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EPOV

Thunder cracked and lightning flashed I had been searching high and low for my Bella for the past three hours. Where was she? My heart was constricting at the loss of her in my presence and I knew there was only so much time with the weather like this. My parent's grounds span across four acres including the forest. The land was overgrown with trees which would take forever to search and I did not want to alert the police at the moment they would just think i was stupid. Three hours may seem a lot to me and anyone else who had gone through the loss of a loved one but in the eyes of the law it was well known you must wait a full twenty four hours before reporting a case like this, just in case.

It was not long until the rain started coming down faster and I was completely drenched in my hast to find Bella I had forgotten to put a coat on anyways at least like this I would know what Bella was going through as well, she also did not have a coat as she did not own one yet which reminded me when she was back safe and dry in my arms I would have to take her and my little angel shopping although nothing in this world would be good enough for them.

Accepting defeat I made my way back inside the house where Esme met me with a dozen towels and a dry shirt which I accepted with gratefulness. Unfortunately Tanya was still there awaiting my return.

"Eddie my handsome I knew you would come back for me." I flared up my face went a bright red and I could literally feel steam exiting my ears. How dare she!

"Don't, just don't you know what you did and you know what happened that night and how I will never allow you into my life and my heart again, only one person deserves that."

"But, But I got rid of skankella for you," the little pout on the face did nothing for her fake sorrow if I was angry before I was furious now,

"What did you say?" my hands flung out in exasperation catching a glass jar on the nearby table sending it to the ground in a smash."

Ava who was currently sleeping on the sofa in the family room screamed startled awaking because of the crash.

"Dada." She spoke rather softly reaching towards me her chubby arms grasping my legs "you back." I did not respond to anything after the words dada came from her mouth rememorizing the past of Bella telling me about Jacob. Why was she asking for him now but then it clicked she never met him she was actually talking to me. My heart filled with glee and happiness temporally putting aside the current problems and as much as I did not want to I went to correct her when Jasper put his hand on my shoulder.

"Don't Edward you're as much as her father as I am to my kids relish the moment and treasure it. And for god's sake find her mother."

"Don't you think that's where I have been?"

"Yes but where would she go in need of comfort, the place you found her of course."

I could almost kiss Jazz in that moment thank god for his brain of course that's where she would go; it was the only place she had counted as home for the past three years.

Now I knew where Bella would most likely be and even though I was still in a hurry to return her to my company I took more notice of Ava first chuffed she thought of me as a father figure. Putting her in the guest bedroom and watching her eyes flutter closed after reading her a children's fairy tale book was defiantly something I would be adding to my everyday itinerary after giving her a kiss as well. I know my mother had raised me to be a gentleman always respecting woman and opening doors for them but as I passed Tanya on my way out I could not help but give her a shove which coincidently made her fall into the broken glass on the floor. I did not feel bad for her why should I? She had made my life miserable in the past and i know she was trying to ruin my future plus she was corrupting my sister-in-law as well.

To save time I would have ran instead of taking time to start my car however thinking realistically Seattle was an hour away so it would take me much longer to walk plus Bella would need a nice warm shelter when I found her after being out it this weather.

I pulled up closer then my usual parking space right outside the entrance of the ally and grabbing an umbrella from the back of my car and Alice's raincoat I had grabbed from the house for Bella, they were about the same size, I went down the ally. It was darker then last time the street light that usually illuminated it up was broken meaning it was pitch black so instead I got my phone out of my pocket and tapped onto my torch app using it to light my way. The old shelter was still there and sniffling was coming from it just like last time. However this time I knew it was Bella and not Ava.

Violently ripping the make shift roof of the shelter I uncovered Bella there in all her glory the little make up she had put on in the morning had run down her face from a mixture of rain and tears but to me she still looked beautiful. Brushing her hair aside and looking her in the eyes I was desperate to know the truth of all this worry she had put me through in the last few hours,

"I think we need to talk." I said as sternly as possible it was usually the voice I used at the hospital when one of the nurses was flirting with me and I tried to get across I did not like them.

Wrapping her up in the raincoat and covering her with the umbrella I grabbed onto her arm firmly but not hard enough to hurt her and lifted her off the ground which was easy considerering her light frame, wrapping my arm around her back to support her I guided her towards the car where I proceeded to open the door for her I even went as far as putting her seatbelt on. I tried to convince myself it was for her safely however it was just this manly urge to be close to her, I think I even paused to sniff her. She had avoided looking me in the face until this moment but when I got into my seat she turned and looked at me,

"Fine let's talk."

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