Rating: M

Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer still owns all things Twilight fame, I'm just waiting for Edward to call. He said he would. He must be busy or something. He will.

A/N…I can't think of anything but Marcus Foster and Bobby Long right now. So excited to be going to this show with my beta girls, T and A.

A special thanks to all of you that have read my story and have stuck with me through this adventure. We are on the down swing now and nearing the end. I hope you all stick around for my next story…In Plain Sight.

So, finally, Jenks tell it all.

CHAPTER 49

Edward

The nurse I hired to watch over Bella at home was older than I expected but she took good care of Bella and that's all I wanted. The physical therapist came to check her arm and moved her shoulder in various exercises that I know hurt her because I saw Bella wince in pain. But that is part of the therapy and she needs to do it if her arm is ever going to heal properly.

Tanya was buried and no one attended the service aside from her immediate family. Jacob was caught trying to run and was apprehended at the airport and put back in jail with no possibility of bail. He has no powerful attorney to fight for him so I am certain he will remain there. He will get out eventually because he was only the accomplice in this so God knows how many months he will get. He will lose his license to practice law in the State of California, this we do know. We were guaranteed a long-term TRO against him when he does get out of prison but I don't have any faith in those orders anymore. If he does try to contact Bella, at least we know that a phone call will put him back in the courts and hopefully, back in jail. The bad part is, Bella will ultimately be called to testify. I am not looking forward to her having to go through that or reliving the memory of what he did to her.

"Hey." I say quietly to Bella as she sleeps. "Bella? I need to run to the office for a few hours. The girls are here to visit with you." I say moving the hair from her eyes as she rolls over to wake up. "Did you hear me, baby?"

"Yeah. You won't be gone long?" She says sleepily.

"No, just a few hours. There's some stuff I need to take care of. Will you be okay with the girls for a little bit?"

"Yeah. I'll miss you." She says looking into my eyes.

"Me too, baby. Hey, I wanted to ask you. Where's your ring?" I pick up her hand with the cast and kiss her ring finger.

"Um." She frowns trying to think where it is through her sleeply state of mind. "Oh, it's in the pocket of the pants I was wearing the day Tanya took me. I was washing my hands and put it in my pocket so I wouldn't leave it on the counter."

"The nurse would have put those in that bag we brought home with us from the hospital." I say, pushing off of the bed to find the bag.

I go to the closet and rummage through the bag for Bella's jeans and dig in the pocket and there it is. I hold it up for her and walk back across the room and kneel beside her.

"Bella Swan, I love you more than life itself. I died that day you sent me that 911 text and came alive again when you opened your eyes. I want to spend every single day of the rest of my life with you and hope you want to do the same. So I ask you again. Will you marry me, Miss Swan?"

"Oh, Edward, I love you so much. There is nothing and no one that can ever change that and there is nothing I want more than to spend the rest of my life by your side." She says to me with tears in her eyes. I slip the ring back on her finger where it belongs and kiss her hand before kissing her lips.

"Good." I smile before standing.

"I'll be back as soon as I can, okay?" I wave at her and as I walk out the girls are walking in.

"Take care of her girls." I say, grinning at them as I leave.

"Will do, Edward." Alice says as they shut the door.

As I run down the stairs I see the nurse getting ready to take Bella her morning tea and I stop her to see what she is giving her for breakfast. The nurse holds out the tray and I see Greek yogurt, organic granola and blueberries. I know that's Bella's favorite. I nod at the nurse and head toward the office to make the dreaded phone call I've been putting off. Once I get to the office I find that the phone call that I planned on making won't be necessary because Jenks is sitting outside my office, waiting for my arrival.

"Just the man I want to see." I say unlocking my office door, motioning him inside. "What brings you here? I was planning on calling you this morning." I say, directing Jenks to sit in a chair across from my desk.

"I guess I owe you an explanation regarding everything that has happened and I'm here to set the record straight." He says, pausing for a reaction but I don't give him one.

"I had a suspicion that Tanya had taken Bella to that barn because I saw her there the other day."

