BPOV
30 weeks pregnant (approx. 4 months later)
BEEP…. BEEP…. BEEP….
I wake up to Edward's and my alarm to turn it off. Today we are going to finally finish cleaning up all the mess of the Volturi's businesses and also announcing the merger of Swan Industries with Mason Corporation.
I was nervous to do that last one as this could bring unwanted attention to Aro and his wife, but Jack has assured us that he and his family will make sure that Aro won't suspect a thing until the right time.
It was also pointed out that we will be making it known of my father's illness, despite him getting slowly better thanks to Carlisle, and that because of this he chose to merge with Edward. With me being with the Volturi's as far as most people would have known by now, it won't matter announcing this merger because most people would just assume that my father was getting back at me for going with the Volturi's.
I was also told that it will be announced that I wasn't written out of my father's will or something along those lines so that when I am able to drop the Volturi name after Aro and his wife have been taken out then I can just go about things as normal as I have been doing them, just with two babies this time.
I carefully get out of bed as best as I can with how huge I have gotten by now and go into the bathroom to pee and do my morning routine while I think about all that has gone on in the last 15 weeks since our dinner with Jack Skellini and his wife.
The next day after the dinner I called Edward and set up a day for him to come over, which was the Friday after the dinner. He decided to come over for the weekend, which was nice and I also got to see how he was while running his businesses and to say I wasn't turned on by how he held himself was an understatement.
There were a few individuals that had to be dealt with while he was here and he wanted to have a go at playing in the basement and I got to see him work out in there this time. I have also seen the footage of me killing James and I am quite surprised at how I was in it, but I was again turned on by the memory of it and I had to get Edward to sneak into my room after this so that I could ride him till we were both in a sweaty state of euphoria.
My hormones were going all over the place so don't judge me for being all hot and bothered over that, plus Edward was HOT when he was being all cold, calculated and hardened killer, but I know that under that is something that is just for me and will be expanded to include our babies.
Right on cue I feel a couple of really hard kicks to my sides that I need to rub my hands over to soothe the pain of them. Seriously I will be glad when these two are out of my belly as I am starting to be over this pregnancy and I just want to be able to get back into doing my normal work and not just running businesses and fielding phone calls for Edward while he is out doing the jobs I want to join him in doing.
In the last 15 weeks we both have been massively busy. We finished cleaning up James' compound and we have figured out that we want to use it for conducting business and housing people who we may need to keep hostage for a while because of how remote the building is and how much actual security is there and how well we can fortify it so that no one can come out without our permission or being in a body bag.
It just needs some rooms to be 'repurposed', but other than that and some minor upgrades it's good to go. The staff that was once there have been fully replaced and moved to other businesses or places that would better suit them or have been 'fired'. By that I mean they are no longer wasting oxygen because not everyone there was innocent.
With the help of Jack and his contacts we have sorted out all of Aro and James' criminal business and they are now in our control, we got a lot of surprises when we found out that they had been wanting to back out of dealing with the Volturi's for some time prior to this because of how fucked up Aro and James were as well as how badly they managed things as we suspected, but also because of how they treated their contacts who were supposed to be friends with them.
What caused us to be surprised and sickened even more was both of their willingness to pimp out both Jane and Aro's wife to whomever whenever the situation called for it. Edward and Jack dealt with some of the ones that took Jane as payment because she was grossly underage when these occurred and even in our world with the more respectful criminals that shit is just not on.
We have been keeping Aro, his wife and Jane updated with the pregnancy just as we were asked to do to keep up our ruse with them, only Jane knows the truth via Jack's nephew because they are plotting Jane's parents demise sometime after the twins are born. We all want them to know the truth before the end and know as they die that they should have been better people and things may have been different, but there wasn't a damn thing they could do about it.
Those two have grown quite close to each other and I think it is nice for Jane to finally get a happier ending. Jack's nephew doesn't want to be part of the criminal side of his family just like Jane didn't so they are perfect for each other. Also Jack's nephew, Giovanni or apparently Van for short, has been looking at buying the vineyard and estate Jane and her parents are at now because he is wanting to expand his vineyard which backs onto the property so I guess in a way it was fate for those two to eventually get together.
