Previously
Uncle Eleazar pulled up outside the
clinic at 1.45pm, fifteen minutes early. Alice and I got out of the car and
walked in through the front doors of the clinic. What I saw next made my heart
jump to my throat. It wasn’t the receptionist whom caused this reaction; it was
the person that she was talking to.....
Edward.
Chapter 12
EPOV
I sat back in my
comfortable first class seat, on a plane heading home to LA. I couldn’t help
but think about the past few days and my encounter with Alice’s parents. After
seeing them I went to Seattle and met with a private investigator and asked him
to find Bella for me as quickly as possible.
Flashback
I stood outside a grey building looking
at the name in big bold writing outside.
JASON
JENKS.
It looked like this was the only way I
was going to find Bella. Nobody else was willing to help me. Alice had changed
her number, so I had no way of contacting her. And ever since Jasper found out
that I had stolen the number from his phone he had been ignoring my calls, but
I knew that he wouldn’t help me anyway. He is loyal like that. Whilst in the
car I started to think about the conversation that I had had with Alice’s
parents and I knew that I really needed to find Bella. It was not just about
her aborting the baby anymore. I had finally realised that I had been a selfish
prick to her and I needed to make sure that she was alright, and explain the
reason behind my actions. I never went into full details with anyone about what
happened with Emily, except Emmett. My parents only knew bits and pieces. I
needed to find her, so that we could sit down and actually listen to each other
and maybe come to a compromise.
I walked in though the doors and went
straight to the receptionist. She was a petite blonde and when she looked up at
me her eyes went wide with recognition. She quickly recovered.
“May I help you?” she purred, fluttering
her eyelashes.
I ignored her obvious attempts to flirt
with me, as my mind was fully focused on Bella.
“My name is Edward Masen and I am here to
see Mr. Jenks,” I sighed.
She gave me a big wide smile and spoke
into the intercom.
“Mr. Jenks. There is an Edward Masen here
to see you,” she said without taking her eyes off me.
“Send him in,” he answered.
She got up and told me to follow her. She
led me to a big brown door with the name Mr. Jason Jenks written on it. I
walked in to find a middle aged bald guy sitting at the desk.
He stood up and put his hand out to shake
mine. I shook it firmly and sat in the chair opposite him.
“Thank you for meeting me on such short
notice, but as I told you on the phone, it is of upmost importance,” I said.
He looked at me with a grin on his face.
“There is no problem Mr. Masen and my two
daughters are big fans of yours. Now how may I help you?”
“I’m looking for a girl. Her name is
Isabella Swan. She is 16 years old and pregnant. I was told that she was in a
home for teenage mothers here in Seattle but I checked it out and there are
only two of them and they have never heard of her. I really need to find her.
She was staying with her friend’s parents, but they won’t help me. Her friend
has also disappeared. I can’t tell you how important it is to me that you find
her and I don’t give a shit how much it costs. You have to help me.”
I wasn’t past begging at this stage. He
looked at me with a thoughtful look on his face.
“Maybe I can offer my services Mr.
Masen,” he said after pausing for a second.
I smiled for the first time since I had
made the phone calls to the homes for teenage mothers.
“Thank you.”
I took out a card from my wallet and
handed it over to him.
“I will give you all the help and
information that I can, but I suggest you start in Forks or Port Angeles where
she is from. Hopefully someone will know something,” I smiled and walked out
the door.
End flashback
I breathed a sigh
of relief when the captain put the ‘fasten your seatbelt’ sign on. I hated
flying but usually when I flew, I would get some in flight entertainment from
the airhostesses. I had noticed several making not so subtle hints, but I
wasn’t in any frame of mind for it. The only thing I could think about was
Bella and wondering where she was and if she and the baby were alright.
The plane finally
landed and I practically jumped off it and ran out of the airport with Sam and
Seth in tow. Thank goodness there were no paparazzi around, or it would have
taken my forever to get out of the here. I checked my watch and saw that it was
only noon. I got into the car that was waiting to take me any where that I
needed to go and thought that there was only one place that I wanted to go. To
the only person I could rely on. She is the only woman in this world that I can
trust and god help me I needed her now.
“Jared, could you
take me to my mother at the Westside Pregnancy Clinic.”
He nodded and drove me straight to the clinic. I
took a look at my watch again and remembered that I had a photo shoot at 2pm,
so I would just have enough time to take her to lunch. I decided not to ring
her to tell her that I was coming, but to surprise her instead. I needed her
advice on what to say to Bella if and when I saw her. Jared pulled up outside
the clinic. My mother is the best ob-gyn in LA and if the circumstances were
different, I would have been honoured to have her be the one to help the mother
of my child through her pregnancy, and have her deliver her grandchild.
