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Chapter 19

One year later.

The twins are a year old now and doing great. However, this past year has been very busy for everyone. The restaurant opened when the twins were two months old. It was later than we first planned, because Bella bought the place next door. After combining the two places, the restaurant is now three times the size it was. It was open for three months before it really took off.

We talked about names and Bella was twisted over wanting to honor Debbie and Marcus, but also her father, too. In the end, we decided to do a rather large plaque for the front entrance. It has a great picture of Debbie and Marcus on it. There is a short paragraph about their love of the community, and how they always gave, and their legacy is carried on here to this day. Then we named the restaurant, CEDS, after Bella's father, Charles Eleazar Denali Swan.

It is becoming well known, because we serve all kinds of cuisine. We have American, British, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Mexican, French and Italian food. We have four chefs on staff, but the overall running of the kitchen falls on Jane, who is Aro's daughter. I was shocked he had a daughter, but I learned he came out as a homosexual later in life. Jane has a lot of restaurant experience, having worked in them for over twenty years.

All of the chefs have been teaching Bella dishes from their own expertise, and she's enjoying it a lot. Bella works at the restaurant with them three days a week, and still attends college two days a week. She doesn't work on the weekends, unless there's no other choice – the weekends are our time. If she ends up having to work, you can find me there being her helper.

It was not long after the restaurant opened, that my mom's business started taking on an absurd amount of orders. It seems most of the people had seen what she and Emmett were capable of, when they dined at Bella's. I'm sure it helps that Bella is always singing my mom and Emmett's praises when she is asked about the decor. Masen's is the busiest it has ever been. They are currently averaging two times the orders they had in the past.

Bella never wanted to go back to living in the big mansion; so after talking things over with Aro, my family and me, she decided to let the local church orphanage use it. They use it and have a contract to continue to use it for the next hundred years. During the term of the contract, Bella or her estate will pay all the utilities and maintenance. The orphanage has to agree to use all funds they get to pay for their employees and buy necessities. Bella also bought them a bus to use for transportation and gave the staff six of the family-style cars from the garage. Monthly, she gives the orphanage a check for twenty thousand dollars, since her father always did that when he was alive. It seems that Charlie and Marcus were in an orphanage together as children, so this is why they always wanted to help. Now Bella and I will carry on that legacy.

When the twins were four months, Rose had to go back to work. She was sad that she had to go back, but at the same time she loved her teaching job and had missed it. It was about a week after she returned to work, that Bella came to me with an idea she had. She told me that some staff at the restaurant and college students who were parents, were finding it hard to cope with obtaining quality child care they could afford. She said she wanted to open a day care center that would only charge the absolute minimum amount. She wanted to know what I thought. I agreed that would be something really good, and it would certainly help the middle and lower-class families in the area. Then she surprised me by asking what I thought about Rose running it, and if I thought that would be something she would like to do. I scratched my head in awe at her idea and how perfect it was. Sometimes I wonder how she's able to come up with these ideas.

The next day I asked Rose what she thought, and from the glint in her eyes, I knew right away that she loved the idea. She knew that she could do something she loved, but still have her babies close by. Immediately, we searched and found a place that was large enough to allow us to have sixty kids and fifteen full-time staff members. We rehabbed the space, hired the right people and opened the doors. It's been open for five months and is doing great. Currently, we have fifty-two of the sixty places filled. We don't really make a profit, as Bella makes sure the funds are all put back into the day care for improvements. She's always buying the kids and staff gifts for birthdays, and new things for them to do. The best part is—all of the meals for the school are made by the restaurant daily, so they are served only the freshest and healthiest foods.

Someone informed the media what Bella was doing between the orphanage, day-care and the restaurant. With all profits from the day-care being applied back to the day-care, and of course all profits from the restaurant going to the local school district, it was big news. Not to mention funding the entire orphanage. There was a ten-page story about it and Bella and me. We were made to sound like the dream couple of Seattle.

The story did a lot of good; it helped get more people into the restaurant and use some of the other companies that Bella had mentioned. She sang the praises of not only mom's company, but the local slaughterhouse and farmers the restaurant uses. The article caused several of the suppliers she mentioned to give her a discount, so she could give more to the schools. She is averaging about a thirty percent discount now, on all meat and produce. Bella made sure to give credit to all her suppliers, when she donates the monthly proceeds to the school board each month.