I get a smile on my face from those two thoughts and exit the bathroom. Edward sees me and comes over to give me a small peck on the lips and a hug before going to the bathroom to do his morning routine. I go to the closet next and pick out a dress Alice made as part of her new line for the working pregnant woman.
It is this gorgeous light blue dress that is form fitting to under my bust and then flows freely from there down to just below my knees. The bottom part of the dress is made of this light weight material that moves when I move and makes the dress feel light and airy, while the top part of the dress has a sweetheart neckline and shoestring straps. Perfect for any office work as it is not too revealing while still enhancing the beauty of the wearer, also in my opinion it makes the woman seem stronger and more confident than she may feel and this dress would also be perfect for those who may be of a bigger size and not just because she is pregnant.
It has a matching jacket/ cardigan style three quarter length sleeve over shirt top that you can button just under the bust as well to make it more business like then sundress, but it is light enough to wear even in the middle of summer, but thick enough that it will keep you warm in cooler months without needing too bulky a coat over it.
I finish this off with black flat sandals that are made from this sustainable vegan leather that Alice swears is the next best thing in fashion. Not that I really care at this point because comfy shoes are comfy shoes with my swollen feet and ankles.
However, if you are into all that sustainable vegan stuff go look into.
Anyway I move to the kitchen to wait for Edward to get out of the bathroom and dress so that he could make us breakfast, which while I can do it he prefers to because of how much it hurts may back to stand for too long and I need to be careful as I don't want to be put on bedrest, even though I practically already am with how little I am able to do these days.
Again I will be glad to give birth to these two, despite how shit scared I am of it. I just want to meet our little pigeon pair. If you don't know what that means, it's a saying to symbolize a male/ female pair of kids. Don't know where the saying came from because I have always found it an odd saying, but it is what it is and seeing as we are having a boy and a girl it fits.
I came back home about a month after the dinner and just last month Edward surprised both my father and myself with the unveiling of the new wing of this mansion. I didn't know he remembered let alone found the time to fulfill one of the conditions that I made him promise when we agreed to this union our fathers arranged.
On the ground level was a fully contained apartment for my father complete with office, small library, gym, two bedrooms, a room similar to Edward's memorabilia room so dad could have a space to remember mum and when I was little, this room made tears of joy run from my eyes, a nursery for when he minds his grandchildren and a bathroom with three ensuites and each room has walk in robes.
Seriously, the place wasn't small. Then on the next two levels up was a storage room for all the archives from the Swan residence so that they are closer to us and seeing as the place I grew up in is only going to be used for a place for us to go as a family to have private family time while still being able to conduct business if this was needed and there was a bathroom and a bigger library then the one on the ground floor complete with a computer system and a few office desks and comfy chairs.
Then you have the new addition to Edward's room. If I thought my eyes couldn't cry from joy anymore, I was very wrong. He enlisted Alice, Esme and even Rosalie to create a beautiful nursery that can easily be converted later when they get older. There is another bathroom for them, a rumpus/ playroom, another small library and a sunroom with a balcony that has a lift and stairwell to access the lower levels.
Seriously this man was so full of surprises and I fell in love with him even more. Everything was already fully stocked and furnished and all the files had been brought over here and my father was already set up downstairs. Edward even thought to make sure that our room was now soundproofed and there was a hallway leading to the other parts that he added so that the kids couldn't sneak up on us and made sure that no one can enter from below via the lift and stairwell without us knowing as well.
The man thinks of everything. Edward walks into the kitchenette wearing a navy blue three-piece suit and a crisp white shirt under the vest and jacket and I have a sudden urge to shift in my chair from the tingles between my legs and I know that my undies would most certainly have a wet spot on them now from seeing him in this suit because he is so hot, damn stupid hormones!
He chuckles as he sets about making scrambled eggs and bacon on toast. I know he knows the effect he has on me and he is fucking loving it, cocky bastard he is lucky I love him.
"Laugh it up all you want Edward, but revenge is sweet especially when it is served up cold."
He finishes cooking and serving up the meal and then sits down in front of me, once he is sitting down he just laughs even harder and then replies
"Oh Bella, I didn't dress like this to turn you on, but I am glad that I know what can do so because I'll store that information for a future date. Then again you have no idea how hard it is trying to not have a boner at the sight of you in that dress.
