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Yes, Bella and Mike were a couple when they were at school, but they never made it passed…first base. Some people are better off as friends.

**Chapter 76**

I gasped for air but somehow none of the oxygen managed to enter my lungs. Something heavy was pressed against my chest that made it painfully difficult for me to breathe. My head was spinning and I wondered if I was going to faint again now. Why the hell couldn't I breathe?

Then the weight was pulled away from me and I sighed in relief.

"Bella? Bella, are you alright?"

I turned my head and blinked into the tear-covered face of my pixie-like wife. Her hands were trembling and I hoped that all this stress wouldn't be too much for her weak heart to endure.

"Where is Edward?"

I tried to stand up but she wrapped her arms around my quivering shoulder to keep me where I was.

"Don't try to move. You might have a concussion or something like that."

"Ali, where is Edward?"

She cleared her throat nervously and stood up from the ground again.

"I think, I kind of knocked him out."

"You did what?"

I stood up, almost stumbling over my feet when I realized my ex-husbands body on the ground next to him. Crimson colored blood trickled out of a wound at the back of his head.

"Is he dead?" I croaked out, feeling a shiver of fear running down my spine.

"Daddy is dead?" Lilly whispered so low that her voice was barely a whisper. Then she burst out into tears and buried her face against the fluffy fur of the whimpering dog.

Edward turned to the other side. Then he reached out his hand and grabbed it around Ali's wrist.

"I hate you. I hated you even when you were just a little baby."

Ali inhaled sharply between her teeth.

"Let me go. Can't you see that this is over?"

H coughed and a few drops of fresh blood trickled down the edge of his mouth.

"Fucking little parasite."

"Keep your stupid mouth shut. I won't let you talk to Ali like that."

He tried to stand up which wasn't really working and so he just sat up and pressed the palm of his hand against the bleeding wound on his head.

Somehow I managed to pull my cell out to call the number of the police.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing you stupid cunt? Why are you calling the police? Do you want your lesbian whore to get arrested?"

"Edward for the last time now; keep your mouth shut! Or you're going to regret it!"

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"Aren't you going to arrest her too?" Edward asked Mike as he turned my ex-husbands arm around and closed the handcuffs around his wrist with a loud click.

"What for?"

"She attacked me! She tried to murder me with that…I don't really know what it was."

"You seem to have a strange sense of humor, Mr. Cullen. You break into a house having a knife in your pocket and now you want to press charges?"

Edward growled angrily and I instantly took two steps backwards to wrap my arms around Ali's middle.

"You're going to regret that, asshole. And just for the record. I didn't break in. I have a fucking key, you moron."

"A key? Why the hell do you have a key to my father's house?"

He chuckled and his mouth twisted into that damn crooked smile.

"This house is still ours. Have you forgotten about the papers you signed?"

"What kind of papers? I don't remember them." Jeez, there had been so many of those after Charlie's sudden death.

"Chief Newton, the vet is here." One of Mike's deputies informed him.

"That's good. He can take care of the poor animal."

"You called a fucking vet? How about calling a real doctor that can take care of my injuries?"

"I don't like the way you're talking to me. We had to call a vet because you're refusing to tell us what the hell you've fed the dog."

"I hope he kicks the bucket. Maybe I should have better shoot him straight in the head."

"Daddy, do you really want Fido to die?" Lilly croaked out, wiping her running nose on the sleeve of her shirt.

"Lilly, it's just a stupid mutt. He's evil and…,"

"No, he's not. He's my best friend and now he's sick just because of you!"

"Lilly, I'll buy you another dog when we move to Alaska."

"The only place that you're going to move to is the local prison here."

"I need a doctor. My head is hurting."

"Mine too, mostly because of the crap that comes out of your mouth."

"I'm going to sue you and make sure that you'll lose your stupid job here."

"Do what you want. Officer Call will bring your sorry ass to the station now."

"What about the doctor?"

"If you can still complain like that it can't be that bad. But we can let the prison doctor take a look at you."

There was an awkward moment of silence when Edward was finally out of the house. Then I tasted something salty on the tip of my tongue.

Mike kneeled down in front of me and took my hand in his.

"Are you sure that you don't want to see a doctor?"

I nodded my head and wrapped my arm around Ali, who looked incredibly pale now. As if every little bit of color had left her pretty face.

"But you should call one for her."

"No, that's not necessary. I'm just feeling a bit dizzy now. It will soon be over."

"I can't believe he had the nerves to show up here."

"How did he know that we were here? I thought that you told no one about us going to Forks."

"I didn't tell anyone."

"We find out how he figured it out. Don't worry."

"That's easy to say for you, Mike." I mumbled while I started to stroke up and down Ali's back in small circles to calm her down again.

"No, it's not. He could have killed you."

The vet came over and whispered something into Mike's ear.

"That's good to hear."

"Hmm,"

He turned to us and forced his lips into a grimace that was probably supposed to look like a smile.

