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Chapter 15: Interception

BPOV

After seeing the pictures in the newspaper Alice went completely apeshit wondering why I had lied to her. If she was my BFF why didn't I tell her or the others about everything? That's when my dad decided to tell them all. Edward arranged for Jasper, Alice, Emmett, and Rose to meet us all at his house. I was completely and utterly freaked out not wanting them involved.

"Bells…they are involved since Edward is now a part of your life. His friends and family are also involved, being as they are a part of your life now too. They need to know what's going on. It's what's best." He said raising his voice because I had been arguing with him like a stubborn child all morning.

"But dad-" I whined like a child.

"Isabella Marie Swan…" my dad snapped angrily.

"Dad…I just don't want anyone else to get hurt." I sighed, "So I just don't see why we have to let them know." I said sitting down.

"Bells…are you willing to give up Edward…and your friends?" My dad asked softly as he took a seat next to me.

"No…I'm not leaving Edward…or my life. I'm done running." I stated matter-of-factly as a tear rolled down my cheek.

"Then they have to know. If we leave them in the dark they are in more danger than if we just tell them." He said as he brushed a piece of hair out of my face.

That is how we all ended up sitting at Edwards reliving these past three horrible years of my life. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. Even the guys were teary eyed.

"So you've been in hiding ever since?" Rose asked, wiping her face dry, when my dad had finished the gruesome story of Embry Call.

"Yes…I didn't have a choice or I wouldn't have lied to all of you." I whispered as I used the palm of my hand to wipe my own eyes.

"Well Fuck Beezy…I guess we'll just have to put our cans of whoop ass on red alert." Emmett said poking Jasper in the ribs.

"Ouch fucker!" Jasper said punching Emmett in the shoulder.

"I don't see why you call her that Emm, its quite ridiculous." Edward half growled because he hated the nick name Emmett had given me.

"C'mon…really...her name is Bella, she's so damn puny if she hit you it would be like a breeze brushing your face… Beezy" Emmett said making only sense to himself making us all laugh.

"Fuck Emmett…you're such a douche." Alice said through her laughing.

"What?" Emmett questioned confused making us laugh even more.

I couldn't help but see my dad out of the corner of my eye. He was still showing no emotion on his face, thanks to his training, but I could see his shoulders bouncing in laughter as well. Dad had really got to know Edward and my friends over the few days before our meeting. He said it was for recon purposes for the "job" but I knew it was his fatherly instincts checking people out. Surprisingly, for the first time, he actually approved of them all.

"So what do you need us to do Mr. Swan?" Jasper asked after he was able to catch his breath.

"Please call me Charlie." He smiled. "Well…first thing is Bella's identity must be protected. She is Elizabeth Dwyer if anyone asks. Second thing you can do for Bella is to be aware. If you see Embry or anything suspicious call me immediately." My dad said handing a photo out to each of them. "Don't approach Embry…he is very dangerous."

"We can take him." Emmett chuckled.

"I'm sure you could big guy." My dad said patting Emmett on the shoulder. "But we have no idea how unstable Embry really is. He could have a gun, knife anything…if he knows where Bella is-"

"And I couldn't live with myself if any of you got hurt." I said as the tears started falling again.

"Hey," Edward said kneeling in front of me. "Hey Isabella look at me." He said tilting my chin toward him.

"We are not going to let anything happen to us or you. Everyone in this room cares for you deeply and we'll do anything to keep us all safe." He said with a smile.

"Yeah we all love your ass Lizzy Bizzy." Emmett chuckled.

"Lizzy Bizzy…Really?" Jasper questioned. Emmett just shrugged making us all laugh again.

"I better get going." Charlie said from the door and Edward stood up. "I gotta check in with Paul and see if he's got any leads." Charlie said exchanging a look with Edward that I didn't understand.

"Okay Sir…thanks for everything." Edward said extending his hand toward my dad.

"No Edward, thank you." Charlie corrected shaking his hand. "Just keep my daughter safe until I can get everything situated."

"Absolutely Charlie, no problem." Edward smiled.

"Mr. Swan will do." My dad winked and Edward Chuckled.

That was three weeks ago and these last three weeks have been completely hectic to say the least. I now knew what that look was between Edward and my dad. It was the "baby sitting duty" look. I have also had to get used to being called Bella in private and Liz in public, by the people I care about. Well except for Emmett who now calls me either Beezy or Lizzy Bizzy depending on his mood. I've even caught some of the others slipping and calling me Lizzy, all but Edward that is. He still hates the nick names.