Might I add that you seem to be glowing today and that colour looks gorgeous on you." He gives me my favorite grin and I almost melt while my eyes well up with tears, again can I mention how much I hate pregnancy hormones and crying over everything.
"Flattery will only get you so far, mister. What is on the agenda for today?" I say back to him, while trying to blink away the stupid tears. Thankfully Edward knows me well enough to know that the unshed tears are just from my changing hormones rather than me being actually upset.
There was a day not long after our meeting with Jack that I was on a video call with Edward with a few of the new criminal contacts where I had to excuse myself for a moment, after the call had ended he asked if I was ok and I flew into a 2-hour angry rant that left him floored and he rushed over to James' compound where I was still living at the time and he ended up taking me to the BDSM playroom to let out some of my anger and frustration out on him.
I secretly think that he just wanted me to show him what I did to James before I would knock him out every night he came to my bed. However, I was thankful to him for letting me be in control for at least that little bit because I was seriously overwhelmed and I myself wasn't sure on where my head was at, but since then he could tell the difference between my hormonal crying and real crying.
Hormonal crying, I would just blink them away but be talking normally through them or I would have a smile on my face, angry crying is also a part of this category with the only difference being I yell and snap at everyone for any reason with possible throwing things.
Real crying is when I can barely string a sentence together and my knees go weak, among many similar things.
He swallows the mouthful of food he had in his mouth before answering "Well first we go downstairs to our desks because we have a telephone conference with Jack and his brother in Italy to discuss how we are going to handle Aro and his wife as well as all of the businesses and affairs that need to be kept in the Volturi name and other stuff to do with the crap left to us by them.
From there we have to go to a few meetings with some Swan Industries' businesses and then a few of Mason Corporation's businesses to talk to the staff about the merger and to reassure them that there will be very little to no changes to their jobs and we are just letting them know of this merger just to keep them informed and that if they have any questions then to direct them to their superiors, we also need to let them know that over the following weeks we will be handing out to every employee an information pack with a detailed outline of any changes if there are any and all that."
I nod my head and add "Wow that is a pretty full on day. How many places do we have to visit today?"
He scratches his chin before answering "Two each, so 4 in total."
"Ok, I'm done. Let's get this show on the road." I say as I push my plate away and get up carefully. Edward tells me to hold on and takes the plates to the sink before returning to my side to walk with me, with one hand on my waist to give me a bit of support to try and take some pressure off my feet and back as best as he could, to the entrance to our office.
Oh did I mention that Edward also renovated his office to add in a space for me and added a space for our kids so that we can bring them in here whenever possible. Again he thought of everything, ever the control freak.
Once in the office we sit at our respective desks and then get ready for our phone call. After about 30 minutes being in the office Edward's desk phone rings, he picks it up and puts it on speaker so I could join in the call too and I shift my chair over to Edward's desk.
"Good morning Edward and Bella, how are you both today? How are you fairing Bella, over being pregnant yet?" Jack speaks in a pleasant friendly tone. I give a short chuckle and reply
"I am fairing alright, Jack. I am also very over being pregnant and feeling like a whale while being very excited to meet our twins."
"Yes I can imagine you do feel like that, but I doubt anyone would think you actually look like a whale, am I right Edward?"
"Yes you most certainly are, Jack. Anyway we are both just wanting to not only meet our twins, but to have this shit with Aro finally fully over. Any news on where you are with what we need to do to change over the few businesses that were supposed to stay under the Volturi name?" Edward asks
We hear a sigh and then another man answers Edward's question. This is the first time that we are talking to Jack's brother so I know this is Dorian Skellini of the Italian Mafia. Even just his voice exudes power and a demand for respect.
His tone is light but professional and heavily accented
"Well young Edward, we cannot do much about these companies being under the ownership of someone with the family name of Volturi, however that someone doesn't have to be blood by the looks of it so this is a bonus. Once Aro and his wife are long gone then we can always have these go to Jane and she can delegate the management to the both of you and this will help to alleviate any issues that may arise as you two announce your wedding.
