A/N: Man has it been a while. I have had some mind blowing things happen in my life. I am choosing to not go into detail but let me just say I have been sufficiently humbled and to those who have stood by me- I love you and appreciate you.
Dani- you are too many brands of awesome and I have no way to ever to let you know how much I appreciate you and value your friendship.
Angel: Even though we are no longer friends and you won't see this at the darkest hour you were a light and I am eternally grateful for you. You saved my life and that means the world to me.
To the fans who have waited patiently for me- Thank you so much and I apologize.
To those who walked away- I get it but damn are you missing out!
See you all at the bottom!
BPOV:
All the guys at Armani; the poor saleswomen all looked like they wanted to fall over and to be honest so were we.
"Jesus that man of mine can wear a tux" Renata said as the tailor measured Osi's shoulders.
"I don't even know what to say. Jesus Christ the wedding party is going to have women everywhere ready to pass the fuck out" Maggie said fanning herself
"The pictures would be like my own brand of soft core porn" Bree said and I giggled
The suits that the guys would wear would be black on black with blood red pin stripes. Emmett and Jasper as the best men would wear red vests and the rest of the guys would wear black and everyone would wear red pinstriped ties.
"I swear Bella; you picked the perfect fucking designer. Only Armani can take a damned good-looking man and make him look even more damned good looking" Rachel said as Charlie stood in front of the mirror adjusting the red pocket square.
I was so proud of myself that these were the suits that I had picked. When I asked Edward what he wanted I was told to just pick something.
"Whatever makes this day everything you want it to be baby girl. No budget you can have whatever you want. Just make sure I know what time and where I need to be. Other than that, I just want you to have everything you want" he said with a wink as he walked into his office with Enzo and Osi and shut the door. In the beginning I was a little annoyed that he wasn't taking a more active role in planning our wedding but then again I had known from the beginning flowers, venues, caterers weren't his thing. He just wanted to know where he was supposed to be and what time he was supposed to be there.
The tailor shop where the fitting was happening was owned by a family friend. The guys were allowed to have a few drinks and a cigar. They seemed to be enjoying themselves and Esme had invited the wedding photographer to get a couple of pictures of the guys together for the wedding album. I loved that idea; I wanted Edward to feel like this was his day too. The one picture I loved was a picture of Emmett, Edward, and Jasper standing in a mirror together in their suits drinks and cigars in their hands.
I sat on the couch looking at a few options for the bridal bouquets when I felt someone sit down next to me. I look over to see my soon to be husband.
"You look amazingly handsome. That red is pretty amazing on you" I smiled.
"This was all you beautiful I'm just making sure you have the day of your dreams. I want this to be your fairytale" he leaned his head back.
"You know this is your day too. We are going to be in this together. I want you to put your touches and make this just as much about you as it is me. You know prince and princess become King and Queen" I said nudging his shoulder.
"I fucked up. I made you believe that you were in this by yourself and you're not. This is us together; our life will be us together and I'd never leave you to face anything by yourself"
I scooted closer to him "Edward I want you to remember one thing always- when it seems as though the entire world has it out for you and there is no one to take your side I will always be in your corner. You and me so yeah this is both our day so have some fun with it?" I asked.
"Cake tasting tomorrow you and me and just you and me right?" he asked with a smile
"I suppose although I know you're just going for the cake greedy ass" I poked him in the side.
"Hey watch the hands and no I'm going because if I get to see you smile like that I'd do anything and everything" he kissed my temple.
"You should go out with the guys tonight. I really just want to go home and sleep. I'm going to take a long hot bath and go to bed early. So I want you to go out and get into some trouble"
"Bella; are you feeling alright? I know the stress of all this has been a lot to handle. I think we should go away for the weekend. Just you and me and relax" he said looking at me concerned.
"No, I'm fine. I'm just tired and a weekend away sounds amazing. I'm holding you to that"
After the fitting the guys all decided to go to dinner and then to Emmett's club to go play cards.
"We're going to go to one of Edward's restaurants on the beach; are you coming?" Rose asked.
"No; I'm just gonna go home and take a bath and go to bed. I'm seriously exhausted and we have the cake tasting in the morning and then the dress thing. I need all the energy I can get my hands on" I said
"Bella can I ask you a serious question without you freaking out?" Rose asked with suspicion and a raised brow.
"Come on you know you can ask me anything. What's up?" I asked
"Are you pregnant?" she whispered looking around.
