CHAPTER 22

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This chapter is dedicated to my good friend My Twidreams.

I was screwed! Here I am in a cell bar with my father's girlfriend. If looks could kill I would be a pile of ashes right now.

"Chief, for everything there is an explanation." I told him, trying to placate him.

"Really? Why don't you start by explaining to me, how is that a vampire gets drunk?" The last part was said with a hiss.

I scrunched my eyebrows and started fidgeting with my fingers. "Well…Technically vampires can't get drunk, but, I am an exception. You see, when I got my soul back a shaman performed a spell that allows me to eat and drink." I finished beaming at him.

"Interesting." Charlie said with a hand on his chin. "That's why you decided to get drunk on your date with my daughter!" Charlie yelled at me.

"Oh come on Charlie, give me a brake here! I haven't drink wine in over 265 years! I didn't know I was going to get drunk with two glasses." I said exasperated.

"You got drunk with only TWO glasses!" Charlie said while letting out a roaring laugh.

I sat on the floor humiliated. I can't believe it, here I am, one of the greatest vampires being laughed at. If only my enemies could see me now.

"After a few minutes I was getting annoyed by Charlie's behavior. "Are you finished?"

Charlie was holding his stomach and after a few seconds, composed himself. "I am finished now."

"Good." I said with a smile.

"Now, explain to me why did you left my daughter unprotected?" Charlie said with a furious expression.

My eyes widened and I started looking everywhere but him. " I didn't leave her unprotected. I was actually defending her." I finished without conviction.

"Defending her? From who? You perhaps." Charlie said mocking me.

"There was this guy, she was dancing with him and when I went to break them up. He said that he wanted to hooked up with her." I tried to explain myself.

Charlie gave me a quizzical look. "Are you calling my daughter a slut?"

"What! Of course not! I know Alice and she is not like that." I said with determination.

Charlie was nodding his head. "At least in public, she can be quite wild in the bedroom." I whispered with a smirk.

"What did you said?" Charlie yelled at me, he probably heard what I whispered.

"I uh." I was getting nervous under his gaze. Man up Bella! You are a vampire and he is a mere mortal! He may be a mere mortal, but he is my mate's father.

"Don't say anything else Bella. You are going to stay here till the night falls. After the stunt you pulled. My poor baby came back crying because of you." After Charlie told me that, he left.

I sat there stunned that he told me that I was going to stay locked up till the night.

"Wait a minute Chief! I have a right to make a phone call." I yelled to an empty corridor.

I stared pacing in the cell and after a few minutes I put both hands in my head. I can't be locked up. I need to get out of here!

A few hours passed and a man in a uniform came to give me lunch.

"Here you go young lady!" He opened the cell and before he knew it. I hit him and knocked him unconscious. I took off running and nobody saw me leaving the precinct.

I took off in the direction of Alice's house and after 20 minutes I arrived.

Something was not right, I could smell the scent of a wet dog and I heard a loud scream coming from Alice's bedroom. I jumped in the tree and without thinking I smashed Alice's window. When I entered the bedroom the scene that I found paralyzed me. Jacob Black had Alice pinned to the bedroom and he was thrusting into her.

"Oh yeah! This is the only way you are going to snap out of this phase. You need to be with a real man." Jacob panted.

Let me out Bella! I need to teach this mongrel a lesson. Isabella screamed in my head. I just nodded and closed my eyes.

"You fucking mongrel. You are going to pay for this!" I said without emotion while throwing him off of Alice.

I saw that my beautiful Alice was trembling and quickly covered her.

"Alice I am so sorry. The animal will pay for what he did." I said.

"There is nothing you can do." She said between sobs.

"I am nothing. I am not worth it Bella. I am dirty." She said while burying her face in the covers.

I grabbed Jacob by the throat and in a low and menacing voice I said, "You are going to wish for death when I finish with you."

I grabbed my phone and called Rosalie. "Rosalie get your ass in Alice's house right now!"

"Bella, lower your tone with me." Rosalie said with a disdain in her voice.