"WHAT?" I bellow, jumping out of my chair.

"I couldn't be positive but as it turns out, I was correct."

"Jenks, this had better be fucking good." I say, as I consider going for his jugular.

"This goes so deep, Edward. There's so much more involved and unfortunately Bella suffered for it and for that I am deeply sorry. She nearly lost her life because of me." Jenks says, playing with the cuff of his shirt trying to avoid looking at me.

I continue to watch him, my patience growing thin. Just get the hell on with it. After a moment he looks up at me and starts talking again.

"I have had a long standing relationship with Sandra Denali, Jackson's wife that spans over 10 years." He finally confesses. "Sandra has been abused at the hands of Jackson for nearly their entire marriage. He knows about us, of course, but he threatened to kill her if she left him. The abuse toward Tanya started shortly after he learned of the affair."

"What the fuck does this have to do with Bella?" I don't particularly care about anyone else, especially Tanya or anyone related to her.

"Once Jackson learned about you and Bella, and learned that I was on the case, he used the affair as leverage to get what he wanted from this whole thing… your recipe."

"So he had Tanya step things up with me in order to weasel her way into the Cullen family?" I ask seeing where Jenks is going with all of this.

"Yes. He knew that you had met Bella in Tahoe from the telephone call you made to Tanya, breaking off what little bit of a relationship you had with her. Tanya had hoped that things would have escalated further than they had by that time and when you met Bella, well, that put a wrench in her whole plan." Jenks continues taking a drink of the bottled water I put in front of him.

"Whose idea was it to send Jacob?" I ask him.

"No one's. They didn't know of him until Tanya's friend, Jessica, told her that her ex boyfriend, Jacob, had left her and gone to Lake Tahoe to try to get his old girlfriend, Bella, back. When Jacob came back and he told Jessica that Bella had hooked up with 'The One and Only Edward Cullen', Tanya jumped into action. She went to Jacob's office and started her pursuit of him. She hired him for some small things, but then she started sleeping with him and things evolved from there and that's when the "Bella Swan Mutual Hate Society" was born. Tanya fed Jacob's obsession for Bella with hate and his affection for Bella became even more twisted." Jenks takes a deep breath and holds it a while before he lets it out.

"There's more. So much more." He continues.

"The physical abuse that Sandra endured became more and more severe each time Jackson learned that I was getting close to Tanya and Jacob. Sandra was told that if I didn't back off, Jackson would end it all because he didn't have anything left now anyway. He said he was going to take Sandra and Tanya with him. She begged me to back off just enough to pacify Jackson. The longer it took you to connect Tanya and Jacob to Bella's situation the safer Sandra was so I withheld some information to protect her but I was always watching Bella." Jenks is now pacing my office floor, preparing for the next round of explanation.

"Jackson ordered Tanya to break into your offices to search for the recipe. She became increasingly creative in her explanations to Angela on how to get into your office. At one point, Jacob came with Tanya to your office disguised as an interior decorator measuring your office while Tanya snooped inside your computer. When Angela became suspicious and started questioning Tanya, they left. She made several more attempts at locating the code and then she found it and took it home to her daddy."

I almost start laughing and tell him that they got the wrong codes, but opt to keep my mouth shut otherwise he might run and tell Jackson. I want that family to go down hard for all of this.

"Yes, we found a security breach in our computer system. We knew Tanya had accessed the system." I say as I look out the window.

"Tanya started to care about Jacob and when she realized that Jacob still had it bad for Bella and that he planned on having her one way or another, Tanya flipped out. She developed a serious hatred for her, always muttering how Bella was taking all her men and that they wanted to fuck Bella more than they wanted her. They, being you and Jacob." He says and I nod, "That's when the plan to kidnap Bella was concocted. The only difference is, Jacob wanted Bella and Tanya wanted Bella dead. The plan was organized by both of them but Jacob, being law-smart, knew that if they could place him at the scene, his career would be over." Jenks stops and looks at me intently. "It was just a coincidence that his cousin, Lauren, was in Bella's class. Once Jacob learned that his cousin had a new friend named Bella Swan, he couldn't believe his good fortune. She kept an eye on Bella for him. She tracked her every move and habits. And that's how Tanya knew where Bella was and how she was able to lie in wait for her. The more Lauren told Jacob and Tanya about Bella and your engagement, the more hate-filled Tanya became and the more obsessed Jacob became with Bella. They were both walking off the deep end. Lauren informed Tanya the moment Bella went into that ladies' room which enabled Tanya to follow directly behind Bella when she went in."