As far as life, well that has changed completely. I had to change my number because that damn static wouldn't go away even after I bought a new phone. Jake was on double duty as well, because I felt like I was being watched. I would hear footsteps behind me all the time when I was in a hall by myself. If I'd stop they'd stop. If I'd walk faster so would they. I was so spooked one night by it that I ended up running all the way to Alice's dorm room. She called Edward and within minutes I was picked up by the goon squad and taken to ground zero. That's when I learned I was being guarded.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I yelled at Edward. "I'm not a fucking child, this is bullshit!"

"Isabella." Edward pleaded.

"Don't Isabella me Edward Anthony Cullen!" I growled.

"It's for your own protection Bells." My dad said as he came through the door with another "Goon Squad" member.

"My protection?" I yelled.

"Yes there are precautions we've decided to take to keep-" My dad started to explain.

"We?" I squeaked and glared at Edward, "you're in on this too?" I said through gritted teeth.

"I'm not losing you to this sick fuck Bella and so yes I'm coordinating with your dad." Edward said sternly.

"Well lucky me." I snickered.

"You might not like it but you sure as hell are going to deal with it." Charlie stated matter-of-factly before walking out and that was that.

I have been completely on edge ever since that day, not because I was worried about Embry, I was sick and fucking tired of being a hostage in my own life.

It was so bad I had become utterly paranoid with every movement because I felt like they were hiding things from me and people were following us without our knowledge. When I asked my dad he said, "Paul went through all the tapes on the surrounding airports and no sign of Embry so you have nothing to worry about."

Well then why the hell was I being guarded and treated like I was the fucking president of the United States? Because they were all hiding something from me, even Jake, who was suppose to help me, had become "Goon Squad leader" when Edward was away at a game. Jake was even worse than my dad ordering me around and watching every move. I couldn't even change without him in the room. Of course, he'd turn his back but seriously?

I was just waiting for Edward to knock the living shit out of him, but he never did. I didn't really want Jake around, I mean really, look at the shit he had done to me in the last few months. If I could have gotten rid of him completely I would have.

My dad however, was not budging on the fact that Jake could protect me and I'm sure if it wasn't for my safety Jake would be long gone. I couldn't wait until everything blew over and I could get rid of him. He was more of a hassle than not. Jake would go with me everywhere. I went to the mall to get a new bra and panties and "the Goons" may as well have come in to help me try them on so I didn't even bother. I had absolutely no damn privacy.

As far as Edward, well, we hadn't talked over the last three days besides a "hi" as we passed. It was the first time since the night he came home after the press conference. That night there was no talking or arguing as he packed up almost all of my clothes and dragged me back to his house.

"Edward this is ridiculous!" I growled.

"Bella, we are not discussing this." he said as I huffed to his truck and I think that was the last time we actually had a two way conversation.

If he said eat, I ate. If he said shower, I showered. If he said stay, I stayed. I had become more of a damn pet than a girlfriend because arguing with him would just make things worse. We hadn't even had sex. Edward and my dad had become best buddies and were running my life like I was a child. I mean really. This was getting ridiculous. We hadn't seen hide or hair of Embry and so overreaction was definitely an understatement with the situation. I needed a break. I needed a minute of privacy. I needed time to myself and by God that is exactly what I was going to get.

I had been working on my plan for the last two days. I knew he would be the easiest to slip past since he was always busy. I packed my smaller purse with some cash, lipstick, eye shadow, a brush and my cell phone. I gently tossed it out the window into the bushes. Thank God Edward had decided his house was Fort Knox and we didn't need extra security there, or this would never work. I put on jeans and a t-shirt and threw my sweats over the top of them. I pulled my hair up and slipped on my sneakers. This shit had better work or I was going to go crazy. I knew Edward would be in his study, just like always, because he had been living their lately.

"Edward…babe…where are you?" I called out but didn't get an answer. I saw the light on in his study as I reached the bottom of the stairs and could hear his voice. He was definitely on the phone with someone. I made my way over quietly and was just about to knock when he spoke.

"Well are you sure they've checked out every place possible…he has to be somewhere he couldn't have just disappeared." Edward growled into the phone as he paced the floor.

"I know…yes I know he's your friend…I know he's good at his job…no Charlie I agree…okay…yes I'll let it go…no I won't say anything not yet. She doesn't need anymore stress than she already has." Edward said as he sat down in his chair. He hung up the phone and placed his head in his hands.

"Edward?" I said softly and opened the door. "Is everything alright?" I questioned as I walked into the room.

"Everything's fine." He said with his head still in his hands. "Just talking to your-" He stopped as he looked up and his eyes bugged out of his head.

