We can go see him now…"

I huffed. "How'd you scheme your way into this?" I brushed past him and into the double doors in front of us.

The nurse from earlier was at the desk and she led us to a small room at the end of a long hallway. "He's right through here," she said before leaving to give us some privacy. I felt Edward step up behind me, but I couldn't go in. I was terrified at what I was going to see, because despite my intentions with this job, I had grown close to these people. Jasper was just like a brother to me. I didn't know if I could handle seeing him like this.

For the first time since the marina, Edward finally touched me, putting his hand on the small of my back and giving me a comforting rub. I wiped the tear that was starting to run down my cheek and walked through the door.

There he was; tubes, wires, and machines everywhere. I brought my hand over my mouth and gasped, instinctively turning into Edward. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed my head.

"He's going to be okay Bella. They had to take him into surgery because he had a collapsed lung. But other than that and some burns he's going to be okay."

I turned back towards him. Now I could see the crescent shaped burns on his face.

"How did they get like that…the shape I mean. What happened?" I almost reached out and touched Jasper's face but I held back.

"They aren't sure. They said it was something to do with the explosion and how the metal heated. When the boat ripped apart , the shards of metal broke off in that crescent shape so when it hit his face…" He trailed off.

I sat down in a chair on the side of the bed and took Jasper's hand.

"Did you call Alice?"

"No. I don't want to worry her. And I need to prepare before I talk to Aro about this. Alice's big mouth would get us in trouble."

"You know they're getting married?" I rubbed my finger across the top of Japer's hand.

Edward looked taken aback. "No…I..guess I didn't know that."

"She came to me the night before we left….asked me to be her maid of honor."

Edward sat down in the chair beside me. I decided now was a better time as any.

"So are we going to talk about this?" I whispered.

"Talk about what?"

"The fact that you were lying to me this whole time…" I said through clenched teeth. I couldn't believe he had the audacity to ask me that. He knew damn well what.

"Well we all have our secrets don't we?" He said sarcastically.

"What the hell does that m-"

The door opened. Charlie and Carlisle stepped inside.

"Dad?" Edward and I said in unison. Dad? Officer Edward Cullen. Suddenly that made sense now.

My head shot towards Edward. He looked down, avoiding my gaze.

"Bella, can I talk to you outside for a moment?" Charlie scratched his head and nodded to the door.

I glared at Edward before following Charlie outside.

"Listen I know you're upset about Cullen okay?" He put his hands up defensively. "But I thought it was for the best…."

"Wait, wait, wait. This was your doing?" I pointed a finger at him.

"I'm your father Bella, I'm supposed to protect you."

"Tell me everything now." I crossed my arms in front of me and tried to calm down.

He put his hands on his hips and shuffled his feet. "I…" He looked up at me. "I kind of freaked out a little when I realized Carlisle was going to put you in there okay? I already had a few guys in there, but they had enough to worry about so I overreacted and sent Edward in there to look after you." He looked down at his feet.

"You sent him in there to protect me?" My anger was growing exponentially as each moment passed. "I'm not a child anymore!" I screamed. "Speaking of children what was with the whole dad scenario in there with Edward?"

"I had three of Carlisle's boys in my precinct." He whispered.

My mind started racing. Emmett. Jasper. And Edward. I gripped the wall for support.

"They're his sons…" I said to myself. That's why the nurse let us in here, Edward is his brother.

The whole world around me started spinning and I felt my knees buckle right before everything went back. And just before I fell into oblivion I felt someone's arms catch me from behind.

"Bella?" I felt someone grab onto my hand, but I still couldn't will myself to open my eyes. "Bella?" The voice called again. I knew it in an instant.

"Go away Edward," I whispered.

I heard him laugh once, followed by a loud slap.

"Ouch." He let go of my hand and I could hear him rubbing against his shirt. "You didn't have to hit me. She's just as much of a smart ass as ever, that's all."

I finally opened my eyes. I was in my own hospital room, lying in a soft bed, in my own clothes and surrounded by the three people I hated most right now.

"Bella you fainted," Carlisle said taking a step towards me.

"How do you feel baby?" Charlie sat down on the side of my bed and ran his hand over my forehead. I shuddered away.

My eyes shifted to all three of them, resting finally on Edward. I glanced down at my hand, which was entwined with his. I yanked it out and pulled it towards me. He had no right to hold my hand. Not now.

"I'd like you all to leave," I said looking straight ahead.

"Carlisle and Charlie knew me well enough to know that when I used that tone of voice I should be left alone. I wasn't impartial to kicking someone's ass, even from this hospital bed. Edward didn't move.

I turned towards him. "What part of I'd like you all to leave didn't you understand?"

"I know. I just. I need to talk to you."

"No you don't you need to leave. I don't want to talk to you right now." My brain had way too much to process. I couldn't handle anything else.

Charlie popped his head in the door. "Edward we need to speak to you please."

With one last look at me, Edward stood up and sauntered out the door.

They were stupid enough to leave the door slightly cracked. I could hear the whole conversation.

Charlie pushed Edward, slamming him into the wall. Several nurses looked their direction, but went back to work once Charlie flashed his badge.

"What the hell was that for?" Edward yelled.

"You know damn well what it's for. I sent you in there to look after her, not sleep with her."

Edward's face turned serious. "I'm sorry Charlie. That was my fault okay?"

Even though I was angry with him, I couldn't stand to hear him say that. It was like I was torn in two. A part of me hating Edward the cop and a part of me loving Edward the mobster. For the moment I pushed all the loving feelings I had away. I could barely even stand to look at him right now.

"Pipe down you two," Carlisle said as he walked over from the nurse's station. "We need to figure out what we're going to do about Jasper. He'll be in the hospital for over a week. He can't go back."

