So here's Bella's take on things. Hope you like it!
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BPOV
I left Edward's studio walking on air. He made me feel so happy.
Carson chattered away in the back about Rosalie and Alice and chicken. My boy loved his nuggets.
I had just left Port Angeles when I heard my phone chime with a text. I pulled over quickly to read it. It was from Charlie. He had to work and wouldn't be home. I decided just to head over to Esme's. I knew she was home all day today.
I was just around the corner from their house when I noticed a dark truck in my rear view mirror. It looked to be going awfully fast. I continued driving the way I had been, but kept watching it. It got closer and closer. I expected it to slow down or drive around me but it just kept heading straight for me. As it gained on me I started to pull over. Whoever this maniac was they could just drive by me.
As soon as they got right up close to me I started to pull over. Instead of going around me the driver ploughed the truck right into the side of my truck. I was jolted and almost lost control but I managed to get my foot off the gas and slam on the brakes. Carson started screaming.
As soon as the car stopped I turned around to check my baby. The next thing I knew I felt a blow to the back of my head and everything turned black.
My head was throbbing. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in a room with no windows. It was really lacking anything, all I could make out was a chair in the corner and some boxes piled in the other corner. I tried to move but my arms wrists and ankles were tied together.
I felt so dizzy and sick. I called out for Carson. My baby wasn't with me. Eventually I heard a voice from outside the door.
"Shut Up! No-one Can Hear You!" a woman's voice yelled back.
It was vaguely familiar. The way my head was feeling I couldn't concentrate to think who it was. Eventually I passed out again.
When I came to this time I could hear voices arguing outside the door.
"You weren't supposed to do it yet! Are you really that stupid? I told you I needed another few days to get things together. I haven't even been able to get everything we'll need." the woman hissed.
"I know but it was too good an opportunity to miss. She was alone in the car. She's hardly ever alone, always with his family. I'll go now and get what you need. I won't be long chica. I love you" a male voice said back.
I had no idea who the guy was. The woman sounded so familiar. My head was still fuzzy and it was throbbing. I reached my hand back and was met with wetness. When I looked at my hand it was covered in blood. Where the hell was Carson?
Then I heard him.
"Where Momma? Ewa?" he called out in a scared little voice.
My heart broke for him but I didn't want to call out in case whoever it was hurt him. I knew if he heard my voice he would get upset. I looked around the room again. There was nothing to indicate where I might be. I heard someone approach the door and instinctively closed my eyes when it opened, the light searing my eyes.
"So you're up then?" I opened my eyes to see Emily Uley in front of me.
"What the hell? You did this? Why would you do this?" I asked dumbly.
I mean Sam I could've understood. He hated me.
"Why? You have the audacity to ask me why?" she screamed at me.
She stared for a second and then cocked her head to the side.
"You really have no idea do you? God you are stupid!" she laughed.
I didn't say anything. I was still trying to wrap my head around everything. I barely knew this woman and yet she expected me to know why she had kidnapped me and my son.
"You're a piece of work do you know that? You treat that kid like crap, you take him away from people that love him and you wonder why? I'll tell you why. Because you don't deserve him. Because I don't see why you should have that adorable little boy when you don't even really want him. Because you shouldn't have a child you don't care about when I would cherish any child, but I can't have him. Because you have everything I ever wanted and I have nothing!" she yelled.
"What are you talking about? Of course I care about him, I love him he's my baby, my flesh and blood. I would do anything for him. I have no idea what you're on but I can assure you I love my son." I said firmly.
Who the hell did she think she was. She didn't know the first thing about how I treated my son.
"I know that any time he was here he was happy. I know that you stopped him from coming to see us. I know that I will be a better mother to him than you could ever be. At least I won't dump him to whore it around with whoever will take me. Don't worry I'm sure when you have brats with Cullen you can pay for nannies to raise them while you two swan off whenever you feel like it. I know that he deserves a mother who loves him, not one who despises him." she said from the chair where she had sat down.
She got this weird look on her face and then started talking in a sickly high pitched voice.
"My Sammy is going to be so happy when he sees what I've done for us. We'll start a new life away from this godforsaken place, just the three of us. I'll be a stay at home mom for our son while Sam goes off to work. We'll be a happy little family." I wanted to vomit.
This bitch was crazy.