"It's Isabella speaking and I don't have time for explanations. I want you here in two minutes!" I finished with a hiss.

The dog was struggling in my grip, but I wouldn't let him escape.

"Let me go! There is nothing you can do bloodsucker; I already broke her. You know she was so tight." Jacob finished with a smirk.

I only smiled darkly at him. I already had a plan of what to do with him.

Rosalie arrived and when she saw Alice's state, she let out a gasp.

"Don't tell me he..." Rosalie said while covering her mouth.

Without breaking my gaze from Jacob I spoke to her, "He did and I need you to get Alice to Carlisle. He needs to tend her wounds."

"Of course, and what are you going to do?" Rosalie asked me while carrying a sobbing Alice.

"I will take care of a few things and then Bella will look out for our mate. Rosalie you are the only one that knows what Alice is going through. Please help her." I said with my voice cracking in the end.

Rosalie left and I threw Jacob outside. When he landed he tried to escape and I didn't let him. I grabbed him and took off in the direction of La push.

After we crossed the treaty line I could hear the other wolves approaching.

I smiled at this and whispered in Jacob's ear. "Are you ready?"

He gave me a confused and fearful look and I smacked him in the face with so much force that I knocked him out.

I started looking in the forest and found it after a few minutes. I went back to the mongrel's side when the other wolves appeared.

There was seven of them and they all looked like they wanted to kill me.

"Glad that you came. I wanted to show you something." I told them and without warning I started to rape Jacob with a branch.

He woke up screaming and I gave him a punch so he could shift. The moment he did, all the wolves changed their stand.

Jacob was whimpering while I whispered in his ear. "How does it feel Jakey? Do you like to be in the receiving end?"

The wolves looked like they wanted to murder their Alpha and I smiled at this.

Two hours passed and Jacob finally lost consciousness. I withdrew the branch and turned to talk with the wolves.

"You have all watched what he did and what I did in return. Consider this a warning. Don't you dare lay a hand in the Cullen's, Charlie and especially Alice; if you do, this will look like a walk in the park." When I finished I left them.

I ran and when I was at a safe distance, I started weeping. You had your revenge Isabella now let me come back so I can be with Alice. I closed my eyes and I could feel how I was going back to my prison.

I opened my eyes and whispered, "Thank you Isabella. I promise I will take care of our Alice."

I took off in the direction of the hospital and after a few minutes I burst into the ER.

"Can you tell me where is Alice Swan?" I asked one of the nurses.

"Are you family?" The nurse asked.

"I'm her girlfriend." I told her impatiently.

"Do you have power of attorney?" She asked without taking her eyes off of the computer.

"Power of what? Look, I just want to know where is she?" I said half yelling.

"Can you lower your voice? This is a hospital, in case you didn't notice." The nurse said in an obnoxious voice.

I took a deep un needed breath and flexed my knuckles. "Listen miss. My name is Bella Cullen, does that name ring any bells?" I asked her.

The nurse's eyes were wide open when I said my last name. "Dr. Cullen's daughter, I am so sorry, she is in level 3 room 305."

Without saying thanks I made my way towards level 3. When I arrived Carlisle was exiting Alice's room.

"How is she?" I asked my father.

"Jacob really did a number on her. She has three broken ribs and several bruises in the lower parts of her body." Carlisle said in his doctor's voice.

"Did he…Finished?" I asked him reluctantly.

"No. Lucky for Alice, he was getting started when you showed up." Carlisle said quite relieved.

I nodded my head and he motioned me towards Alice's room. When I entered I felt like crying.

My beautiful angel was lying on the bed connected to several machines and she looked so frail and pale.

I sat down in the chair next to her bed. "Even having all this strength and all this years. All this power and I can't protect you? I have failed you my love. I don't think there is something I can do to make you all better." I said while tears of blood were running down my cheeks.

I felt a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up, Rosalie's compassionate gaze greeted me.

"There is something you can do Bella." She whispered.

"What?"

"Be there for her. She needs you more than ever and be patient with her. Be prepared if she tells you that she doesn't want to be with you." Rosalie explained.