"The vet says that your dog is probably going to survive. Whatever kind of crap your ex fed him…it wasn't enough."

The dog raised his head and whimpered slightly. I stood up and stroked over his head with trembling fingers.

"I'm sorry."

"Why? Bella this is not your fault."

"I can't believe that he managed to find us here." Ali whispered so low that her voice was barely audible.

"Are you sure that you didn't accidentally tell anyone?"

"Mike, we're not stupid. Have you forgotten what I told you about Edward?"

He shook his head and sighed deeply.

"I'm just trying to figure it out, how he did that."

Then he cleared his throat nervously and turned to Ali.

"Can you tell me how you managed to knock him out? He's over two heads taller than you."

"I don't really know. Everything happened so incredibly fast. I grabbed something from the ground and smashed it against his head as hard as I could. God, I could have killed him."

"With a shovel? That's rather unlikely, so don't worry."

"Is he going to press charges?"

"Probably, but that should be none of your concern. If you want me to, I could call Jessica's father and…,"

"Mr. Stanley? I don't think that will be necessary. If we really need a lawyer we know one who's much better than your ex-father-in-law."

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"You better make sure that he doesn't escape from this incredibly joke that you dare to call a prison."

Zafrina stated, while she sipped on the cup of coffee in front of her. I wondered how she and Jasmine had managed it to show up here that quickly.

"He's going to stay right where he is." Mike assured her, crossing his arms in front of his chest.

"Can you get the papers ready to transfer him back to Seattle?"

"No, he refuses to be transferred because he's too sick."

"Maybe I should help a little with that. When I'm ready with him, he's going to be really sick, you can bet on that." Jasmine mumbled between gritted teeth.

"Don't say things like that, Jazz." Ali pleaded her, before she pulled a tissue out of her pocket to clean her running nose.

"It's worse enough that he's trying to make me look like the bad one in this. I didn't mean to…,"

"Ali, calm down, him pressing charges against you is completely ridiculous."

"But the police…,"

"The police over here is busy with a lot of other stuff; you can be sure about that." Mike told her, while he pulled out his cell to read a new text.

"How could you be here that soon? Shouldn't you be in Seattle?"

Zafrina shook her head and sighed deeply.

"We were in Port Angeles. But I can tell you more about that…later."

"Chief Newton?"

"Yes?"

"The station called again. They want to know how many calls we should allow him to make."

"Are you stupid? Just one of course and I'm sure he already had that."

"But he said that it doesn't count when he calls someone for medical advice."

"Why would he have to call anyone for medical advice? The prison doctors checked his injuries and stitched the wound on his head up. If his head is hurting he can swallow some painkillers."

"But he said…,"

"I don't give a shit what he said. No more calls for him. He can call his lawyer…no that won't be necessary I think. He's a lawyer himself, isn't he?"

I nodded my head and pulled Lilly on my lap.

"You're okay, honey?"

"The police took my daddy away….again."

"I know, Lilly." Jasmine told her and sat down on the ground next to us.

"Do you know why they did that?"

"Because he's angry,"

"Hmm,"

"Jasmine, do you know why my daddy is so angry?"

"No, sweetie, I don't know. But it's not your fault that he's so…well, angry."

"But why did he try to kill Fido? He's my best friend."

"I know, Lilly. Look, your dog will be fine. Don't worry about him."

"Will my daddy stay in jail now?"

She nodded her head and Lilly buried her face in her hands before she started sobbing again.

I pulled her closer to me and rubbed her back until she finally managed to calm down.

"Nothing is going to happen to him in there." Mike told her while he sipped on the glass of water in his hand.

"I'm not crying because of that." she croaked out, raising her head from my shoulder again.

"I don't want him to come back to hurt my mommy."

"He won't do that. I promise you that he'll never come near any of you…ever again."

Ali stood up from the couch and sighed deeply. Jasmine put a hand on her shoulder, while her eyes narrowed for a split second.

"You know that you should call your parents, don't you?"

"I'm pretty sure that my bro…I mean that Edward already did that. I bet my mother is trying anything to get his…,"

"Your father texted me about ten minutes ago to tell me that he still doesn't know where his shithead of a son is. Well, that weren't exactly his words." Jasmine stated nervously.

"Didn't Edward call our mother?"

"Hmm, I think that he called his office…Embry said that he wanted to speak to his secretary when they brought him to the station."

"Always the business man," Zafrina mumbled.

"If you ask me he should have better called Masen or another lawyer instead of cancelling his appointments. He's probably going to lose his accreditation for the shit he pulled today anyway."

"Zafrina, he said that he owns the house, but I don't understand how that's possible."

"I'll contact Cullen's office and ask them to send us a copy of that so-called contract."

"I don't know why he would have wanted to have this house here anyway."

"It's hard to tell how Edward's mind works." Ali stated, wrapping her arms around me from behind.

"But however it works, we'll have to find a way to stop him from hurting us again."

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