Chapter 20 is now up

Wow this is my longest chapter, hope you like it.

Special thanks always to my amazing beta lellabeth

A/N I don't own twilight, everything twilight related belongs to Stephenie Meyer

Previously on 'You Found Me'

My phone begins to ring as I pull up to the restaurant, but I don't recognize the number on the screen.

"Hello?" I answer, pulling my car into park and opening the door.

"Um... is Edward Cullen there?" The man on the phone asks nervously.

"Speaking," I reply back, slamming the car door shut and placing my keys in my pocket.

"Edward, this is Jacob - Jacob Black." I turn to look at my phone in surprise, halting in front of the entrance.

"Um... Jacob, how did you get my cell number?" I ask as I enter the restaurant, nodding at Joe that I was here for a collection.

"Something came up. Listen, I really need to talk to you," I hear him say.

"Okay, hold on a sec." I say, moving the phone to my other ear. I hand Joe thirty dollars before grabbing the bag and waving good-bye.

"Okay, Jacob. You have my full attention. What's up?"

Chapter 20: My Never Ending Confessions

Four and a half hours before

EPOV

I press the phone closer to my ear, trying to tune out the annoying sounds of cars honking.

"Jacob?" I ask after waiting several moments. I start to wonder if he's still on the line.

"Where are you?" He asks.

"I'm on the road, headed back home. If you want I could call you from there so you can speak to Bella as well. I'm sure whatever it is we can-"

"No," he sternly breathed into the phone. "Bella can't find out about this."

I sighed, stopping at the stop light. "I don't know if I feel comfortable about this."

"I need you to forget about what you're feeling right now and listen to me. Okay, here's what's going on… I have a feeling that-"

"JACOB! What are you doing?!" I hear someone shout from the other end of the line.

"You wanted me to tell him, that's what I'm doing." I hear Jake reply, sounding very annoyed.

"Yeah, but with me!"

"You know, you've been through so much today, I just wanted to give you this so you weren't so stressed." Jake explains calmly, as though being cautious in his approach.

"Listen, since you're both already there-" I try reasoning only to be cut off again.

"Well, you think going behind my back was going to make me less stressed?!" The man who I quickly recognise as Brad yells.

I hear Jake laugh. "Silly me for wanting to not put you through this."

"Why don't we just-"I try again, annoyed that I keep getting cut off.

"You always have to go there. You can never be the wrong one."

"HEY!" I finally yell. Maybe a little too loud, but I've had enough of their bickering. "Just tell me whatever the hell you needed to tell me."

I could almost hear Jake roll his eyes through the phone.

Brad huffs. I hear shuffling and then his voice. "How close are you to the house?"

I turn my head, reading the street name. "About five to ten minutes."

He sighs. "Alright, I need you to pull up to a an empty lot or a store's parking lot."

"Why?"

I hear him huff. "You can ask questions later. Trust me, you're not going to want to be driving when I tell you this." I sigh, pulling up at some random parking lot. I turn off the car before I pull the phone back to my ear.

"Alright. I'm parked."

"Edward, have you or Bella noticed anything... strange going on lately?" He asks carefully.

I was instantly ambushed with memories of the past few days. That creepy feeling of someone watching you... I've been feeling that for the past few days. Then I thought of Bella - how she swore that she saw someone in the window of the bathroom, how Brad knew her name without even meeting her. Brad... BRAD.

"What have you been doing?" I practically growl. "How do you know Bella? And before you even begin to lie to me, don't think for one second that I didn't notice how you knew her name. You'd never even met her before that day at the market. How the hell do you know her? Was that you at the window too? God, I never would have pegged you as the perv."

"Hold up there," I hear Jake taking the phone from Brad. "Before you accuse anyone of anything you need to let us tell you what's happening."

"Go right ahead."

There some more shuffling from the other end of the line. I can just barely make out Brad's whisper. "I can take it from here." I hear him say.