This past week has been very busy for Bella and me. We have been arranging Caius' retirement party. Of course, we'll be holding it at the restaurant, which we arranged to have closed to the public for the day. Bella, not wanting the school to lose out, is paying for everything out of her—well our—pocket, as she keeps telling me.

"Baby, what the hell are you doing?" I yell running over to Bella, who's half a foot off of the ladder she's on.

"I'm putting up the banners," she says and she leans over more.

"You do know you can move these, right? They are not screwed to the floor. They are portable and moveable."

Bella chuckles and I place my hand on her hips. "I know I can move the ladder, I moved it here. Besides, it doesn't matter now, I'm already done."

I roll my eyes, but I am happier as she's climbing back down the rungs and into my arms.

"What do think?" Bella asks, and I look up at everything she's done.

"He'll love it, Little Chef, it looks great." I kiss Bella's neck as we head to the upstairs apartment that is used for any of our staff in case they have to be here working late, or don't have transportation home. We head for a joint shower. We throw our towels and sheets into the washer and start it. We get dressed and by the time Bella has her hair dry, I've thrown the load of laundry into the dryer. We arrive back downstairs just as people are starting to arrive and being shown to their tables.

I walk Bella over to the head table seeing that Caius and his wife are there, along with Renee and her husband.

"Good evening, everyone," Bella says kissing Renee, her husband, Caius' wife and then Caius on the cheek.

"This looks amazing, Bella, you really did not need to go to all this trouble for Renee and me."

This party is also for Renee, as she's being promoted and has been given the job as the COO, and I will be stepping into the role of the CEO.

"I didn't. I wanted to have a party and just used your retirement and their promotions as a reason," Bella says cheekily and Caius laughs.

"Well, that does make me happier," Caius finally says.

The evening is off to a great start with everyone seeming to enjoy the food and conversation.

"Hi," Bella says standing up, not that anyone could hear her. I give a loud whistle and everyone shuts up and turns our way.

"Hi, I just wanted to say a quick word or two. First of all, I would like to congratulate Renee in becoming the new COO – you really are an amazing worker and person. My father always thought that you were wonderful and very talented, but he refused to give you up. He loved having you as his secretary, but thought you were underplaying what you were capable of. If he wasn't worried about being stuck with a bad secretary, he would have given you this job long ago.

"Renee, you always made time for me and treated me well, unlike many that were in the company. You've always had time for me, even if it was just having coffee when I popped in to see my dad, or now with Edward. When my father fell ill, you helped take care of him and his interests to the best of your ability. I know those first few months when he was still working, you kept him safe and kept an eye on him. I will always be grateful to you for your love and loyalty to my father and the Denali Corporation.

"I'm proud to see you stepping into this position in the company, and I know you will do well. So, please, everyone raise a glass to Renee, and her new and well deserved job at Denali."

Everyone does what Bella asks and raises their glass, with a resounding response of "to Renee," the clinks of glasses are heard around the room.

"Edward, you've done a great job this past year as the COO, and you are now moving into the CEO position. I know through speaking with most of the staff—many of whom are with us today—they think you are an amazing, kind, fair man to work with and for. Unlike many bosses today, you do your share of the day-to-day work. You take the time to know your staff, and make sure their needs are met. You put forth the effort to give to them the tools they need to not only do their job, but use their abilities to further their own career. You make it known to all that they are able to come and see you if there is an issue, business or private.

"I think you're an amazing man, both personally and within the corporate world. With you fronting The Denali Corporation, I believe we will be able to take the company to the next level. So, everyone, if you could again raise your glass, to Edward, and his new job as leader and CEO of Denali."

Again, everyone does what she asks and I hear, "to Edward," and glasses clinking around the room.

"Okay, one more person to thank before I let you all get back to enjoying this evening. Caius, I really don't know what to say to you, other than thank you," Bella sobs a little at the end.

"You came out of retirement, moved across the country, and uprooted your family, all to help save my dad's company from going down the toilet. You showed me another way to have control over the company, without the need for me to be there each and every day. I think you really are amazing and you better keep in contact with me. I expect to see you at least once every other week and hear you on the phone every week, you hear me, old man?"

Caius wipes his tears nodding at her.

