HIDE!

EPOV.

I rubbed my eyes and yawned. Working a double shift was never a problem, but this was my third one this week and I was knackered.

I hadn't slept with Bella since she had her heart to heart with Alice. I don't know what went down between them but Bella has seemed distant ever since.

That was nearly a month ago!

It's not like I haven't been trying either. I'm nicer to work with. I listen to everything she says. Even resorted to begging her to come out for drinks with me.

Nothing's worked.

I turned my attention back to the pile of videotapes I had been dusting for prints. Our new case was running us all ragged.

Three men found dead inside of a locked film studio. No evidence of a break-in and no marks left on the victims bodies. It's like they all just dropped dead by themselves. It was baffling.

A commotion outside the lab made me turn away from my work once more. I could hear raised voices but only caught snippets of the conversation.

"...- me see my daughter."

"Ma'am, if you could just wait in the other room."

"NO! I WANT TO SEE..."

A hand suddenly placed firmly over my mouth made me jump, but prevented me from making any sound. My eyes grew wide and my breathing grew erratic. I didn't have my gun on me either.

This is it Cullen, I thought, you're done for.

"Shh." A harsh whisper in my ear. "Edward, calm down, please." It hissed. Bella?

I stopped struggling and my breathing returned to normal. Bella removed her hand from my mouth slowly and I turned around to face her. "What..?"

"Shhh." She glared. "Hide me."

"What's going on?" I whispered.

"Please, I'll tell you later. Just hide me." She whispered back, eyes wide. She looked scared.

"Get under the desk."

"It's solid wood!"

"Pull out the drawers. Large space behind them. The desk is hollow. Just trust me."

Bella and I hastily pulled out the three drawers and she crawled in as the voices in the corridor grew closer and louder. The bottom two drawers went back in a dream but the top one was being a bitch. "Dammit, get in you cunt!" I yelled.

The door flew open and James was in the doorway. "Cullen! You seen Swan anywhere?" He demanded.

"No Sir. Not since we came back from the crime scene. Maybe she went out." The lie slid off of my tongue as easy as that.

"What's wrong with your drawer?"

"The damn thing has come off of it's runners. Won't go back in."

James stepped into the room and a tall middle aged woman with a tan and straggly hair took his place in the doorway. She looked eagerly around the room.

"Let me try." He said, yanking the drawer away from me.

Oh god, he's going to see Bella in there. Will he give her away and alert the woman to the fact that there's someone inside my desk? I stepped back and could see Bella from where I was. She looked terrified.

James bent down and now I knew for sure he could see her in there.

Oh crap.

"I see what your problem is Cullen. You've got something stuck back there." Bella was shaking her head vehemently, mouthing the word 'please' over and over. James reached into the space and I thought for sure he was going to drag Bella out. Instead he quickly grabbed a cotton swab lid and flattened it between his finger and thumb. "Here you go. should slide in like a dream now." He dropped the piece of crumpled plastic into my palm and gave me a look that said I was going to be called into his office again. "When you do see Bella, let her know I want to see her in my office." James ushered the woman out and shut the door firmly behind him.

I bent down and gave Bella the thumbs up. She closed her eyes in relief.

I waited until James and the woman had turned the corner at the far end of the corridor before helping Bella out.

"Thank you Edward." She said, climbing out of the gap made by the drawers.

"Bella what is going on? Who is that woman?"

"Edward, I'm sorry. I will explain it all later. I'm sorry." With that she was up and out of the door faster than I could blink.

Frustrated and confused, I turned back to my work.

BPOV.

I wanted to tell Edward everything, I really did. But how does one explain to the person they love, that's right love, that you think your own mother is the serial killer?

Dun dun duuuun! I bet you all didn't see that coming ;)

Sorry it's a short chapter but my day has been a lot more hectic than I thought it was going to be.

Let me know what you think.

Much love xx