I walked into the reception and saw that Sandy was
sat behind the desk. She was always good for a quickie. I looked at my watch
again and saw that it is now 12.15pm. If I was lucky and lunch was finished
with my mother quickly, Sandy might be able to give me some stress relief
before I go to my photo shoot. I walked up to her desk and gave her my crooked smile,
which all the women loved. She looked really good today with her long blonde
hair loose and shining, a very short skirt that I could have easy access to and
a sleeveless blouse. I gave Sam and Seth the sign to stay at the door.
“Hi Sandy,” I flirted.
She looked up and blushed bright red, while
biting her lip. I couldn’t help but compare her blush to Bella’s. I remember
that when Bella blushed and bit her lower lip at the same time it made my heart
race but when Sandy did it I felt nothing.
“Is my mother available?” I asked. She looked
down at her appointment book and then looked back up at me.
“You’re in luck, she just finished with a patient
and doesn’t have another one until one o clock,” she answered fluttering her
eyelashes.
She went on the intercom and told my mother that
I was here to see her. My mother was silent before telling Sandy to show me in.
She got up and walked in front of me to my mother’s office, swinging her hips
and fuck me if just looking at her shoes didn’t give me hard on.
Before she could open the door to let me in, I
leaned in and whispered into her ear.
“Don’t go anywhere. When I’m finished talking to
my mother I would like to have you for lunch,” I said seductively.
She blushed again and then left me to walk into
my mother’s office. When I went into the office my mom looked up at me and if I
didn’t know any better I would have said that she was nervous about having me
here.
“Hi mom,” I greeted her, giving her a kiss on the
cheek.
She quickly composed herself and looked me in the
eyes.
“Well hello son, this is an unexpected surprise.
What are you doing here?” she asked sounding a little nervous.
I wondered what she was so nervous about. It wasn’t
the first time that I had visited her in here.
I quickly decided to try and get her to relax.
“Well I thought that I would take my wonderful
mother to lunch before I go to my photo shoot,” I answered.
She looked from the intercom, to the door, to her
watch and her eyes widened in alarm when she saw the time.
“Edward, I’m really sorry but I have a VIP
patient in twenty minutes. You know how much I love seeing you, but I really
need to get back to work before she comes. So why don’t you come home tonight
and I will make your favourite dinner,” she begged.
It didn’t take a genius to realise that she was
trying her best to get rid of me, so I got up to show her that I gotten the
hint.
“Okay mom, I’ll come home around 6pm.”
I walked around her desk and gave her a kiss on
the cheek before leaving the room. I could swear that I heard her give a sigh
of relief as I left. I wonder who was so important that she would simply brush
off her youngest son, whom she never sees. I walked up to Sandy and gave her my
prize winning wink. I leaned in and gave her a kiss under her earlobe.
“Meet me in the copy room,” I whispered
seductively in her ear.
I was about to stand up straight when I felt
electricity in the air and suddenly got hot under the collar. The only time I
felt this way was when I was with Bella. I stood up and slowly looked towards
the door, but found nobody there and decided that as I was thinking about Bella
so much I must of imagining it. I shook my head trying to get rid of the image
of her. Now I definitely needed some stress relief before my photo shoot. I
went to walk into the copy room when she stopped me.
“Give me two seconds,” she pouted.
She picked up the phone and dialled an extension
number.
“Heather, could you please take over at reception
so that I can go for my lunch,” she asked into the receiver.
She waited until the person on the other end was
finished and then hung up the phone.
“Okay, I’m ready for my lunch now and I am in the
mood for a nice juicy sausage,” she said fluttering her eyelashes.
I groaned and practically dragged her into the
copy room, forgetting for a moment about the electricity that was in the room
only five minutes earlier.
BPOV
I stood frozen when I saw Edward standing there,
not even five feet away from me. I looked around and saw Seth looking straight
at me. He walked over to me.
“You better get out of here and I promise that he
won’t know that we saw you,” he whispered.
Alice quickly recovered, took my hand and dragged
me out of the door and back to her Uncle Eleazar’s car. He looked at us both
with surprise written on his face.
“Is everything alright girls?” he asked
concerned.
Alice shrugged.
“Just drive and we will explain when we get away
from here,” she said quickly.
I started shaking violently from the shock of
seeing Edward so close. Did Dr Masen send for him and tell him to be here, so
that he could take me to abort my baby. Angry tears came to my eyes.
“HOW DARE SHE!!!”
Alice and her uncle jumped at the sound of my
yelling. Alice looked at me with worry in her eyes and her uncle pulled into
the parking lot next to a park.