"It was your great leadership that helped Edward to become the boss he is today. I have a gift for you and your wife – well, it's from everyone at The Denali Corporation." She hands him the envelope and his wife gasps, as she looks over his shoulder. He looks at Bella and you can see the shock and happiness on his face. There are a few whispers asking what it is.

"On behalf of Edward, Renee, The Denali Corporation and I, we hope that you enjoy the three-month, all inclusive cruise around the world. Everyone, please once again, raise your glass and toast to Caius. Caius, we'll miss you, and hope that you enjoy this second retirement."

"To Caius," sounds loudly around the room and clinking glasses follow. He stands and pulls Bella into a big hug. Bella sits down after Caius' wife hugs her, too, but Caius remains standing.

"Thank you, all of you. I had no intention of making a big speech tonight, so I want to keep this short and sweet. This woman beside me has brought much light and love, to not only this company, but to this world. Isabella has a heart of gold. I'd come out of retirement anytime to make sure this wonderful, giving, young lady was not mistreated. I'm proud to say that Edward is capable of and more than willing to step into the shoes of protecting her. I know deep in my heart I'll never have to come back out of retirement to save her again. Everyone here, please raise your glass to the owner of The Denali Corporation. She is the strongest, most giving person in the world. She loves and cares for everyone unconditionally, and she deserves only the best life has to offer. To Bella," he says and everyone does the same.

The rest of the night goes by fast. I think the best part was Renee's surprise. Bella gave her a new car—well new to her anyway—it was one of the cars that Bella's father collected. Renee had always called it her ultimate dream car. She was also given a gift card for five thousand dollars to buy new business suits and redecorate her new office.

~*FB*~

The last four and half months have flown by fast, and Bella and I have spent it organizing our wedding. Last week, Caius and his wife returned from the cruise having had a great time. He spent an hour telling me and the guys about it on our guys' night out. It was just after Caius shared his adventures, that Jasper pulled Emmett, Carlisle and me to the side. As soon as we saw his face and the fact he was stuttering, we knew what he was going to ask. It took him over half an hour to ask us for our blessing for him to ask Alice to marry him. We only let him sweat it out for ten minutes, before asking him what the hell took him so long. He never responded, instead he ran out. We all followed him all the way to where the girls were spending their night out. He immediately got down on one knee asking Alice to be his wife, and of course she said yes. From that moment on, our separate parties turned into a joint party. I, for one, was very glad about that turn of events, because Bella looked sexy as fuck.

I look in the mirror, making sure everything is in place. I want today to be perfect; deep down I know no one's wedding goes without something going wrong, but I still want it to be perfect for my Little Chef.

"Edward, it's time," the reverend says with a smile. I close my eyes and take one last deep breath before walking out. I take a quick look around the room seeing most of Bella's and my family and friends are all here.

It thankfully only takes a few minutes, before the music starts playing and my dad leads my mom down the aisle. Once they reach me, they both give me a hug and then take their seats. Next down are Emmett and Alice, who are our witnesses and will be signing our marriage license. Alice is in a pink satin dress that comes to just above her knees. The flowers that are in her hair add to the angelic effect she gives off. When she reaches me she gives me a kiss and then takes her place across from me as Emmett stands by my side. I turn back to the door as Jasper leads Rose down the aisle, each holding the hand of one of the twins. The twins look super cute in their outfits, and both are grinning like mad. Rose has the same dress as Alice, only hers is floor length. When Rose and Jasper get to the front they pass the kids off to my mom and dad to sit with and then take their places. As new music starts, I turn so that I am fully facing the aisle. I smile as Aro leads Bella through the door. Bella's dress is ivory, the bodice is hand-beaded and very detailed. The dress hugs her frame, and the skirt flutes out a little at the bottom. To top it off, she has a pink lace jacket on that gives her porcelain skin the right amount of color. She told me she bought a colored lace jacket to wear, but she can also remove it, if she gets too warm.

All of us guys are in tuxes with the same pink for our vest color.

"You look so beautiful," I say once she is standing next to me.

I watch as she blushes and I push my hand through her hair and kiss her. As my tongue goes in her mouth, I hear a collection of people loudly clearing their throats. I pull away from her and shrug at the reverend, who's shaking his head at us.

"Shall we begin, now?" I grin and nod.