"What…what is it?" I questioned nervously.

"Wha…what in the fuck are you wearing." He growled.

"My sweats…I was going running on the grounds."

"You're not going outside without security Bella." Edward stated matter-of-factly as he stood up.

"Edward…you can't keep me here like a prisoner. I've been stuck inside for almost a week. We have not seen Embry and I'm not going anywhere other than around the grounds." I huffed.

"Isabella its not-"

"If you say safe Edward I swear to God I'll go ape shit!" I yelled.

"Bella…love. You know we are just trying to protect you and keep you safe." Edward said through gritted teeth trying to contain him self.

"I know." I said walking over and wrapping my arms around his waist. "If you're not protecting me I've got the goon squad & Jake…I couldn't be safer." I said into his chest. "I'm just going outside to run around the grounds and get some air. It's like Fort Knox and I'll be safe." I said looking up at him and batting my eyelashes.

"Around the grounds but not outside the gate or in the woods." He said sternly and pulled away from me.

Yes

"Yes master." I giggled.

He narrowed his eyes at me, "Isabella don't push me."

"Or what, you'll spank me?" I said and stuck my tongue out at him.

He chuckled. "Go…get some air…just stay within the gate please." He said as he went back to his desk and sat down. I turned and tried not to run for the door knowing I was free for the first time in weeks. I was not in any danger or they would say something, so I was fine and would be just fine for a couple of hours. I slowly walked to the front door and reached for the handle.

"Isabella." Edward said making me jump.

"Yes?" I squeaked and turned around to look at him.

"When this is all over…I will spank you for being so disrespectful." He said with a smile and waggled his eyebrows. I saw the darkness in his eye and swallowed hard. He said nothing more as he turned and went back into his study.

I turned the knob to the door after I collected myself and walked outside. I took a deep breath for the first time in three weeks.

"Just going for a run." I said to Goon Squad Gary and took off around the side of the house. I found my bag and headed strait for the woods. It would only be a short distance to the street and I could catch a cab. I would only be gone for a couple of hours to the mall and I'd come back. I'd call Edward as soon as I got there so he wouldn't worry. Edward and my dad would definitely be pissed when I get back, but they would just have to deal with the fact I wasn't in as much danger as they were thinking.

EPOV

I fucking hated this shit sitting around waiting for that fucking nut job Embry to show up. Charlie and I had been coordinating with Paul trying to locate the fucker. The day the photos came out Charlie pulled some strings, thank fuck, and got us home quickly. I was not about to take chances with Bella's life. I even yielded to Charlie when he insisted that fuck tard Jacob be involved.

"Edward I know how you feel about Jacob, and believe me, if there was any other way I'd shoot that little shit in the foot myself. The facts stand; he knows Embry better than the rest of us and is the best shot we got if Embry shows up."

Charlie was right Jacob was definitely a douche, but if Embry did show, Jake may be the only one able to talk the sick fuck out of his mental state. The last few weeks since then had been hell. Not only did we have to explain everything to my family and friends, but we've had to hire massive security. Bella's secret was still unknown as far as everyone outside our circle was concerned. The fact was Charlie, Jacob the twit Black, Charlie's buddy Paul and I were all on red alert.

The worst part of the entire fucking thing was that I was trying so hard to keep Bella safe I had turned her into a prisoner. I didn't know what else to fucking do. The day after we had let Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice into the loop, Charlie found out Embry was in Dallas.

Charlie had asked another friend to do a facial comparison with the FBI computers and cross reference them with the airport security tapes in Washington, Oregon, and California. The FBI computers came up with a positive match on Embry as he was boarding an airplane to Dallas.

"What do you mean he's here?" I growled.

"Well I sent the tapes to a friend in the FBI to do facial comparison on the airport tapes Paul looked at. Embry was definitely on them." Charlie said as he took me into his "lair" as Bella liked to call it. Of course, the douche Jake was already there.

"Cullen." Jake huffed and crossed his arms.

"Black." I said through gritted teeth trying to keep myself in check. I hated the little fucker and he felt the same about me. As soon as Bella was safe I was gonna kick the shit out of the little bastard.

Charlie walked over to a table that had a shitload of buttons on it. I had seen something like it in the movies before. It had more damn buttons on it than a 747 dash board. It seemed like he pushed twenty fucking buttons before a huge screen came out of the wall and started playing footage from an airport. The date on the time stamp was the day before my game in Washington.

"Wow, shit that's Embry!" Jake said surprised.

"How the fuck did you know that?" I growled at the little fuck tard.

