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Keep in mind when reading that although in real life it has been several days with this last chapters, in the story timeline, the kidnapping has been around 24 hours. So that's why Charlie hasn't sufficated. :)
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"I hate this "crime doesn't pay" stuff. Crime in the United States is perhaps one of the biggest businesses in the world today."
-Peter Kirk
Mary Alice's POV
Carlisle arrived at the hospital in record time and made sure I was checked into a private room. I don't know what threats may have been used to have my OBGYN, Dr. Greene arriving only behind Carlisle, but I didn't care.
I was hooked up to a monitor, and Dr. Greene had examined me.
"How far apart are your contractions?" She asked looking over the top of a clipboard.
"Ten or fifteen minutes?" I replied as a question. I hadn't really timed them, I just knew they were painful and something felt off.
"Are you under a lot of stress?"
"Same as anyone else." I lied. I was under more stress than anyone could imagine. My baby's father was a huge manwhore, my whole family was full of criminals, my own father hardly spoke to me, and my best friend was being held hostage somewhere.
"I'm giving you Magnesium Sulfate to stop the labor and corticosteriods to help boost baby's lung development. Thirty-two weeks is too early for you to deliver so I'm going to do everything in my power to hold it off. You're on full bed-rest until you deliver, and I am going to stress to you repeatedly how important it is for you to take it easy! Avoid any and everything that might possibly upset you." She waved her hands around while she talked.
If only it would be as easy as she instructed. I could lay in a bed all day, but it wouldn't ease my mind.
"When can I go home?" I looked from her to Carlisle.
"We'll keep you here for a day or so and watch you. If everything goes well, then you can go home. I'll be back in the morning to check on you."
"Thank you, Dr. Greene." Carlisle told her as she gathered her things to leave. He handed her an envelope which she grabbed in a hurry. She gave me a smile and left.
"How are you feeling, love?" Carlisle brought my hand up to his lips, kissing my fingers.
"I'm worried." I admitted quietly.
"We'll handle whatever comes our way. You and my bambino will receive only the best. I am going to keep a closer eye on you, and you, you are going to get plenty of rest and not do a thing." He smiled slightly as he spoke.
Nobody was in the room with us, besides Sammy. He never went anywhere. I knew Carlisle also had a couple of guys in the hallway and more scattered throughout the hospital.
"How's everything with..." I couldn't bring myself to say her name without crying.
"He's much closer, don't worry. I haven't talked to him since I left. As soon as he calls, I will fill you in. Will you be okay for a few minutes while I go talk to Emmett?"
"I don't want you to leave. You're going to be gone all the time between the family and the practice." I complained. I was being super clingy, but I couldn't help it.
"I hired another doctor to help with my office. Dr. Cooper. He's going to cover things so I can spend extra time with you during the rest of your pregnancy and the first few weeks with my bambino." He assured me rubbing his fingers up and down my arm.
"Okay. Go see Em. Do what needs to be done." I gave in. I wanted Isabella back and in one piece. All of my daughter's aunties would be here.
"Te amo." He said trailing a kiss across my forehead before walking out.
"Sammy, I'm so tired, but can you have someone bring some Taco Bell? I'm starving." I gave him a puppy dog face.
He nodded, and I rolled over.
I was out before my food arrived.
Edward's POV
I went back to the hotel and searched the room across the hall. I found nothing except for the clothes Isabella left in and a wet towel on the floor. I didn't like the looks of it. I had one of our tech geeks tracing Roxy's phone calls to see who she had been talking to lately.
I was seeing red, and I couldn't wait to find that bitch and punish her like she deserved. I didn't think for a minute she had the intelligence to out run me or hide from me. It wouldn't take long until I left her dead just like her cousin. But with her, I would have an audience.
Charlie was still in my trunk. I hope he hadn't suffocated yet, because then I couldn't have in fun with him.
I was in complete predator mode, and I wasn't leaving anyone alive in my wake tonight.
I sent men for Kate, but she was nowhere to be found. She could wait until later. She would be an amateur threat without Charlie.
Finding Roxy was my main concern. I was saving her father for last.
I picked up all traces of Isabella and left the hotel calling my tech guy.
Until I knew anything I was going back out to a smaller warehouse to deal with Charlie. I needed him the fuck out of the way so I could be done with that.
"What ya got?" I asked when Eric answered the phone.
"Calls to her dad and some friends. None of the names ring any bells yet. I'm working on locating her phone if she is using it. If she was dumb enough to get on it, it will tell us where she is."
"Let me know ASAP." I hung up and pushed the gas.
Aro was standing out front smoking a cigarette. No matter where he was, he looked like he was standing outside the club bored.