I smile the entire way through the service, which takes an extra ten minutes longer than scheduled. Apparently, it's due to the fact I kept kissing her when there was any long pause. But thankfully, the reverend is now at the part I've been waiting for the most.

"Edward, you may now kiss your bride, it's not like you have waited anyway."

I chuckle, before kissing my wife for the first time. "Hey, wife," I say, as I pull away from her and she shakes her head at me, but has a huge grin on her face.

We make fast work of signing the marriage certificate and getting all the pictures taken. We head off to the restaurant for our meal, which is truly amazing.

"Hello, ladies and gentlemen, friends and family. Can I have your attention, please," I say, standing and everyone looks my way.

"I know that it has been a long day and you all want to party, so I'll keep this short. First of all, I would like to thank Rose, Alice and my mom for all your handiwork and help with all of this. Most importantly, I need to thank them for looking after my girl. Thank you, you have no idea how much in your debt I'll forever be. Emmett, Dad and Jasper, thank you for helping me keep calm over these past few months. On a side note, Jasper, thank you for keeping Alice in line and calmed down. I'm pretty sure that the whole family is grateful for that," I say with a chuckle and the whole family, and even some of the staff shouts, "here-here."

I look to Alice who's pouting and I smile at her. "I love you, Alice, you know I do. Just remember with your own wedding, which will be the next in our family, you'll have free range." At that Alice's eyes sparkle as Jasper groans a little.

"I would also like to thank the staff here. You've all done a great job, Bella and I both appreciate everything you've all done above and beyond your jobs. Lastly, to my wife, Bella, you've taught me so much. You spend a lot of time telling me how proud you are of me. You tell me how great you think I am, and in general, make sure I know how much I complete you. My love, you need to know that I'm only the man I am, because of you. You have this way about you that makes me want to be a better man. I can't live or survive without seeing your smile. Your happiness is what lights up my life. You have such a wonderful heart and you show me that there is more to life than money, and having your dream job. You've taught me that a little kindness goes a long way. I will spend the rest of my life with you, because it's what I truly want. I'm never going to let you go, you are the half that makes me whole, and I love you with every beat of my heart and breath that I take."

I bend and kiss her. I pull her up while still kissing her, as the whole place cheers.

Bella and I cut the cake, before moving to the dance floor to share our first dance as husband and wife. This will be our only dance, as we are off right after this on a month long honeymoon to the island.

~*FB*~

As soon as our private plane levels out and the captain says we are free to move around the cabin, I unbuckle both our seatbelts. I pull Bella to stand and pick her up. I carry her over the threshold of the private bedroom on the plane.

"Welcome, Mrs. Cullen," I say.

*~FB~*

We have been here on the island now for three weeks. The days pass by with us forgetting everything as we embrace each other. Sadly, about the last three days or so, Bella has been feeling ill and has spent a lot of time sleeping.

"Little Chef, I think we should call the doctor," I say to her, because she looks rather pale.

"No, I'm fine, Edward, I think it's just the chicken I ate; I swear it must've been bad."

I shake my head at her. "Food poisoning only lasts about twenty-four hours, unless it turns into an infection, in which case you'll need antibiotics. Right now it's been seventy-two hours."

Bella sighs, "Okay, let me get my bag and call the doctor."

I help her to stand and she looks through her bag and pales a little more as she looks inside it.

"Edward, I think you're right – and it's not food poisoning."

I tilt my head at her.

"This is our last week here, right?"

I nod at her in confusion, but confirm we're due to leave in six days.

"That means I'm at least ten days late. I think I might be pregnant," Bella says holding up a box of tampons that she asked me to get her the first time I went to the mainland.

"Really?" I ask feeling excited about my wife carrying my child.

"Yeah, and that would explain why my breasts hurt like crazy; I'm sick, tired, and really moody."

I grin at her picking her up and spinning her around. She hits my arm and I put her down. She runs to the bathroom throwing up again.

"Fuck, I'm sorry," I say and she waves me off.

"It's okay, but I think we should head home. If I am, I would rather be seen by my own doctor."

I nod at her as I run a tub of warm water for her to relax in. "Get washed up, and I'll pack and get things situated with the pilot, so they can make sure to file the flight plans and be ready to go.