"But I have it all, Edward. Every single word that Jacob said to Tanya and then some." He says, sliding a small cassette across my desk, shocking me with this particular bit of information. "This will definitely put Jacob away if it can be admitted into evidence." Jenks says pulling his hand back onto his lap.

"I was with Sandra at the house that day when I saw Tanya running into the barn with two plastic bags. When she came out a short time later, her hands were empty. I put two and two together and I assumed that she had taken some provisions to Bella. I went into the barn later that afternoon but couldn't find the entrance to a cellar or basement but also at the same time I didn't want to get caught. I didn't have a chance to look at great length and decided to keep a close eye on Tanya."

Jenks runs his hands over his face while I listen, hanging onto every word, needing to know everything.

"I had been keeping an eye on Jacob thinking he would be the one to pull something like this and that's how you found me hanging out at his apartment on the day of the kidnapping. He was on his cell phone and I have since learned he was speaking with Tanya, wanting everyone to see that he was at home being a good little boy so no one would suspect his involvement therefore letting Tanya take the fall for it all if it went bad."

"It went bad alright." I say with a scowl.

"When the local vintners decided to organize a manhunt for Bella, I was there because I knew Jackson would be there. I wanted to believe he truly wanted to help find her. That he was concerned about her, but I'm not sure he is capable of that now. Of course, now that I killed his daughter, Sandy is in danger and I am working out a plan to help her escape and until I do, she is stuck in that hell with him." He says with his face in the palms of his hands.

I guess I can sympathize with him, in that if it were Bella there in Sandy's place, I would do everything I could to get her out of there.

"Jenks, I hope you are able to help Sandra, but I don't want you near Bella or my family again. I can't trust you. My family and I put our faith in you for many, many years. We believed you had our best interests at heart and now I find out that it was all about you. Although I do understand that you were trying to protect Mrs. Denali, you did that at the expense of my future wife and that is simply unacceptable. You took money from me to protect Bella but you didn't do that. You were willing to sacrifice Bella for the woman you wanted instead of safeguarding the one that I love."

I shake my head angrily as I remember Bella in the hospital, her almost dying, her being dehydrated, her being scared and alone. My face turns cold as my rage escalates.

"You are nothing to me, Jenks, nothing to my family. You need to leave this property and never come back. If you do come back you will be considered a trespasser." I press the buzzer that is under my desk and Embry is there in my doorway within seconds.

"Embry, this is Jenks, your predecessor. I would like him removed from my office and off of Volturi property. He is not welcome here and should be considered a trespasser should he show up here again. If that should happen, I want charges pressed against him."

"Yes, sir, Mr. Cullen." Embry walks toward Jenks and takes him by the arm.

"This way, sir." Embry says in his very deep, resounding tone.

I sit back in my chair, lay my head back and all I could say is…

"Hol-ey shit!"

~ BD ~

Bella

"Edward, baby, you need to chill. I am not going anywhere and I am not going to break. It's been a week already, you need to relax, okay sweetie?" I say to him.

He is always at my side to do anything before I even ask. I think he'd pee for me if he could.

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I'm over doing it aren't I?" Edward says, running his fingers through his hair, admitting to his overkill.

"Just a bit. I wish you'd let me out of this bed, Edward. I need to walk around a little bit because, trust me, the minute you are out the door, I'm going to do just that without your support and I might fall down. It would be easier if you would let me lean on you while I do it." I say to him, hoping he will help me.

"Okay, okay. I get it. Alright, let's take a spin around the room and see how you do." He says, pulling the blanket off me and helping me slowly rise off the bed.