But sadly until then Bella has to remain the heir of Aro. I have a team looking into all the legalities of these things and so far they have only found that if Aro has passed away then his heir could give these businesses to someone else with the family name and then you, Bella, and Jane both can work out who will manage the day to day workings while the other is just the owner by name, same with any profits and who they go to.
Once my team have finalized all the details and paperwork I will be sending a copy to you and I will let Jane know as I know at least one of these businesses are not fully legal, but haven't made much of a profit for quite some time and isn't muchly needed anymore so I will also have one of my workers to see if we can dismantle that one at least or to turn it legal.
I wouldn't worry too much about these and you can always just make it seem like you remarried after becoming a widow and then because you have been working so close with Edward that you developed feelings for one another. We can work all these matters out later though; we need to work out what we are going to do to help my son and Jane with their plans for Aro. Any thoughts?"
Wow that's a lot of info, at least there could be a chance that I don't need to pretend to be a Volturi for much longer and I think the idea of me just pretending to remarry might be the best way.
I am pulled from my thoughts as Edward speaks
"Well I was thinking that after the twins are born we could announce to Aro and his wife with some edited photos of their safe arrival and then after that we could let it be known that they are actually mine and Bella's and that we are actually together and got given the rights of a hit on James, the brothers and Victoria and we wanted Aro out of the picture.
I recently found out that Victoria had a close friend that worked with her in James' restaurant and she has been trying to snoop around as she doesn't believe that her friend would just disappear without telling her because of some 'pack' they had. She doesn't know that I know and it's why I have made sure that those she works with are loyal to me so she doesn't hear anything prematurely because I know she is still loyal to Aro."
I look at him and he just shrugs as if to say it was nothing to worry about, but I don't like the fact that he didn't think I should have known about this. I give him a glare and he just shifts in his seat knowing that he will pay for this later.
Jack speaks next in a contemplative tone.
"Actually Edward, that isn't such a bad idea. Jane could also help out by 'helping' her parents race to the airport to try and get back to the states to confront you and then somehow doesn't make it. Aro was always one to take care of things personally and gets so narrow minded that he doesn't think clearly and messes up."
"That is true my brother, I will let Van know about this when he arrives today in about 2 hours. Anyway I have to go as I have a few other things I need to take care of and I have a lot of paperwork to do. I hope all goes well for you both and I also hope that you will come here to visit me soon so I can finally meet you both in person. Talk to you later, Jack."
With that he hangs up leaving us three on the phone. Next Jack lets us know he has some stuff to take care of as well after our convo and that he will call in about a week to set up another meeting.
I sit back and just look at Edward, waiting for him to explain about Victoria's friend and why he didn't think to tell me. Edward sighs and then turns to look at me, when he sees my expression he gives me a 'don't give me that look' look before saying
"Bella, I didn't tell you because you have had enough stress without worrying about this as well. I have been keeping an eye on things with her and I would have told you if something came up sooner, but thankfully I have been able to keep her contained so far. Before you say anything she is working alone and I have made sure of that, the only reason I haven't done anything to stop her yet was because I saw it as a way to help us to leak info to Aro in order to help Jane kill him off and keep you and our babies safe.
I wasn't keeping you in the dark for no reason, ok my love?"
Seriously for a man that doesn't do good at the mushy stuff he sure knows how to melt my heart with words. I let out a huff and then turned to go back to my desk. He doesn't stop me knowing that I may still be a bit pissed at him and it was safer to not say anything else till I speak first.
Once at my desk I look back over at him and see that he is looking at me, waiting for my response. I take a deep breath to calm my hurt and annoyance at him for withholding this info as I know he was only trying to not stress me out more than I have been and say
"Edward, would you just stop trying to protect me please, I am not some weak frail woman. I appreciate the thought, but just because I am pregnant doesn't mean I suddenly become this porcelain doll that's going to break any minute ok. We need to be completely honest with each other or we will not work as a couple let alone as business partners and a team. Now can we go and announce this merger to the 4 places we need to?"
Once done I wait for him to say something, while hoping he won't say anything other than that we can go and get this shit over as I just want to go up to bed and sleep right now after the phone conference we just had.
He nods his head and gathers his stuff that we will need and I turn to do the same and we walk out together in much the same manner as we walked into his office. We keep going till we are in the car on our way to the first of Swan Industries to announce our merger.