~*FB*~

The last seven months have gone by rather fast. As soon as I called for our private plane and had plans set for the return home early, I made another call. I called Mom to tell her and ask her to book Bella an appointment on the day we returned. After she got over the excitement, she gave me some information to help Bella. She said I needed to get water into Bella first, so she didn't become dehydrated. She said to try ginger tea, saltines and dry toast.

Sadly, nothing helped, and Bella was sick right up to the twenty-first week of pregnancy. After that, she stopped being ill just as fast as it started. She reached her thirtieth week, when we moved into a house two doors down from my parents, and just diagonal from Emmett and Rose. I know many people would hate to live so close to their parents, siblings or in-laws, but in our case we loved it. Even if we are all married and having our own families, we're still very close. We always have Sunday dinner, only now Aro, Caius and his wife all join us.

I come out of my thoughts, when the door I am in front of opens. "Hey, baby, are you feeling better?" I ask.

Bella shakes her head. "No, your son keeps resting on my bladder, like it's a fluffy pillow."

I chuckle and rub her large bump.

She lets out a sigh and shuffles on her feet. She still has a month to go, but she's very uncomfortable. I wouldn't have her out and about, but today is Alice's wedding, so we kind of have to be here.

"That's it, I am getting you a seat for out front," I say raising my brow waiting for her to argue with me.

"Oh God, I'll be right back," Bella says and she goes back into the bathroom. She comes out five minutes later.

"Okay, baby, we need to head down the aisle, it's time. Are you ready?"

She nods at me and I lead her to where Alice and the rest of the bridal party are waiting.

"You look beautiful, sis," I say kissing Alice, before leading Bella down the aisle. As the service starts, Bella is sitting, but as it goes on she moves to standing.

"If you could all bow you heads as we say the Lord's Prayer," the reverend says and I close my eyes.

"For crying out loud!"

I open one eye and frown a little at Bella's outburst. As she stays quiet and has her eyes closed, I close mine again and the reverend finishes the prayer.

"Now I would like you to join us in our next hymn," the reverend starts to say, but gets cut off by Bella.

"Oh, for love of God!"

Everyone just looks at her and she waves her hand from him to keep going. I keep staring at her and I'm glad when her eyes fall on me. I quickly mouth asking what's wrong and she shakes her head at me. I frown and keep looking at her as the service goes on. The more the service goes on, the more Bella's face changes.

"Does anyone here ... know of ... any reason why ..." the reverent says slowly, and again Bella cuts him off.

"I swear reverend, speed it up!" Bella yells.

"Now Miss ..."

"No, there is no, now Miss, me. I'm in freaking labor and it hurts, but before I have to leave, I would like to see them get married."

The whole places seems to be in shock, just looking at Bella, who has stopped talking and looks down at the puddle on the floor at her feet.

"Just great, now my water broke. Could you please speed this up?"

I move quickly to Bella making her sit.

"Baby?"

"No, I want to see them get married – he'll just need to stay right where he is."

I look at her and sigh looking back at Alice and Jasper who're still looking at Bella.

"Shit, I have ruined their day, haven't I?"

"What? No," Alice yells.

"Okay, you heard the lady, let's get this done," Alice says to the reverend.

"We still have another ..."

Alice holds her hand up shaking her head. "Nope, we've had four hymns so far – it's fine, just wrap this up."

He nods and gives us all a small smile and speeds everything up.

"You may kiss your bride." As soon as the words are out of the reverend's mouth, I stand up with Bella, letting her see the kiss before running out with her.

Bella's labor takes another nine hours, and at half past eleven at night, she gives birth to our son, Charles Carlisle Cullen.

The entire family came to the hospital and waited. Bella felt guilty, until Alice said she loved the fact that her nephew was born on the same day as her wedding day. She then laughed, saying that Bella's comments throughout the service would make it all the more memorable. The next day we take our son home, and celebrate Jasper and Alice getting married as a family. We wave them off that night as they go on their honeymoon. They're spending a week on the island, then two weeks shopping around Europe.

Just over three years ago, there were six people in my family – including myself, and we had one family business. Now, there are fourteen in all, and we have four family businesses, all of which are doing great. Three years ago, I would've told you that money is what makes the world go round, but after finding Bella; I've found that it's family, love, faith and kindness. Those things are what make the world keep going and shining.

A/N: Well loads of things happened here, and we hope that you will all enjoy the epilogue that posts on Monday. What are your thoughts?

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