“Okay you two, will one of you please tell me
what happened?” Uncle Eleazar asked, looking between Alice and myself.
Before I could say another word, Alice told him
what had happened at the clinic. Eleazar’s face went from worry to fury as
Alice continued to tell him. He started the car and drove us straight back to
his LA home. When we got there Carmen was stood at the front door with her
hands on her hips, stamping her foot.
She looked around and then motioned for us to go
inside the house. We all followed her quietly into the living room. She closed
the door and then turned to face us.
“Will someone please explain to me why I had
Elizabeth Masen on the phone asking if Isabella was doing okay, because she
missed her appointment?”
Her eyes were flashing as she looked from Eleazar
to Alice and lastly to me. She continued to look at me for a fraction longer than
necessary. Eleazar quickly told Carmen what had happened. She sat down on her
leather cream sofa nodding her head.
“There is no way that Elizabeth would do that,”
she said, before she picked up the phone and dialled a number.
“Hello, may I speak with Elizabeth Masen please?”
She paused while she waited.
“Hi Liz, I have Isabella and Alice here with me.
I was just told that Edward was at the clinic when they arrived and they ran
before he could see them. You know the situation that we are in. Is this going
to be a problem?”
She paused again as she listened to Elizabeth’s
answer. I could hear bits of what she was saying.
“Edward.....just visiting...photo shoot....tried to get rid....quickly...if
she can...I will wait.”
“I understand Liz and thank you. She will be with
you within the hour.”
Carmen hung up the phone and looked over at us. I
was shaking in Alice’s arms. Carmen looked at me as if she was doing me a
favour.
“Liz told me that she will wait there for you considering
who you are and that you should be there within the next hour.”
She continued to look at me with a flat line on
her mouth.
“Don’t worry. Edward is gone. He had a photo
shoot this afternoon”
She continued to look at me as if that explained
everything. Everything I had been feeling since I got here only a few days ago
suddenly got the better of me and I started yelling.
“Do you honestly think that I’ll go back to the
clinic knowing that that bastard could walk in at anytime? I just moved away
from my family and friends to get away from him and you expect me to go and
have his mother check me and my baby out in a place where I only just saw him
not even an hour ago. If you insist that I still go there then I may as well be
back home in Forks because I’m obviously no safer from him here. At least in
Forks I’ll be away from all this hell and that spoilt bitch that you call a
daughter,” I yelled and stomped out of the living room and up to my bedroom.
I slammed the bedroom door shut in a temper,
locked the door, threw myself on the bed and cried myself to sleep.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~AA~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I was in the shower with the hot water falling down over my body as I
washed my hair. I suddenly heard the shower door open and I felt a bolt of
electricity as he grabbed my hips with his strong hands and rubbed his erection
against my butt cheeks. He slowly turned me around and I looked into those
green eyes that I loved so much. He smashed his lips to mine as his hands left
my hips and travelled up to my breasts.
He palmed my breasts roughly, and I cried
out into his mouth. The
feeling was unbelievably erotic. He laid
wet kisses up and down the exposed flesh of my throat. The feeling of being
held so securely was exhilarating, and I panicked at the thought that there was
a possibility that I might never get to feel it again. My grasps turned frantic
as I yanked at his hair. I was desperate
to get him as close to me as possible.
His lips moved with mine,
hesitant at first, but gradually picking up in their urgent nature. He took my
bottom lip between his, and kissed it gently while running his smooth, cool
tongue across the surface.
I groaned and my closed eyes
actually rolled back in my head. God, how long I'd wanted to taste him. All I
could think about was putting his hard length into my mouth. I slowly went down
onto my knees. I
began to stroke the base with one hand, while I sucked the rest of him as far
back as I could. My other hand cupped his balls while I sucked him as if he was my very own personal Popsicle. I heard his
breathing become uneven as he tried to pull out, but I only sucked him harder.
"Bella,
I'm going to come, I'm coming baby..." he cried out as a desperate
warning, but I didn’t pull back. I only took him harder and deeper and he shot
down the back of my throat, while shouting my name.
“Bella, Bella“
I
opened my eyes with a fright at the shouting through the door. I looked around
and realized that I wasn’t in the shower with Edward but in my bed in LA. Alice
continued to shout at me to open the door as I sat up and rubbed sleep from my
eyes. I slowly got up and unlocked the door to let my best friend into the
room.
I
went back to the bed and got under the sheets, as she came over and sat down on
the edge of my bed.
“I
just spoke on the phone with mom about half an hour ago. She was furious when
she heard that Carmen set Edward’s mother up as your ob-gyn. After I got off
the phone with her she rang Aunt Carmen and tore her to pieces. I’m surprised
that you didn’t hear it all with the amount of yelling that Carmen was doing.