"Why would she tell me that?" I asked confused.

"She feels like she doesn't deserve anything or anyone. Just love her and support her and with time this will only be a distant memory." Rosalie finished with a soft smile.

I nodded my head and resume my position. A few hours passed and I sat there without moving a muscle.

Carlisle entered the room to check on her vitals. After he finished he told me everything was OK and left.

After a few minutes of silence I heard a commotion in the hall and I went to see what was happening.

I got outside and saw Charlie and another woman arguing.

"I can't believe this Charlie! How can you call yourself a policeman? "The woman yelled at him.

Charlie's head was lowered and I could see the shame on his face.

"There are no excuses for what happened Renee. I didn't know that Jacob was going to attack her like that."

"My poor baby, she must be suffering a great deal. I hope you throw this kid to jail!" Renee said with an angry face.

Charlie was about to reply when he noticed me. "Bella what are you doing here?"

I approached them slowly and answered. "I 'm here to take care of Alice."

Renee saw me with disdain. "And you are?"

"I'm Bella Cullen. Alice's girlfriend." I said simply.

"What? No wonder Alice was raped." Renee said with a glare.

"Excuse me? Are you implying that Alice was raped because of her sexual orientation?" I asked Renee disbelieving.

"Yes, that's exactly what I am saying. If Alice was living with me, none of this would have happened." Renee said while passing a hand through her hair.

Charlie only shook his head and I was about to comment when Renee spoke again.

"Alice needs an stable environment and she doesn't have that here. When all of this is over; Alice is moving in with me."

"You cant do that!"? I said with fear in my voice.

"I can and I will young lady. You are the reason that Alice is in that bed. If Alice wasn't with you, she would never have been raped." Renee said with venom in her voice. "Another thing, I don't want you near my daughter ever again."

With that said Renee entered Alice's room and left us outside. I turned to Charlie and he launched himself at me and gave me a hug.

"Bella thank you for protecting my daughter. Carlisle explained everything to me." Charlie said with tears in his eyes.

I lowered my eyes and whispered, "I failed her Charlie. I was too late."

Charlie grabbed me by the shoulders and with a glare told me. "Listen to me Bella. You didn't fail my daughter; you got there and stopped that low crime. Yes she is hurt and she was mildly raped. But the thing is that none of us knew that Jacob was going to do something like that. Its not like Alice can see the future or that you read minds. Things like these happens everyday and yes, it does destroy a part of the person, but its up to us, the people that loves them, to help them heal and be whole again." Charlie finished his little speech looking into my eyes. I nodded my head in understanding.

"I understand Charlie but, what about Renee? Do you think she is going to take Alice away?" I asked him hesitant.

Charlie shook his head and a look of worry crossed his eyes. "She is her mother and Alice is a minor, so technically she can take her."

"Where does she live?"

"Jacksonville, Florida." Charlie said worriedly.

"Jacksonville? She lives in the sunniest place ever." I said with a look of worry.

"We'll figure something out." He said with an encourage nod.

I gave him a smile and we heard a scream coming from Alice's room.

We entered and saw Alice with tears in her eyes and Renee with a stern look on her face.

"You will do as I say young lady! This is your entire fault anyway. If you hadn't put your eyes in that girl, none of this would have happened."

"That's not true!" Alice said between sobs.

"It is true and it's a terrible sin to be with another woman like that. You need to be with a man."

Alice didn't answer her she just kept sobbing and whispering "no".

"Don't you see you are agitating her? Why don't you leave?" I said getting slightly angry at seeing my mate in pain.

" I told you to stay away from my daughter!" She half yelled.

Alice at hearing this screamed. "No! You can't do that mom! I love Bella."

"Don't speak to me like that Alice and started preparing yourself because as soon as you are released from the hospital. You are coming to Jacksonville with me!" Renee said and left the room. Charlie went after her and Alice and me were left alone.

In a second I had Alice in my arms and with a trembling voice she asked me, "What am I going to do Bella? I don't want to go."

I didn't have an answer for that so I simply held her close to my unbeating heart.