A/n: Sorry for the delay in posting...RL stepped in and I had written a few ch's out of order so my beta, Bnjwl, and my pre-reader, Lvtwilight, had to set me straight;)

The next ch is written just needs to be beta'd and editted...I'm going to say it'll post tomorrow. Minime is sick and so is my mom, they need my TLC tonight.

I hope you enjoy this look into Jake's mind...

JakePOV

Tanya had hounded me several times about my surveillance and where we stood on our plan to kidnap Carlisle Cullen. I knew that since Edward was due to leave the hospital soon, I wouldn't be able to delay the plans much longer.

"Black." I said as I answered my phone.

"When are you going to put things into action?" Tanya's shrill voice screeched through the phone.

"It looks like we should be a go within the next forty-eight to seventy-two hours. We'll need to meet at the warehouse to discuss the final plans." I said as I started to type out our conversation on my laptop.

"I can be there tonight around six. I have a few things to take care of beforehand." She said, her ominous voice raised my hackles.

"Will the others join us this time, as well?" I asked casually but I certainly needed to get more information out of her. There could be no risk of failure on this mission. I had assured the entire Cullen family as well as Bella that no harm would come to Carlisle. I would not put him at any further risk than necessary.

"No, they'll be taken care of before this all goes down. It'll be you and me from this point forward." There was a hint of sarcasm to her voice that led me to believe that now was the time to approach Carmen and Eleazar. If I could get them to turn on Tanya, I'd have her lock, stock and barrel when it came time for her arrest.

"Sounds good. I'll see you then." My no nonsense voice and business tone let her know that this conversation was done for now.

"Six o'clock sharp. Don't be late." She said as the line went dead.

I finished up my notes and shot a quick email to Seth to let him know that I'd need his assistance tonight on surveillance.

Then, I picked up the phone and called my old partner, Embry Call at the police department.

"Detective Call here." His voice was gruff and annoyed as he answered the phone.

"Embry, you got plans for lunch?" I asked and waited for his response, I expected him to be less than willing to join me. He didn't like it when I drug him into ongoing investigations.

I was in total shock when his irritated voice huffed, "When and where?"

I chuckled with relief, "My place, around noon?"

"See ya then. Oh, and Black...this better be worth my time." Then he hung up.

Embry and I had been friends since we were born. Once he found out that Bella was involved in this job, it might ease his tension a little bit. The three of us had grown up more like siblings than friends and both of us were very protective of our little Bell. Her career choice had made Embry and I a little crazy at first, because we knew Bella would put herself in harm's way to ensure that a client was safe.

The fact that Bella hadn't been able to save Renee had weighed heavily on both Embry and I for years, just as it had Bella. We were law enforcement for crying out loud, yet, her mother died at the hands of that sick bastard.

I was ever so thankful when Bella moved into this new job at the Children's Advocacy Center as I thought it might stop her from running the streets at crazy hours while she tried to keep a client safe. While that may have happened it didn't stop her from diving headfirst into something to try to save the life of a victim, which happened to be a coworker, this time.

From the first time that Bella called me about Edward Cullen I knew that there was something else going on in this situation. Bella doesn't get emotionally attached to her clients the way that she has with this guy. And then when I saw the way she actually looked when she talked about him or was around him, I knew that she had finally met her match.

I've seen Bella date and even met her boyfriends but I've never seen her react to someone the way that she did with Edward. He was different for her. In a way, I was thrilled for her to have finally found someone, but, on the other hand I was scared for what she was setting herself up for. I mean let's be honest this guy would need intensive therapy before he could even think about being in a relationship with her. I just hoped he saw in her what she saw in him. Otherwise, he'll break her heart without even knowing it.

I finished up my work, called Leah and asked her to order some food for my lunch meeting and set about to print all the documentation that I had so far, I also needed to print off the pictures we had from our nightly stake out's.

At a quarter 'til noon Leah showed up with some food and I gathered all my information to present to Embry once he arrived.

A knock on the door promptly at noon let me know that he was here.

"Hey bro. Come on in." I said as we did the half hug, back slap in the doorway before he came in and looked around.

"What's up, bro? You look like you got a bee up your butt." He mocked me and slugged my shoulder.

"Ow," I said and rubbed my shoulder. "Come on, let's eat 'cause I know you are all about the free food. I'll fill you in while you eat." I joked and kicked him from behind.

Once we got our food, got settled and comfortable, I pulled out my file and laid it before him.

"This is what I'm working on." I pulled the info sheet and pictures out and arranged them on the table as he started to scan through the summary I had prepared for him.

"A hit?" He looked at me then back to the paper in front of him.

"Yep, amongst other things. This perp is a bad seed, she has her dirty hands in a lot of little pies, and it's all about to go down. I think I need to bring in her accomplices to help set the trap. I've got a lot of solid evidence on her already. Everything's been recorded and I have it all backed up and stored as well as everything has been documented in file's as well." I sat back and watched him pull all the pieces of the puzzle together.

"She did all this?" He asked as he flipped through all the pictures of various injuries that Edward had sustained. I nodded my head as he looked up at me with narrowed eyes. "The Edward Cullen? As in the heir to the Cullen monarchy?" He questioned me again.

I simply nodded my head and placed my hands down flat on the table to rise up and pull out the info on the hit that was set to play out.

"Carlisle Cullen? Why on earth does she want him dead?" Embry asked as he started to understand the bigger picture of all that I showed him. "Jake, these people have money, why haven't they just paid this bitch off or better yet, turned her in themselves for the abuse this boy has suffered?" He seemed skeptical, like I held back some info. I was offended, I never withheld info from him, I always showed him my full hand, well almost always.

I sighed and sat back down before I pulled a picture of Bella out of the stack.

"Bells? Jake what the fuck does Bella have to do with all of this?" He was angry now, which was good. I needed his help and I needed him to go into protective mode where Bella was concerned so that we could make all this work in our favor.

"Want a beer?" I asked to which he vigorously nodded.

I grabbed two beers from the fridge and handed one to him as I started from the beginning of that first phone call from Bella.

An hour later, we had a plan in place and agreed to keep in touch over the next few hours to make sure that things were locked in place.

Tanya Denali better enjoy the last few hours of her freedom, because the bitch was going down.

A/n: See you tomorrow...

Kyla