"His left ear duh." Jake said smirking. "He got it bit by a dog when he was ten and it nearly ripped the lobe off…see." Jake said as he reached out and pointed at the ear of the guy on the screen.

"But that dudes whiter than Jasper…I thought Embry was from the same tribe as you." I said confused to Jacob.

"He is…he's in a very well planned disguise and I'm now very certain the little psychotic prick is getting help from somewhere." Charlie said through gritted teeth.

Fucking freaked out was an understatement for Charlie and me. I had learned a lot in the last three weeks about that fucking psycho Embry and he scared the holy living shit out of me, which was not an easy task to do. So if he was being helped that made things even worse.

"Help from whom?" I said clenching and unclenching my fists as I stared at the image now frozen on the screen.

"That I don't know, but I'm going to find out." Charlie said as he shut off the video.

That was a week ago. Embry had been in Dallas for almost a month already. We had decided to keep this bit of information from Bella, because she was already on egg shells. There had been no leads and Embry had fallen off the grid after he got to Dallas. Charlie was still searching for the person helping the psychotic fuck out, but as far as I knew he had no leads either.

Now I wasn't so sure keeping Embry's arrival in Dallas from Bella was the right thing to do. How could she really be safe if she thought he was clear across the country? If she knew he was here maybe she wouldn't be so difficult, maybe I could relax and not worry so much about her when I was away playing the game tomorrow, maybe we could actually have more than a "hello" when we passed in the hall. Screw Charlie!

"Sir, we did a sweep of the grounds and every things fine." Gary said bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Thank you Gary. Will you please ask Miss Swan to join me? I have something I need to inform her of." I was going to tell her and hope she wasn't too pissed at me.

"Sir?" Gary asked confused.

"Miss Swan…will you ask her to join me here in the study." I repeated myself a little more harshly.

"But Sir…she hasn't returned from her run yet." Gary said shakily.

"WHAT!" I screamed "Why didn't you inform me before now?" I yelled as I picked up the phone and hit memory one.

"I assumed-"

"Never fucking assume anything Gary assumptions get people killed!"

"Hello?" Charlie's voice came across the phone. I hit the speaker and replaced the receiver.

"Bella hasn't returned from her run!" I said in more of a panic tone that I expected.

"How long has she been gone?" Charlie growled.

"She's been gone since three sir." Gary said staring at his feet.

"FOUR HOURS…FOUR FUCKING HOURS!" Charlie yelled.

"What do we do know?" I said through gritted teeth.

"Hold on I got her tagged." Charlie said and I heard buttons being pushed. "She's at the Essence Boutique." Charlie said with a sigh of relief.

"I'll meet you there." I said and hung up the phone. "I'll deal with you later." I growled at Gary as I walked past him.

"Yes sir." He said as he followed behind me.

I grabbed my keys off the hall desk and walked out into the garage.

"Get three other guys and meet me there." I growled as I stepped into my truck. I didn't' look back as I hauled ass down the road. I made it to that fucking lingerie shop in less than ten minutes. Charlie pulled in just as I stepped out of my truck.

"I swear to God I'm going to bend her over my knee and spank her."

"Stand in line." Charlie said with a smile as he opened the door for me.

"Holy fuck!" I said coming to a complete halt.

The sales associate was lying on the floor beaten naked and with her throat slit and her eyes cut out of the sockets. Blood had pooled all around her and everything in the store was slashed and on the floor.

"Jesus Christ!" Charlie said as he pulled his gun out of his waist band. "Stay behind me."

I followed closely behind Charlie as he walked back toward the dressing room. My breath hitched as he grabbed the knob and started to turn it. Charlie threw the door open and I gasped. There was no sign of Bella just her things.

"Fuck…how could I have been so blind?" Charlie said hitting the wall as he read what was on the mirror:

The prettiest girl I ever did see

Wouldn't say two words to me

Cat and mouse I played for fun

And just like the others she started to run

I found her hiding behind a tree

You know the rest Charlie don't you and I'll make sure to take extra special care of your darling Bella this time. I'll have to rid the Edward filth off of her before I even get started. T C

"TC?" I questioned Charlie as he pulled his phone out of his pocket.

"The Collector." Charlie growled and put the phone to his ear.

I had to catch myself on the wall as it registered. The Collector was a serial killer from Washington. Charlie had tracked him for years. It was the case Charlie retired because of. Over fifty girls were victims of the sick fucker. He'd rape them for weeks as he tortured them then he'd cut out their eyes and dump the body. Everything started fading to black and I could faintly hear Charlie talking through the ringing in my ears. Embry had Bella and if we didn't find her soon…

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