It was when mom said that they were considering moving out here, so that they
could keep a closer eye on us that she calmed down. She told her that there was
no need and that she would change your ob-gyn.”
Alice
took a deep breath before continuing.
“Bells
I’m really worried. I don’t know what is going on with Carmen or why she is so
against my parents coming here, but I promise I will find out,” Alice told me
with a worried look in her eyes.
I
looked at the girl who is like a sister to me with tears shining in my eyes.
“Alice
if I change ob-gyn now, Elizabeth Masen could easily tell Edward where I am and
all of this will be for nothing. He can make me have an abortion. It is legal
until I am twenty weeks pregnant. Right now the baby already has a beating heart, tiny little hands
and feet and all of his/her body systems are now present,” I said scared that
Edward would walk in here and demand to take me to a clinic.
Alice
smiled.
“I
was thinking about that Bella. I think that it is time to recruit Emmett, Rose
and Jasper. There is no way that Edward will come anywhere near you if we have
them watching over you 24/7. Also my parents did something that was so
unbelievably brilliant, I think that Edward would really have to have a screw
loose if he came anywhere near you after what they did,” she laughed.
I
looked at her and couldn’t help but wonder what Esme and Carlisle could have
done. I didn’t have long to wait before Alice blurted out the whole story.
“Remember
when Edward came to find you the day after we left to come here?” she asked.
I
nodded, remembering that we had to leave in a hurry. I also remembered that it
was around the same time that I saw the article about Edward denying that he
knew me and denying that the baby was even his.
Alice
laughed as she continued.
“Well
when he arrived at our house, my parents tricked him into admitting that he was
trying to force you to have an abortion. He also admitted that the baby was his,
but he said that he didn’t want it. He then told them that he would do just
about anything to make sure that the baby is never born. He actually had the
nerve to make it sound like he was doing this for you.”
I
could feel a new batch of tears coming to the surface.
“What
is there to be happy about, Ali? He admitted that he wanted to hurt my baby. I
don’t see why I should give my baby a death sentence by telling his brother,
his brother’s girlfriend and his best friend where I am. I should do everything
I can to make sure that anyone that is even remotely connected to Edward Masen
is never around me.”
“If
you let me finish I’ll tell you,” Alice said with an evil gleam in her eyes.
I
nodded and told her to finish.
“Mom
recorded the entire conversation. She warned him that if he ever came near you
again, the recording would be in every magazine, paper and TV channel in
America. Can you imagine what that would do to his career and reputation if it
got out,” she chuckled.
I
mentally high fived Esme and burst out laughing at the thought, but just as
fast as I started laughing I also started to sober up. I may hate Edward Masen
but I need to believe that the guy I met in Seattle is still in there somewhere.
It is as if there are two guys. One of them is the guy that is a monster and
wants to hurt me and my baby, but the other one is the person that I met in
Seattle. He is the one that I love and that would never hurt me. I need to hold
on to my Edward for as long as possible, otherwise I will fall apart.
“Alice,
my head is going to go into overdrive so would you mind if I slept on it and
let you know tomorrow what we should do,” I pleaded, suddenly very tired, even
after sleeping the day away.
She
nodded and gave my arm a quick squeeze.
“You
sleep and I will talk to you tomorrow,” she said and left the room.
I
got up and changed out of the clothes that I fell asleep in and threw on my old
sweats and the Kings of Leon t-shirt that I stole from Edward in Seattle. I
sometimes wonder if he has even missed it or if he thinks about me and our baby.
After
getting comfortable under my nice warm blanket, I fell into a deep but
troublesome nightmare, where I dreamt that Edward found me and dragged me to an
abortion clinic.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~AA~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
I woke
up to a warm humid LA day. It is Sunday and the day before Alice and I start
school. It has been two days since the disaster of almost bumping into Edward
at his mother’s clinic. I started to think about what is in store for us today
and groaned. Carmen had talked Irina into inviting her friends over for a party
so we will know some people when we start school tomorrow. She also brought it
upon herself to invite a few people of her own. Alice, who always enjoys a good
party, can only see a disaster in the making. Also, I will be meeting Irina’s
sister Kate today. If she is anything like her sister then I am in for a long
day.
“Knock Knock!!”
Alice
popped her head in the door.
“Good
morning sister,” she said cheerfully.
I
cocked my head to one side and squinted my eyes.
“And
what may I ask makes you so cheerful,” I asked in wonder.
She
gave me a wicked grin.