"Edward? You still there?" Brad asks after a minute or so.

"Where else can I go?"

"Point taken, here's what's going on. As you may or may not know, Jake's father hasn't been the... best business man-"

"Are you kidding?" I ask, shocked. "He was one the the richest business men in town"

He sighs. "Yeah, well that was just a cover."

I listen as he begins to explains Mr. Black's position - how he was never good at finances. He then goes on to tell me about Blacks' deal with the devil.

Jake takes the phone from Brad, telling me about how the deal started. "There's a little more than what I was telling Brad. Basically, before he even began working with these men he knew them rather well. He was known for buying his fair share of products from them but that was it. His business started to drop, then George came into the picture. Now I don't know too much about this other than George made a deal with my Pops. Pops owned a transporting company, and George liked that. They negotiated and the outcome came out like this. Daddy dearest transports the narcotics, curious George pays the big bucks."

Jake must have known I was still trying to let everything settle in because he stopped waiting for me to respond.

I rub my nose in frustration. "I'm sorry your father made poor choices, but what does this have to do with my Bel- girlfriend Bella." I quickly say, hoping they didn't catch my slip up.

"Listen. Georgey wasn't doing so hot by just transporting and Daddy's business was getting suspicious. George's group was now becoming bigger. He set up a fake-charity to which my father's business donated to. This brought better popularity to the business and more money to George's mob. Dad was money laundering." He laughs humorlessly. "But that's not the best part. George didn't give Dad a discount or something just because he was working for him. Days passed and Dad was getting more and more addicted. His favorite was heroin. Just so happened he wasn't the only one who favored heroin, so this was very high in price. The man never kept track of how much he was spending and how much he was making.

"George confronted Daddio. He said he owed him more than half a million dollars. Shocking right? Apparently the amount increases depending on how long he goes without paying. Father, being a 'smart man', wanted to run a free transport from one of his own trucks. The amount of narcotics father was going to transport would add up to an estimate of half a million. He figured one free run and he was off the hook. But it never works out that way does it? Whatever, George agreed and the run went out that very night. The truck was ran off the road by rivals and the driver as well as the products drowned together in the Hudson River. They didn't even make it that far out of the city. George was **. He blamed the loss on Daddy, claiming he now owed him just over a million dollars." Jake stopped taking a deep breath.

"Jacob," I hear Brad comforting him over the phone. "I'll finish up here, why don't you go up stairs or something? Relax." Brad whispers.

"Here's how Bella is involved. Jake's father tried to borrow money from the bank to pay George back. They declined him of course, so he borrowed as much as he could under his name. That added up to about half a million. A month after, he opened an account in Jacob's name, also borrowing half a million. We don't know why he didn't give the money to George right away - it may be because of the possible closure of his company. Jacob wanted to take on student loans because he saw how much his parents were straggling. Mr. Black tried to offer Jacob the money but he wouldn't take it. It was at the bank that he found out about the account. When he confronted his father, Mr. Black told Jacob everything. He tried to make it up to Jacob by paying off 'Jacob's' debt to the bank. But Jake was too far hurt. Now he didn't have any money and his parents barely making it. He ended up going to the community college where we met. He dropped out after two years and started working as a mechanic."

He stops for a moment letting me take everything in before he begins again. "Jacob's dad died died about a year before we met. In that year, Jacob was getting harassed by George. They kept calling him, openly stalking him. They wanted Jacob to pay his father's debt. After few passing months they stopped and everything looked to be going back to normal. That was until Jacob saw Bella at the market. Somebody must have seen them. Maybe it was one of George's men. Maybe they never stopped watching, but in any case they saw and took pictures. That's how the whole problem started."

I grip the steering wheel, trying to still my vibrating anger. "So what does that mean?" I ask, trying to remain calm.