"Aro will be way too suspicious if he finds out he's in a hospital down here. He'll get his people to find out everything. We need to do something and quick. We can't wait." Edward looked at Charlie. "You're going to have to call the papers."

Charlie reluctantly nodded his head and opened his cell phone. "Yeah it's Chief Swan. Hey I need you to do a leak a story for me...National…yes….Man dies in Boat Explosion. Yep. Bye." He hung up the phone.

"I booked us all rooms at a hotel close to here. The Seaside Resort. Just for tonight. You guys will have to head back to New York tomorrow to deal with all this." He gestured towards Edward.

"Where's Emmett?" Edward asked.

"I sent him to go get your things from your other hotel. He should be back in the room now. Room 210. You can go now Edward, we'll take it from here. Your plane leaves in the morning, Charlie will drop Bella off at the airport." Edward looked at me one more time before turning away and leaving.

My fists clenched tight at my sides. I was so sick of being treated like I was five years old. And being lied to. And feeling like I wasn't worth the truth.

"Let's go get some coffee." Charlie nodded to Carlisle and they headed towards the cafeteria.

I decided that now was my chance. I stood up off the bed, a little wobbly at first, and headed towards the door. I was ready to have that conversation with Edward.

"Seaside resort please…" I said to the taxi driver as I got in.

"You hear about that boat explosion down at the marina? It was just on the news," The driver said trying to make small talk.

"Yeah I did…" I said shaking my head.

"I guess a guy was on the boat. Died. Blown to pieces."

I winced, because even though I knew it wasn't true, the memory of Jasper being on that boat made me nauseous.

We pulled into the hotel ten minutes later. It was a quaint motel, much smaller and junkier than the ones I'd been used to lately.

I handed the cabbie a few bucks from my pockets and headed inside. I hope Edward knew what he was getting himself into when he got involved in this. Because I was pissed, hurt, betrayed, and angry as hell. And he was the one who had to deal with it.

"Can I help you miss?" The concierge said.

"Room 210 please?"

"Up the stairs and to the left. Should I ring them and tell them that you're coming up."

"No."

He was a bit taken back by my answer and watched me as I stomped to the stairs and ran up them. I was all out of breath by the time I reached their hotel room door. My fist pounded on their door once, twice, five times before someone answered.

"Hi Bella," Emmett said, scratching his head like he'd just woken up.

"Get out. I need to talk to him."

"He's not here."

I put my hands on my hips. "Well where the fuck is he then?"

"Whoa calm down girl. I think he said he was sneaking in a smoke up on the roof. Geez you don't have to be so bitchy."

I pointed a finger at him. "You lied to me too you asshole. I'll deal with you later."

He looked at me with sarcastic disgust as he closed the door. I was already running towards the service stairs. It was only one more flight to the top. I flung the door open and looked around. He was leaned up against the side of the little shed on top of the roof wearing that damn leather jacket and pulling a cigarette out of his mouth.

He looked up at me as I marched over to him,

"Take that cigarette out of your mouth," I said.

He looked confused, but he threw it down on the ground and stomped it out before he started to say something.

My fist cut him off, smacking into the mouth with more force than I'd ever put into a punch.

He grabbed at his jaw.

"What the hell did you do that for?"

"I didn't want to burn my hand."

"No, why did you hit me?"

"Is it really not obvious?"

"Bella you're over-reacting."

"I'm over-reacting!?" The tears started spilling over. "When were you going to tell me Edward? When we were married and starting a family? Or was that all a lie too? Was it part of the plan to distract me so I couldn't do my job? Just to give my father some ammo to get me fired?"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." He threw his hands up. "First of all. I couldn't tell you. It was my job to keep quiet. And you of all people should know what that means." He turned away from me and put his hands on his hips. "You're such a hypocrite…" He whispered.

"What did you say?" I took a step towards him.

He turned back to face me. "I said you're a hypocrite," he said sternly. "You're sitting here bitching and yelling at me because I wasn't truthful with you, but you were doing the same thing. If I was really who I said I was, were you ever going to tell me that you were a cop?"

I paused, not really sure what to say. "That's different. You knew! You knew everything! And you played me like I was just some stupid girl."

"You really think that's how I saw you? As just some ditzy bimbo that I could play with?"

Edward's phone started ringing. He sighed and reached in his pocket.

"It's Aro," he said before he answered, putting it on speakerphone. "Aro…"

"Edward what the hell is going on? We've been trying to contact you, we saw the news," Aro said.

"I'm sorry. We couldn't contact you; we just found ourselves another hotel to stay. I don't trust the Denalis anymore, not one bit. They lured us to that boat with no intentions of any of us getting out alive."

It was so strange to hear Edward act this way with Aro, knowing who and what he really was now.

"Are you on speaker phone?" Edward continued.

"I am. Alice and Rosalie are here."

"Edward can I talk to Jasper?" Alice's voice came over the speaker. She sounded worried.

Oh God. Alice. We're going to have to tell her that her fiancée is dead.

"He's not…here right now Alice. Can I talk to Aro privately please?" Edward said.

"Where is he Edward?" Alice yelled. She started crying.

"Edward was it him…?" Aro said softly.

Edward put his phone down, not knowing what to say. After a long pause he answered. "Yes."

All I could hear were Alice's screams in the background. I collapsed to the floor, absolutely heartbroken to hear her in so much pain.

"I have to go," Aro said. Then the line went dead.

I wanted to continue the screaming match we were having before Aro called, but for some reason it didn't feel like the right time. I was completely drained and emotional as hell. It just wasn't right.

"What do we do now?" I asked, pulling myself off the ground.

"We have to go back to New York and bury Jasper."