“Well,
my sweet Bella. We are in LA and today we will show these snotty California
girls just how awesome we Washington girls can be,” she smirked and threw a
clothes box down on my bed. I looked at it then looked at her.
“While
you where wallowing in self pity yesterday. My car arrived from Forks, so I
went and did a bit of shopping for today’s party,” she smirked.
I
thought back to yesterday and remembered that I spent the day wondering if I
should let Alice tell Emmett, Rose and Jasper where we were. I have pretty much
made up my mind but I have to wait for the right time to tell her.
I
carefully opened the box that she gave me and gasped when I saw what was inside.
It
was a black paisley and floral cutwork design dress with a boat neck and tiered
capped sleeves. It’s perfect for my figure. I looked at the size and noticed that she
got it a size bigger then I used to wear before I got pregnant. It should fit me
comfortably.
I
jumped up and hugged her tightly.
“Thank
you so much Ali. I absolutely love it,” I grinned happily. She hugged me back
before pulling away.
“Go
have a shower while I go get my hair and makeup accessories. We only have four
and a half hours before the party starts,” she grins and left the room.
I
walk in to the bathroom and enjoy a lovely long shower. When I came out she was
sitting patiently on my bed, surrounded by all her make-up and hair
accessories. She also had another large box on the bed and told me that it was
her dress for the party.
She
spent the next four hours playing Bella Barbie, but I have to admit that it was
all worth it in the end. I wore the dress and it showed off all my curves but
it also showed the fact that I was beginning to show my pregnancy and I
couldn’t be prouder. She softened my hair and left it straight down my back and
kept my make-up to a bare minimum.
Alice
looked stunning in a light pink
embellished dress that was ruched at the bust. The
bodice had a cross over style front and a sweetheart neckline with light
padding on the bust. She took my arm and said.
“Shall
we show them how awesome us Washington girls really are?”
I
laughed along with her as we made our way downstairs to where the room was full
to bursting with people. It looked like an episode of Beverly Hills 90210. As
soon as we entered the entire room stopped and looked at us. I instantly felt
very uncomfortable. Carmen came over and gave us a fake smile.
“Hello
girls, you both look adorable and Isabella I see that you are glowing.
Pregnancy certainly agrees with you,” she said smugly.
She
dragged us around introducing us to everyone and anyone. After an hour I had
had enough. I looked around for Alice but couldn’t find her, so I walked
outside to get some fresh air. I was outside for about five minutes when I felt
someone behind me. I turned around hoping that it was Alice but instead it was
a slightly older version of Irina. She walked up to me while looking me up and
down.
“Hello
Isabella, I’m sorry that we are only just getting a chance to meet. I’m Kate,
Alice’s cousin,” she smirked.
I
knew instantly that I didn’t like her, but she was Alice’s cousin so I gave her
a chance.
“Hi
Kate. It’s nice to meet you and please call me Bella,” I answered politely.
She
continued to look at me and then gave me an evil grin.
“I
didn’t come out here to chit chat with you Isabella. I came to give you a
warning. I know that you are nothing but a liar and a whore. The fact that you
are going around telling people that you’re having Edward Masen’s baby is just
so low. Do you know what this would do to his career if people started
believing you,” she spat.
I
stood there like a dumb bitch. I was just about to tell her to mind her own
fucking business when she continued.
“I
know Edward Masen on an intimate level. I have had him repeatedly in my bed, so
I know for definite that he would never lower himself by being with a common
slut like you. So I’m warning you Isabella. Stop spreading lies and stick to
your own kind, or I will make your life in LA a living hell. Edward Masen is so
out of your league,” she smirked and walked away.
Tears
welled up in my eyes and I suddenly became nauseous. I ran over to the nearest
flowerbed and threw up what was in my stomach. I felt someone pulling my hair
away from my face, as I continued to throw up until I had nothing left. The
person that was holding my hair back gave me a bottle of water and I greedily
drank the entire thing. I turned around to thank who had came to my rescue. I
looked up into the eyes of a guy who was at least 6 feet 5ins tall, with black
eyes and long black silky hair tied back into a pony tail. He was kind of
beautiful but nowhere near as beautiful as Edward.
“Th-Thank
yo-you,” I stuttered.
He
gave me an open mouth smile and I noticed of how white his teeth were.
“You’re
welcome Isabella,” he answered.
“How
do you know my name?” I asked.
“Everybody
knows your name, seen as you’re the guest of honour at this party,” he laughed.
I
laughed too, feeling fifty shades of stupid. Of course he would know me.
“Well,
can I at least know your name,” I asked nervously
He
smiled again and stuck his hand out.
“My
name is Jacob Black. It’s nice to meet you.”