"They're getting close. They're following Bella, watching her. They're sending us pictures, yesterday they sent us her sweater. Don't you see, Edward? They broke into your house to steal Bella's sweater and no one knew about it. It was so simple. In those pictures there was a note implying that if we don't pay up soon something may happen to Bella. We think they're using Bella to get to Jacob because they think she's of great importance to him."

HONK! HONK!

"THEY THINK THEY'RE TOGETHER?!" I scream, shocked that I hit the horn so loud - not that I really care at this point. I turn on my car, quickly pulling out of the parking lot. I need to make sure Bella is okay. I switch the phone's position, moving my hand onto the wheel. "If they're watching her so close then HOW do they think they're together? How don't they know he's gay?!"

"Actually, Jacob is bi," he whispers. "But I know what you're trying to say. I think it's because we live in the middle of nowhere. Our address isn't even in the phone book."

"What about before you two moved in together?"

He waits a minute before answering. "Jacob was... very ashamed of his feelings towards me. When we finally DID become involved with each other, he was very secretive about it. We never went anywhere public together. Once he finally accepted who he is, we just never had the time or reason to make public appearances."

I nod understanding. "Yeah, so when they finally saw Jacob with a girl... I get it."

"Edward, these people are very violent. And they're after Bella." He says as I pull into to my driveway.

I run my hand through my hair, turning off the car. "I'm going to protect her. We're going to figure this out. I won't let her be hurt."

"And what about Jacob?" He asks.

"Nobody is after Jacob right now. I'll protect my girl, you protect yours." I say before I can catch myself. " I mean, you protects yours, your... your boy."

He laughs. "I think I get it."

"Alright, keep me updated. Don't waste so much time before telling me next time." I hang up, not letting him respond.

Remembering the now cold Chinese, I grab the bag before closing the door. I walk up towards the door only to stop in front of it. Everything from the phone call starts rushing through my head but I force everything out of my mind. I can't think about this right now.

Before I can even jam the key into the lock, the door swings open as Bella throws herself to me, wrapping her arms around my neck. I drop the bag full of food, tightening my hold hold on her and burying my face in her neck. Even without knowing what's wrong, she always knows just what I need - right now that's her.

"Where have you been?" she asks softly, holding my face in her hands. Her voice sounds so soft that it's almost a cry. "You were out so long, I was beginning to think the worst. I thought you said the shop was only fifteen minutes away."

I keep my arms around her, not wanting to let her go. "I'm sorry baby, there was an accident... I had to go a different route. " I lie, hoping she'll buy it. I can't tell her. I know I have to, I know it's right. But I just can't. "I think the foods cold, but we can still heat it up if you're hungry."

She shakes her head, pulling me into another hug. "I'm just glad you're safe."

"Me too," I whisper, kissing her cheek before grabbing her hand and the bag. I look her over once we're inside. "Why aren't you ready yet? I thought we were supposed to be at your parents' house in," I look down at my watch. "Fifteen minutes."

"I didn't know if you still you wanted to go."

"Of course I do," I tell her. "Go get dressed, I'll drop you off."

She looks at me with fearful eyes. "I thought you were coming too."

I grab her hands, gently pulling them up to my lips "I will, I'll meet you there in two hours. I just need to head over to the restaurant for a bit. Everyone loves to eat out on New Year's."

"Are you sure?" She asks, playing with our hands.

"Yeah, I just need to get this over with. I'll be there in two hours." I tell her.

"Okay," she sighs, before going to get ready.

About an hour later after getting back from the restaurant, I sit staring out of the bedroom window, thinking about everything. I must have been out too long because those two hours turn to three, and I still can't make myself get up.

My mind just can't fathom the call I received earlier. In a way I knew it, or at least predicted it, but finding I was right didn't ease me a bit. I thought I was on edge before, but it's nothing compared to now.

Being right sucks.

I need to get a hold of myself. I can't keep sinking into this state. Bella needs me now, and I need to step up. I need to protect her. It's my job to. I can't let her down.

An hour ago I was happy and clueless, now I'm painfully aware.

I think to myself, which is better?

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