"Emily, why do you think I'm such a bad mom? You don't even know me. I do everything for Carson. He's my life. And I never leave him to be with Edward. In the past few months that I've been with Edward we've only left Carson three or four times, and even then I pick him up as soon as I can the next day. I don't know why you have this idea that I'm a bad mother but I can assure you, you are wrong."
"No, I'm not. Carson hasn't been to see us in a year because you wouldn't let him. He broke his arm while you were in bed fucking your boyfriend, which one I don't know, cause I know there's been more than a few. I know that you leave him with other people every weekend so that you can sleep around. Jacob told us all about it." she spat.
"None of that is true. For a start, Carson only stopped coming down here around four months ago. And it was down here he broke his arm, he fell from Billy's porch while Jacob was grabbing a beer from the fridge. As for the boyfriends, I have had one since Carson was born, Edward. And we only started dating around the time Carson stopped coming here." she stood abruptly.
"Lies!" she yelled " I haven't seen him since last Christmas. If he was here Jacob would have told us. If he didn't then who helped look after him? 'Cause Billy and Jacob know nothing about caring for him. No, you are telling me lies. You just want to stop me from having my dream, my family. Me, Sam and the baby." she said firmly.
I could see what I had told her had caught her off guard. She paced the room mumbling to herself for a few seconds before I heard a throat clear.
"You might want to let me in on your plans. I thought we were going to be a family? What the fuck Emily? You told me you loved me and now you starting this shit!" he yelled.
I didn't know who the man was but he was definitely Quileute. He was huge like Jacob with long shiny black hair and tanned skin. He was fuming.
"Not here Brady. Go check on the baby and we'll talk in a minute." she demanded.
He left the room.
"See what you've caused now. You are a poisonous bitch Bella Swan!"
I felt another blow to my head and the blackness came back over me.
When I came to for the second time I could hear yelling. It wasn't doing me any favours, let me tell you. It took me a second to remember where I was. Then I remembered. I could hear the voices grow louder.
"Are you fucking crazy? I mean what were you thinking? How could you do this?" I heard Sam Uley yell.
I felt a little flicker of hope that maybe we would get away from here. Unless crazy talked him into going along with her charade.
"Think about it honey, we would be a proper family. We could get a little house somewhere, near a beach maybe. Carson could have space to run around and you could get to be a father. It would be perfect," she said in that sickly voice again.
"Do you even hear yourself? How do you suppose we get a house? With what Emily? You know things at the garage have been tight. And do you honestly think I would be okay with fucking off with my best friends son? Our tribe leaders grandson? Have you completely lost your mind? And what about your little boyfriend in there? How long have you been fucking him?" he yelled.
"It's not like that. Brady is just a friend. He's just been helping me out. Come on sweetie, our life would be perfect." she replied in a tone that a mother would use to sooth a child throwing a temper tantrum.
"No Emily. And that's final. I'm going to check on Bella and then I'm taking her and Carson to Charlie's. If he doesn't know what's happening yet he will soon." Sam came closer to the door.
Things went silent for a second and then Sam spoke again.
"So this is what it's came to. You pointing a gun at me to get your own way. You don't have the guts to pull the trigger." he spat at her.
"Maybe, maybe not. If I don't Brady has a gun in there with Carson. If I ask him he can quite easily kill him. After all if I can't have him why should she with the way she treats him."
"What the fuck, you have a grown man holding a gun over a baby? And what do you mean the way she treats him? She treats him better than any other mother I've seen. I may not like her but I can't fault her with the kid." he answered.
"What are you talking about? She stopped him from visiting us to get back at Jake. She let him break his arm so she could fuck her latest boyfriend. Jacob told me so." she replied.
"Jacob is full of shit. Jacob is a drunk. Jacob is the one responsible for the kid breaking his arm." Sam seethed.
"Jacob let me spend time with him. She stopped it!" she cried.
"No she never. Jacob was worried about the way you were with him. He heard you trying to get the kid to call you mom. Why the fuck do you think I got you to go to the therapist? Stop this now Emily!" he said firmly.
I heard a shot go off.
"NO!" she yelled. "Next time I aim for you. Now you will not go into that room." she ordered.
"I need to make sure she's okay. If she has been hit on the head she could be bleeding badly or be concussed. Do you want a murder charge as well as a kidnapping one?" he asked.
She must've gave him a signal it was okay to come in because the door opened and Sam stood in the doorway. He made his way over to me.
"Are you okay?" he asked stiffly.
I nodded and then winced as the pain shot through me.
"I need a towel for the bleeding and she needs something for the pain. Can I at least get those?" he asked.