"Ya holding up aight?" He followed me around to my trunk.
"What the fuck kind of question is that?" I eyed him incredulously.
"Just- nothing, trying to check on ya." He shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't need checking on. We're fucking men. Act like it! For Christ's sakes, you've been around my sister too much." I furrowed my brow at him. I had way too much going on to deal with Aro acting like he got a fucking period.
We carried Charlie inside, and he started to rouse.
"I want no one else here for this." I told Aro while we sat Charlie in a chair and tied him up.
"I wouldn't either."
Emmett couldn't be here, so I had to settle for Aro. He was my boy. I knew he had my back.
"Where the hell am I?" Charlie asked in a truculent tone, shaking his head.
I pulled another chair up and turned it backwards, straddling it.
"Like I would tell you." I laughed in his face.
"What do you want?" He raised his eyes to look at me.
His eyes were dark chocolate, even darker than his daughter's. They held no trace of fear or regret. Charlie was a much harder man than I gave him credit for.
"I want to know all about your plans. What do you know? What have you told? What kind of evidence do you have?" I held up a finger with each question I asked.
"If you heard the tapes with Heather, then you know. I haven't told anyone what I know. Why would I want big time Feds shitting around my investigation?" He chuckled.
I glanced at Aro to make sure he was paying attention to everything Charlie said. I wasn't sure how much detail I would remember the way everything was racing. My head. My heart. My nerves.
"If you don't tell me what I want to know the easy way, I will get it out of you the hard way." I told him collectedly.
He said nothing so I stood up, kicking the chair away. I walked over to the corner of the room picking up a length of chain.
Charlie's eyes widened minutely as I walked back, but he kept his game face.
He still said nothing so I wrapped one end around my hand and closed my fingers around it.
"I love your daughter more than my own life. You, however, are just an obstacle in my way. Once you're not there anymore, I won't have to deal with dodging you. Isabella will move into my home, and I'll be her daddy." I goaded him walking in a circle around his chair.
His only reaction was the deep breath he drew in.
I stepped until I was in front of him. I gave no warning, but it didn't matter. He anticipated what was coming. I swung the chain basking in the sound of the metal links striking his face.
He grunted, keeping his head up.
I took pleasure in swinging the chain again. Blood started to dribble down his face where the impact of the metal broke skin.
"Ready to talk?" Aro asked nonchalantly, pulling out a flask.
"Fuck you." Charlie spat out.
I didn't even look as I flung the chain again.
Charlie groaned and finally leaned his head down. I knew where my girl got her strength.
I dropped the chain to the floor, the sound echoing through the building.
"Listen to me you stinkin' pig. I will get what I want out of you. I always get my way." I told him leaning over. He had the audacity to give me the stink eye sparking the non- existent fuse on my temper.
I reeled my arm back and let go with everything I had. My fist landed squarely on his face, the force of the blow knocking his chair backwards. The crack of a freshly broken nose resonated in the air.
"Vaffanculo maiale!" (Fuck you pig!) I turned away from him as new plans formulated in my mind. "Trova Kate e portala qui." (Find Kate and bring her here.)
Aro's face held a disinterested look as he tossed his cigarette Charlie's way and walked out.
Isabella's POV
My stomach grumbled and knotted on itself letting me know just how long I had been without food. I prayed and hoped and wished for some kind of miracle to get me out of the closet I was locked in, away from wherever the hell I was.
My wrist felt raw and my legs were numb from being tied up and sitting on the floor for so long.
I was exhausted, but there was no way I could sleep. I didn't want anymore of me touching the floor than had to.
I heard footsteps and slowed my breathing trying to be as quiet so I could hear as much as possible.
Roxy was pacing and mumbling to herself when I heard another set of footsteps slowly approaching.
"Thank God you're here!" Roxy called out.
"What is going on? Why the hell are you in this dilapidated factory? What did you do that you need to hide here?" A familiar voice asked sounding irritated.
"I kidnapped someone, and I need you to help me get rid of her..."
"KIDNAPPED? Dio Mia, what is wrong with you?" The other voice asked.
Jane! It was Jane. I didn't see Carlisle's family lasting much longer, not that there was that much left of it.
"You can't tell anyone about this. Not even Felix." Roxy warned her voice getting closer.
I squinted my eyes as the light hit them.
Jane gasped as she took in the sight of me.
"Roxy, you can't be serious! Is this some kind of sick joke?" Jane walked over and started untying me.
"No!" Roxy screamed in a panic.
"You can't keep her. She is with Edward, like you didn't fucking know. I'm not crossing my own family!" Jane shouted at her helping me stand.