During the 30-minute drive I think about what I wanted to say and basically keep to myself for the car journey.
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We arrive at Swan Steel and Forge, this was a company that my great-grandfather started after he served in World War 1 and needed to do something with his time and seeing as he was once a blacksmith he wanted to bring a much needed service to this area and he couldn't do much after being medically discharged from getting shrapnel in his leg, arm and hip and them never being the same afterwards.
This business was one of Swan Industries most important companies not only because of its age and history, but because of the fact it supplies much of our bullets, weaponry and other metals for our gadgets and for most of the crime scene in this state and surrounding states.
We have been looking to expand into the international market for ages and with merging with Mason Corp we can finally do just that.
We walk into the main shop floor and all the employees are gathered here. We are seen to the balcony of the office that overlooks the main floor and let them all know of the merger and that they didn't need to worry about their jobs as no one was going to be fired and there wasn't going to be anything about their jobs that would change.
The people relaxed and then didn't want to ask any questions and we left. On the ride over to the first one of Edward's companies, I can't shake this feeling like something is going to happen today and that it will be big, it seems like our twins are agreeing with my feeling as they are being very active at the moment.
I rub my belly and Edward seeing this asks with concern heavy in his tone
"Are you ok?"
I nod and reply "Yes I'm ok, they are just moving a lot right now." He smiles and then places a hand on my belly and gives a gentle rub. I smile at his gesture and we continue the drive in silence.
In about 40 minutes we came to an office building that looked to be one of the old original skyscrapers in this city, it has been beautifully maintained with its clean red brick exterior and very Victorian Gothic sandstone arched awnings and accents around the windows and main door.
We drove around the back to the car park for the managerial employees. Edward parks in a spot by the door that is reserved for him. He gets out and comes around to help me out of the car. We walk in the door and are greeted by a beautiful, tall, tan blonde headed woman who looked to be about 35-40, however she also seemed to have aged gracefully.
She holds out her hand to Edward and says
"Hello Sir, Welcome back. I trust you have been well?"
"Hello Annette, it has been a little while since I was last here and may I introduce Isabella Swan?" Edward gestures to me and Annette finally looks at me and gives me a glare. I just raise an eyebrow at her in response and hold out my hand to her.
"Isabella, Welcome to Mason publications." She says in a tight tone that while sounded professional for Edward's sake, I could hear her displeasure at having to be polite to me. I understand why, this woman obviously wanted Edward and didn't like how close he was to me with his arm around my waist.
Before I could say anything though Edward spoke in a clipped unpleasant tone that told me he heard what I had.
"Annette, you would do well to remember your place and to be respectful to Isabella here. Now could you show us where all the employees are gathered so that everyone can go back to meeting their deadlines."
"Yes Sir." She replies as if she has been slapped in the face with what sounded like she had a pout, only she made sure to have an emotionless mask plastered on her face. She then gives a short bow to Edward and quickly turns to follow his request.
We follow behind her through a set of double doors, up a short flight of stairs and come to this huge long space that took up most of this level, but that overlooked the main historical printing presses and the few new modern ones currently printing. I thought it strange that there was no noise coming from them at first, but then I see the reflection of the lights on the glass that's between the ceiling and what I first thought to be the railing.
Turns out this was the original railing, but the glass was added later so that this space could be used for meetings and such without the noise of the printing presses. I think this is very clever.
Edward goes through the same speech we gave earlier to Swan steel and then when it is open to the staff to ask questions they again don't ask questions, although Annette looks like she has been forced to swallow something horrible as she is turning a pale green colour.
I wonder if she was someone Edward slept with at some point? I can't help but smile at her and make a point to keep an eye on her as well as not let Edward come here alone because I don't trust this bitch. I also make sure to flash my engagement ring whenever she looks my way.
Edward gives me a slight one armed hug and when I look up to him I see he has a slight smirk on his face, I know I have been caught out. However; I can't bring myself to feel guilty, this slut thought she even had a chance with my man so she has it coming her way. As long as she does her job. She will have a job to do.
After this meeting we head back to the car to head to the next one. I groan as soon as we get in as my poor feet are already killing me and so is my back.