"Fine. I'm warning you, one wrong move Sam and I won't hesitate."
He disappeared, for what seemed like forever, with her following and then came back with a towel. He came over to me and leaned over me. He whispered so quietly I almost never heard him.
"I'm going to try and help you. You need to follow my lead." I nodded once.
"Emily, I need to clean this with water or she's going to get an infection. I need to take her to the kitchen or the bathroom."
"Do you think I'm stupid. You'll let her get away and then they'll come and take my baby." she growled.
"I won't. I just want to make sure she's okay. That's what we do, we preserve life. Why don't we go to the bathroom. I'll just have to untie her feet so she can walk. She 'll get sick if I try to carry her." he said quietly.
"Fine! Do it quickly."
He untied my feet and helped me stand. He then helped me to walk to the bathroom. Once we were in there he pulled out some antiseptic and a wash cloth. I winced again as he cleaned my head. Again, he whispered to me.
"I'm going to get you into the guest room. Once I'm gone, get to the window. Hopefully someone will see you."
He finished up and then told Emily he wanted me to lie down he promised her he would re-tie my feet so I couldn't go anywhere. Once we got to the guest room he tied my feet loosely.
"Okay she's done. Why don't we go sit down and talk all of this out." he spoke softly to her.
I could only hope he was trying to help me. Once the door was closed I waited until I heard their footsteps move away and then stood from the bed. My whole body was shaking. Using the bed for support I made my way to the window. Luckily the bed was quite close to the window. I figured that if I heard them coming back I could probably jump and make it.
I looked out of the window and I noticed the front of the Clearwaters Place was visible from here. I waited for a few minutes and then I had to sit down. I felt so dizzy and weak. I stood and did the same again. On the fifth or sixth time I noticed movement. I saw Leah's car pull up and stop outside her house. I moved around as best as I could trying to catch her attention. She looked up and quickly looked away before she looked again. I saw her mouth drop open and she started walking towards Sam's house. I shook my head at her.
She nodded and then ran to her house. I lay down on the bed, hoping that someone could get here before Emily decided it was time for them to leave. A little while later I heard them. Sirens. Then all hell broke loose.
"How did they know? Sam I swear to god if you did this!" Emily yelled.
"Em I swear I never. How could I you took my phone. Look, just hand yourself in. If you do it'll be better off for you in the end. Maybe you can get the help you need-"
"Help? The only help I need is to get out of here!" she yelled and I could hear footsteps running. Then I heard Brady.
"Emily we need to go. We'll make our own family somewhere new come on chica, before it's too late!" he pleaded.
"As if I'd want a family with you. You are nothing to me, nothing. You were just a way for me to get what I needed."
Then I heard a gunshot and Carson started crying out. I got to my feet and walked as best as I could to the door. I manged to get it open and I saw Brady lying in a pool of blood with a pale faced Sam over him. Emily was standing there staring as if she couldn't believe her own eyes. She looked at me then dropped the gun she was holding and ran for the back door. Just as the front door burst open I heard an engine start at the back of the house. Then two of my dads guys ran in.
"Bella are you okay?" the guy, Johnson I think his name was, asked.
"Yeah can you untie me, I need to get to my son." I looked up and saw my dad come towards me with Carson.
I pulled him into my arms and collapsed into the chair that was there.
"It's okay buddy, mommy's here. It's okay." I soothed him but I was physically shaking.
He clung to my neck and nuzzled his face into me.
"Momma, where Ewa? I wan Ewa too!" he cried.
"I know baby. We'll see Edward soon, I promise."
I looked at the chaos around me. One of the officers had Sam handcuffed and was reading him his rights. Sam didn't even try to struggle. He just kept watching us with a sad look on his face. The officer went to walk him out when he stopped and turned to me.
"Bella, I am so sorry." he put his head down and walked out.
"Bella honey, Carlisle is outside with the ambulance. I'm just going to help you two out there. There's someone anxiously waiting for you." he smiled as he wrapped his arm around me and we slowly walked to the door. We hadn't gone any further than two steps outside when he was there.
"Baby, I was so worried are you okay? I swear I will kill him. Come here." Edward pulled us to him and hugged us as tightly as he could.
"We're okay. My head hurts but other than that I'm fine."
Just as I said that I felt myself get really dizzy again and my vision clouded. I passed Carson to Edward and grabbed his arm to steady myself. I felt two arms go around me as I passed out again.
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