I had never been thankful for a member of the Volturi family. I would overlook all the shit she gave Alice.
We stepped out of the closet into a large open space with old, rundown machines and pieces of pipe and metal laying around. I hadn't said a word, I was waiting to see how the rest of this would play out. I flexed my hands and wrists to loosen my muscles.
"They will kill me!" Roxy paced between us and the only door I could see without a lock on it.
"What did you think was going to happen?" Jane rolled her eyes.
Roxy rushed over and grabbed her shoulders, "You have to help me! You're supposed to be my friend!" She pleaded.
"I'm not crossing my family. You know how it works. Edward is made, and Isabella is with him. Has the peroxide gotten to your brain?" Jane pushed her to the side and turned towards me. "Let's go."
She started to walk, but before I could follow Roxy picked up a piece of scrap metal and lunged.
"Jane!" I yelled trying to warn her. She turned to see Roxy coming at her and sidestepped, but not enough. The metal sunk into her shoulder, and she shrieked in pain. She stumbled a couple of steps before catching her balance and backing away slowly.
My eyes raked over my surroundings, searching for anything I could use to defend us. My eyes fell on a block of concrete about the size of a odd shaped basketball. I quickly made my way over as Jane tried to talk Roxy down. Stupid and desperate were a bad combination.
I bent at my knees and used a good bit of strength to pick up the chunk of rock and run towards Roxy. I lifted last minute so I would hit her head. I made it to her neck and a sickening crunch stopped her frantic words midsentence. Things seemed to move in slow motion as she went down.
"Not too bad." Jane panted, giving me a half smile. Blood was slowly seeping down her arm.
"Oh my God! Are you okay?" I hurried to her side.
"I'll be fine. We have to get out of here before she comes to." Jane jerked her head towards Roxy's unconscious form on the ground.
"Yea." I agreed shakily. It all seemed unreal and too easy to get away. Jane grabbed me with her good arm and pulled me towards the door. My spirits lifted at being so close to outside. As we pushed together and broke out into an alley behind the building, we were met by a large man aiming a gun.
"Where do you think you're going?" His mouth breaking into a dark grin.
"We're leaving, Henry, and if you have any fucking sense you'll get the fuck out of the way. Did you forget who I am?" Jane held her head high.
"I don't think so. Ms. Martin promised me a cut, and I intend to collect.
"Whatever." Jane said pulling me as she continued forward.
"If I don't get my money, you don't get to live." He warned raising the gun higher and aiming at our heads.
Jane stopped short and held onto my arm. I was too scared to even scream. Why were my survival instincts not kicking in? Didn't I have any?
"I'll pay you twice whatever you were going to get if you let us go." Jane countered.
"Yea, right." He looked skeptical.
I caught a glimpse of small movement out of my peripheral vision. I didn't know whether to turn my head or not. It could be someone else with Roxy, but it could also be Edward and I didn't want to give him away.
"You know I have plenty of money." Jane kept her voice calm.
He looked as if he was considering it while I turned my head slightly seeing Aro wink at me as he rounded a corner. I tried not to smile as relief flooding through me. I knew Edward had been the first movement I caught.
I squeezed Jane's hand and turned back just in time to see Henry's head explode. I gasped, still unable to find a scream as Edward rushed up to me wrapping me in his arms. He muttered things in Italian I didn't understand aside from I love you.
"Edward!" I choked out as tears began falling. He held me tight and looked around.
"There isn't anyone else that we know of." Jane said softly. Her face looked pale.
"We have to get her to a hospital!" I found my voice, tugging on Edward's sleeve.
"I already texted Carlisle." He said and grabbed Jane's arm pulling her behind us as we walked back towards a dark SUV.
"What about Aro?" I asked in a panic.
"He can handle himself." Edward laughed, "He's making sure we're not leaving anyone behind."
I nodded. I let him help me in the vehicle and then Jane. He kept a hand on some part of me as he raced through the streets.
"Jane? You with us?" Edward asked looking in the rearview mirror.
"Uh huh..." She answered weakly.
In what seemed like no time, we pulled up in front of his apartment building.
"This isn't a hospital." I murmured giving him a look.
"Carlisle is in the penthouse waiting. We don't want to draw attention, not with what we have coming up." He explained as a large guy I had seen around Marcus' place approached to help with Jane.
"Hi Jimmy." Jane smiled at him as he picked her up.
"That's her guard. She sneaked out when he was in the bathroom." Edward spoke low in my ear. "I'm sorry. About everything and for taking so long to find you."
"I'm just glad you did." I choked on my tears and he wrapped his arm tighter around me as we walked in a back entrance to the building.