"How do you feel?" He asks the inevitable question.

"Pretty good. A little light headed, but its passing. It's probably from lying around too long." I answer, smiling up at him. "Plus, all that carrying you do, transporting me back and forth has spoiled me, Edward. I need to learn to walk to the bathroom, okay?"

"Okay, baby. But I really like doing that for you and will miss the fact that you won't need me anymore." He says, looking like a pouty little boy.

"Oh, Edward, you silly boy. I will always need you. Just not to carry me to the potty." I kiss his lips softly. "But you can carry me to a waiting bath anytime you want, baby." I giggle at seeing his eyes light up.

"Oooooh, bath time? You need a bath? Do you want a bath? Can I take a bath too?" He asks quickly, starting to remove his shirt.

"Go tell the nurse to hold breakfast for an hour and let's take a bubble bath." I answer, shaking my head at how he is out the door before I even finish my sentence.

~ BD ~

"Esme, you shouldn't have done all this." I say, smiling at all the people gathered at the main house. It's been almost a month since I've been home from the hospital.

"They wanted to see you, Bella. You are part of the Napa family now." Esme says, wrapping her arm around my shoulder and pulling me from Edward's firm grasp of my waist.

"Thank you all so much. Without you, there's no telling what would have happened. Thank you for coming that day, for everything." My voice cracks a little when I shout out for all of them to hear. And as usual, Edward is right there to support me.

I look around the lawn and see all the familiar faces looking at me, applauding me, for what I have no idea.

"Bella, you are one of us now. We couldn't wait any longer for those imbeciles to find you. Not once did we see them here looking for you so we took matters into our own hands. I am happy to see you standing before me." Carmine says, kissing each of my cheeks then pulling me into a hug.

"Easy, Carmine. She's still not 100% healed." Edward says to him. Carmine eases his hold on me and chuckles, releasing me.

"Sorry, Bella. I'm just very happy to see you." He says.

"Me too, Carmine. Thank you so much for everything." I reach in and kiss his cheek, causing him to blush.

"Let's eat, everyone." Carlisle shouts out and everyone gets in line for a burger off the grill.

"Bella?" I hear Jasper say. "I'm glad you are safe now." He says sadly.

"Thank you, Jasper." I smile up at him.

"My girl over there wouldn't have been the same if anything happened to you. I want you to know that." He says, looking over at Alice talking to Stephano, Carmine's grandson.

"I know. She would have taken it the hardest, I think." I say, watching her laugh at something the little boy said.

"Oh no. I know someone that would never recover if anything happened to you, Bella. He would die himself, I believe. You are his soul, his reason for existing. I honestly believe he would shrivel…"

"Stop, Jasper. Please. I'm here now and we need to focus on that, alright?" I don't want to hear his thoughts about what would happen to Edward if something happened to me. It is too depressing to think about and this is supposed to be a happy day.

"You're right, Bella. I am glad you are safe and here with us again." He gets up and kisses the top of my head, squeezing my shoulder and turns back to go to Alice.

"You okay there, kiddo?" I look up and see Emmett.

"Yeah. It's all a little overwhelming, you know?" I answer.

"We all love you, Bella, and I, for one, am happy to see you sitting here in front of me. You are good for this family. You are the reason we are the family we are today. Without you in it, we wouldn't be the same. So, welcome back, Belly." He gets up and kisses the top of my head, just like Jasper did.

One by one, people sit next to me to welcome me back, giving me their bits and pieces of love and support and by the time it's over, I am a sniveling mess. And during all this time, Edward left me alone and just watched me from across the lawn as each person sat down to speak to me.

"Take a walk with me?" I look up and see Carlisle holding out his hand to me.

I smile at him and place my hand in his as he helps me up from my seat and then I take his arm as he leads me out to the garden.

"I feel like I have failed you, Bella." I open my mouth to protest but he stops me immediately. "Edward tried to get rid of Jenks but I wouldn't let him. I feel that if I had listened to him to begin with, things might have been different. We wouldn't be in this mess. I don't know. All I know is that my family loves you very much, Bella. You are part of us now and my son? I can't speak the words of what was going through his heart during that time. If anything would have happened to you…" He was struggling with the words and I squeeze his arm and lay my head on his shoulder as we continue down the garden path.