"You ok? Did you want to grab some lunch before we go to the next place?"
"Nah it's ok I just want to get it over with as soon as possible so I can go home and relax."
"Ok, if you're sure."
"I'm sure." And with that he takes off towards The Ritz Bar and Grill. We repeat what we have at the last two places and move quickly to the last place for today. It is an alternative lifestyle nightclub, strip joint and brothel that was fully legal…. Well now it is fully legal.
I don't know what I was thinking it would look like when we walked into there, but I wasn't expecting a clean open planned space that, while decorated in tones of black, red, some gold and silver chrome accents here and there, was quite classy and tasteful.
Lounges dotted here and there as well as small coffee tables to go with them, you have a few other seating areas around the room like you would have seen in high end nightclubs surrounding a sunken dance floor which is in front of a stage.
There are a few cages that are actually a part of the pillars around the dance floor and a few poles over tables in the corners of the room that have seating around them and these look like they are normally roped off as VIP sections.
That is just the main area of the building. Edward explained that there are 12 private rooms out the back that are for the use of the brothel and private lap dances and so on, while the whole second floor is dedicated to the alternative lifestyle nightclub and demonstrations. The third floor is just office space for him, and the management staff.
He also told me that he used to try out the workers here before he hired them as his father did before his parents got together and he wanted to let me know before I walked in there that most of those women still working for him are ones he had slept with and he didn't want me to get surprised by anything that may happen. Nor did he want a repeat of what happened earlier with Annette.
We walk over to the dance floor and look at all the staff from where we stand just above them. They look to Edward and then to me and despite what Edward told me and me trying to brace for the seductive looks at Edward and the hateful looks at me that just never came.
In fact, these people were some of the nicest people I have ever met and Edward really had made sure that every one of these people were looked after and had good pay and health insurance.
They helped me to sit and got me some water and even made me put my feet up. Seriously, these people made me feel welcomed and comfortable. We announce the merger and Edward decided to tell the staff here that, while he would still come in to manage the business and the staff, he would no longer be a single man and wouldn't be testing out the new ladies or coming to use any of the services offered like he used to because he was no longer on the market.
There were a few groans and pouts, but overall I didn't feel like I had to be worried about these females trying to take my man from me, even though he never said it was me he was taken with, everyone seemed to guess and shouted out their congrats and finally.
Edward chuckles and goes to let them know that despite the merger, there wasn't going to be any changes to any of their jobs and they needed to get used to me coming around more often from this day forth and to keep the knowledge of him being a taken man to themselves till he was ready to fully announce it.
As I was relaxing, I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen and I instinctively bent forwards. Edward catches my sudden movement and rushes to my side.
"Bella, what's wrong?" I was about to answer when I got another sharp pain that makes me gasp and I grip my belly. Edward tries to ask me again what is wrong when the head mistress, a lady of about 35 with natural strawberry blonde hair who was about 6'5 with big natural tits and a booty to match, walks over to me and sits down next to me before saying
"Edward, I think she may be having contractions or at the very least fake ones known as Braxton Hicks. How far is she?"
"She is 30 weeks pregnant with Twins, Tamara." Edward answers and then Tamara replies
"Then I think either you get her to the hospital or we call an ambulance and fast as I remember when I had my pair this is how I got my signal that I was in labour. And before you ask, not all women's waters break first, she could have been in labour all day and you may not have noticed a thing."
This made me think of all the uneasiness I have felt all day and the little flutters I have gotten during the times that the babies were not moving and the tightening and relaxing of my muscles in my lower abdomen I have had sporadically throughout the day that I ignored till now.
"Edward, I think you need to get me to the hospital as I think Tamara is right." And I proceed to tell him about what I just realized and he swears before getting on his phone to call Carlisle and ask him what to do.
He tries to ask me how far apart are the contractions and before I could answer I let out a scream that has me curling up into as much of a ball as a woman who is 30 weeks pregnant with twins can get as another powerful wave of pain washes over me.
"Edward, I don't think there is much time, we need to move her to one of the rooms where she will be more comfortable and we need to get some towels and other supplies!" Tamara says as she takes my hand and gives it a squeeze.