"I'm here now, Carlisle." I say simply.

"I know. And thank God for that. I'm glad Tanya's gone and I'm sorry you had to go through that, Bella. If there is anything you need, all you have to do is ask, do you hear me? You are my daughter now and we love you like our own. You got that, little girl?"

"I got it, dad." I say and we both start laughing and head back to the party.

After we get back, Carlisle walks me back to Edward and he can see by the look on my face that I am tired.

"Let's get you home for a rest, alright?" He says, and I nod my head. Although I am feeling a lot better, my energy levels are still low and I need to lie down and get off my feet. But it really felt good to get out in the fresh air and be around people again.

~BD~

For the next several weeks, I feel better with each passing day and I visit with family and spend time with Edward. My arm is getting better and the physical therapy is helping. The problem is that it's so boring. I fight through it though because working to improve the movement of my shoulder that was injured when Tanya pulled me up the stairs. Edward continues to pamper me and I have to practically push him out the door most days so he will go to the office. This is a busy season for him and he needs to be on his game and not playing nursemaid to me.

I have been keeping up with things by reading the local newspaper which tells me all about the valley and local events. As I turn the page, I stop when I see the name Denali Winery. I read that the winery has lost the majority of its creditors and how Mr. Denali approached Hale Transportation to transport its product but Ms. Hale was quoted as saying she 'would never put her name to anything associated with Denali and that included doing business with anyone that did business with Denali.' The article says that after hearing Ms. Hale's statement, the creditors started dropping like flies as they didn't want to be associated with that name.

"Wow." I say out loud.

"What's that, baby?" I hear Edward say as he enters my study.

"I'm reading an article about Jackson Denali. Apparently he approached Hale Transportation and they turned down his business. And after Rosalie was quoted in the paper as saying she wouldn't do business with him, Jackson started losing all his support." I put the paper down and look at Edward and smile.

"It's happening." He says. "I better get with Jasper to get the ball rolling so when everything goes down, I will be the first in line.

"Hey, wanna take a drive with me?" Edward asks.

"Sure. Where are we going?"

"Oh, just a drive. I thought we'd take the convertible out for a spin and get some fresh air, so dress warm and cover your head alright?" He says as he helps me up.

"Edward, I appreciate your assistance and all, but I'm better now. The only problem is my arm. In fact, I think I'm ready to go back to class now." I say as I walk down the hall toward the stairs.

"I don't know, Bella." Edward says.

"I know you are scared, baby. I am too. But I need to do this, alright?" I say as I walk up the stairs to change.

"Alright, but let's talk about it later." Edward says, following me up the stairs.

I love the feel of the fresh air on my face and the beautiful countryside. Napa really is a beautiful place. We head into town and when Edward pulls into the parking lot of the courthouse I jerk my head toward him.

"What's going on?" I ask nervously. The sight of any courthouse scares me right now. "Is something up with Jacob?" I ask.

"Nope. We are getting a marriage license today… just in case. It's good for a year and if we need to renew it, we will. I just want to have it." He says taking me by the waist and helping me up the stairs.

As we walk out of the courthouse, I stare at the marriage license and smile.

"We can legally get married now." I say giggling at him.

"Yep. Does that please you? Would you marry me now if you could?" He asks.

"What do you mean if we could? Why can't we?" I ask, surprised at hearing my own words.

"Well, I thought you wanted to wait until you finished school?" He reminds me.

"Oh, yeah." I say quietly, looking at the marriage license until Edward takes it from me, folding it and putting it in his jacket pocket.

"Don't want to lose it now do we?" He says, picking me up and placing me in my seat, buckling my seatbelt.

"Hungry?" He asks, running around to jump in the car.

"Starving."

"Good, me too. Let's go pig out at Mama's."