I hear Edward tell Carlisle to get here asap and then he walks over to me and crouches down in front of my face
"Bella, I am going to pick you up after your next contraction ok? We will move to one of the rooms and Carlisle is on his way." I nod and just after this I get another powerful contraction that has me screaming again.
I have never felt this kind of pain in my life! It's horrible and I have no idea how women can do this, but I will forever appreciate the strength of every single mum out there now. After this one passes I let Edward know and he lifts me up and moves quickly to a door just to the left of the stage.
We enter into this black, but well lit hallway that during opening hours would most likely have some kind of dimmer setting or mood lighting here and he walks to a door on the right about third one in. Tamara walks up and opens it for him and he carries me over to the bed that only has a head board and no footboard.
It is a cream coloured Queen Anne style bedhead with dark satin sheets. Tamara quickly puts a towel under my butt and goes off in search of more supplies, while Edward was left to try and keep me calm while I can see he is panicking inside and is just trying to be strong for me.
I start to try and calm him, but another wave of pain comes and I try to grit my teeth this time so as to not freak him out more. He goes about trying to get my dress off of me and puts me into an oversized shirt. By the time he is finished this another contraction hits. I whimper through my gritted teeth this time and just as he was trying to soothe me and squeeze my hand Carlisle walks into the room.
"Ok Bella, let's see what's going on ok?" with that he sits on a low stool that someone has brought in that I didn't notice before now. He sets about putting a blue hospital sheet under me where the towel is and putting on a medical apron of sorts and rolls up his sleeves, he then puts on some gloves. He lifts each one of my legs till each one is bent at the knees and I am spread open wide for him as if I was getting a pap smear.
"This might be a little unpleasant, but very much needed." He then puts his gloved and lubed hand into my vagina and starts to move around. I try not to flinch or move but I can't help it as he wasn't wrong about this being unpleasant. Just as he is pulling out and saying that I was 10 cm dilated I felt this gush of fluid come from me and a contraction where I felt the need to push and I tried to stop myself from pushing, but I couldn't.
I cry out and Edward tries to tell me it is ok and I'm doing beautifully already, but I just feel overwhelmed and scared as this wasn't how we planned for me to give birth!
"Carlisle, is there anything you can do for her?" Edward asks his uncle.
"I can give her some morphine, but that may make her and the babies too sleepy. I brought with me a small cylinder of gas, but it won't last long and I didn't have time to bring it in with me."
"Give Tamara your keys and tell her where it is in your car." Carlisle does just this and she leaves only to come back in 10 minutes with the cylinder in question. He attaches the mouthpiece and tells me to take slow deep breaths in with the mouthpiece in my mouth as soon as I feel a contraction coming and then let the breath out while opening my mouth afterwards. He also tells me to take a breath without the mouthpiece every now and then. Otherwise the gas could make my head spin and that could cause vomiting and/ or me passing out and he didn't want that.
Once I started to have the gas everything was much smoother and I felt a lot less panicked and scared. "Like really that shit is the fucking best!" Edward chuckles and I realize I said that out loud, I just groan.
Soon, but I am not fully aware of how long, Carlisle is telling me to push and Tamara and Edward help to hold my legs and help me to bare down with every push to get the most out of each push. Because of the gas everything had started to become echoed in my head like it was on a broken record and it's on a loop.
Before I know it I hear the most wonderful sound I have ever heard in my life….
A baby's cry pierces the quiet room!
Then Carlisle announces it's a boy. I look to Edward to see he is looking back at me and is beaming with happiness and pride. I smile at him as Carlisle hands me the baby to hold briefly while Edward cuts the umbilical cord.
Our baby boy is then passed off to Tamara who wraps him up into a towel and we wait for the arrival of our little girl. Thankfully we don't have to wait too long and within about 2 hours she has followed her brother into this world.
I held her while Carlisle finished up cleaning between my legs and helping me birth the placenta. Then once this is done an ambulance has arrived to take me and the babies to the hospital to get fully checked out.
Edward follows in his car. Once at Carlisle's private hospital, we go straight to my room and then I am allowed to have a shower, which Edward insists on helping me with while the babies are getting their checks.
I can't believe our babies were born in the brothel part of Edward's nightclub, talk about creating drama already!