"Let's." I say,

This will be the first time I have been there since I walked in on Edward and Leah having lunch but, oddly enough, the thought of going there doesn't bother me in the least. Mama makes some good food, that's for sure. We walk into the restaurant and everyone recognizes us and waves, saying hello and wishing us the best. I just love this town.

"Edward, Bella." Mama herself rushes over to us and encases us into a big hug. And by big, I mean huge. Huge chest, huge stomach, huge arms and an extremely huge heart.

"Here. You sit here. I cook for you myself. No order offa da menu, I make my specialty. Just for you, Mi Bella." She says to me, pinching my cheek.

After we visit with a few of the locals, Mama comes out with homemade Linguini and Italian sausage.

"I maka 'da sausage 'dis morning. It's fresh and da linguini I jus' made." Mama says, watching us take that first bite.

"Oh my God, mama. This is fabulous." I say with my mouth full and my eyes big. "So good."

Edward looks at me with one eyebrow raised as he watches Mama walk back toward the kitchen.

"Bella," He says looking to his left then to his right, "You are making familiar sexy noises, you better stop before all the old men in here have coronaries." He says chuckling.

I giggle and look around only to see that he is right. All the men are watching me and one even reaches under the table. To do what, I don't even want to know.

"This is so good, Edward. I want the recipe but I doubt she will give it to me." I say spinning my fork into my spoon for another mouthful. "I can't believe how hungry I am."

"It's good to see you eat, Bella." Edward says taking a bite from of his own dish.

"So, let's talk about me returning to school, Edward." I say, looking at him over the rim of my wine glass.

"Why do you need to go so soon? Don't you think you should wait a bit longer? At least until your arm is out of its cast." He suggests, looking at me over the rim of his own wine glass now.

"I will be in this cast forever, so no. I don't want to wait. I've wasted enough time as it is. Tanya and Jacob are no longer a threat and Embry has his eye on Jackson. I'm ready to get back at it." I explain again. "Will you fly me there?"

"You know I will, but I want you to have a bodyguard still. I don't trust Jackson. He's really angry that Jenks killed Tanya and Jenks worked for me and you were the reason for it all, so no, you will definitely have a bodyguard. And no one that worked for Jenks either." I grin listening to him tell me what I will and will not have. I love him so much.

"Whatever you think, baby. I will do whatever you want. Except stay home." I say, looking at him.

"Alright then. I will take care of it and you call the University office to see what you need to do to get started again."

"Hey, whatever happened to Lauren, Jacob's cousin? Did they ever press charges against her for being an accomplice?" I remember to ask him.

"Eric Hale said that it is still in court but I do know she was kicked out of Stanford." He says looking straight into my eyes, suddenly becoming very quiet. "You know, come to think about it, I'm going to have two guards on you. With Jackson and now Lauren pissed off that their lives have taken a turn for the worse all because of you, I want you better protected for a little while." He says grinning.

I knew there was nothing I could do or say to change his mind in that regard so I agree to whatever he wants. If it gives him piece of mind, then it gives me piece of mind.

Once we get home, I head for my office and call Stanford to make arrangements for my return. I tell them that I will have two bodyguards with me and ask if that will be a problem and of course they say it won't. They even suggest that the guards dress like students and sit in class with me as if they were students instead of bodyguards. Edward likes the idea and speaks to Embry about it and he gets two of his youngest men and sets it up. I will start school the following Monday.

For the first time in months I feel like my life is finally returning to some normalcy and I am actually looking forward to the future. A future with Edward. Something that I almost didn't think was possible.

"What are you smiling at, baby?" He asks as he walks in for dinner.

"You, Edward. I'm smiling at the thought of you."

"I smile every day with the thought of you, baby." He says, lowering his head and kissing me with a passion that I love about him.

With that, he lifts me into his arms and walks me toward the stairs.

"Dinner can wait."

A/N: Well, there you have it. Jenks' story. Jacob is in jail and although he will be in there for a while, he will get out eventually. Men like this tend to blame their victims rather than themselves where the fault actually belongs. So, this is pretty much the end of the Tanya/Jacob/Bella portion so now to move on to sunnier topics.