"No; there is no way I could be pregnant" I rolled my eyes
"So, you're on birth control and you use condoms all the time?" she crossed her arms over her chest and now her eyes were really filled with suspicion.
"Full disclosure?" I asked in an even lower voice.
"That's what you and I do. What's up?" she said pulling us away from the rest of the group as Edward and his dad and Charlie stood shoulder to shoulder to have a picture taken together.
"We've never used protection from the first time. I asked Edward and he refuses to use condoms especially now and when we went to my appointment and the doctor asked if I wanted to discuss pregnancy prevention Edward told her we didn't need it so while it's not something we're planning we're doing absolutely nothing to prevent it" I confessed.
"Are you okay with that?" she asked.
"I am honestly; I mean I wish he would have waited until after the wedding; but you know how he gets when he wants something and I have to tell him no. It's not a good thing and I find that just giving him what he wants sometimes is just easier" I shrugged.
"Fuck that. If you're not ready to be a mom then you need to tell him. He needs to remember it's your uterus. Bella you may be his wife but you're not some-"
"Rose calm down; I am completely okay with it- all of it. I love him and it's not like he's forcing me to do anything. I was honestly the first one to bring it up. I asked him for something and now he is doing his damnedest to give me what I want; Rose make no mistake I am the one who wields the control. If I want something and I make it clear that it's a deal breaker; he moves heaven and earth and would more than likely commit a murder to make it happen" I said.
"Okay; I just know he can be a tyrant sometime and I would never want you to feel stuck or feel like you are alone and have no help. I got your back" she squeezed my shoulder.
"Babe we're gonna head over to the restaurant and then to the club. Kenny is gonna take you home. Arm the alarm but there are a few guys hanging around if you need anything okay?" he said kissing the top of my head.
"I'm fine; go out and have fun. You have nothing to worry about. Just make sure you're home at a decent hour; we have that cake tasting tomorrow morning at eleven" I reminded.
"I know I won't fuck it up I got Enzo on me. I promise I'll be there" he said throwing his hat on.
I had no idea how tired I was until I had Kenny gently shaking me awake telling me we were home. Who knew that planning a wedding could be so exhausting but then again with all the other drama it wasn't like I was keeping a regular sleeping schedule or anything.
I made the mistake of turning on the tv when I got out of the shower and was sitting in bed. I laughed as TMZ showed a picture of Edward Emmett and Jasper getting out of Emmett's SUV outside of Emmett's club not even one of the gentleman's clubs with the tagline asking if there was trouble in paradise? And apparently a source close to us says we've been fighting a lot about the wedding and Edward's partying habits.
I couldn't take anymore and it was even more jarring to see such blatant lies put out there about us. No one that was really close to us would ever say such a thing since everyone was always saying that our relationship made them nauseous with how into each other we were. Edward and I did sometimes have minor disagreements but the cool part about us was the fight typically ended up in one of us laughing and then both of us realizing how dumb the whole thing was. And an apology and nine times out of ten it was him who was apologizing first.
He always said he would do anything to keep me smiling.
EPOV
I watched SUV turn the corner to take Bella home and my attention went back to the guys.
"We ready- we got that meeting with the Colletti's and Enzo I got them all over Sun figured it was the best since it's the boarder of their territory" Emmett said.
"Yeah makes no difference to me. Whatever we do can we get this done so I can get home. Something was up with Bella today I didn't get a chance to talk to her before I sent her home"
"Dude she is in wedding planning hell, constantly got everyone in her face, at her house, in her space. She's a quiet solitary girl. You ever think sometimes we're all just a little much for her?" Jasper chimed in from the back.
"Yeah I noticed that shit and I told Rosie to back up. Give the girl some room to breathe. I mean have you guys even got like two minutes without Dad, Charlie or mom wanting yall to do something?" Emmett asked.
"You know me; I have no issues saying no. the problem is her. She is always on for everybody and I don't want to be making decisions for her"
"Bro sometimes you have to. I mean you're gonna be her husband. You need to know when to say when. She shouldn't even have to tell you that life has her by the balls you should see it even before she does and step in front of that shit. I love mom but there have been a few times where I've had to remind her that Rosalie needs time sometimes to just be on her own. She needs to decompress" Emmett said slowly backing his big ass Escalade into the owner's spot.
"Well let's go get this shit over with. We got about an hour to let Enzo know what we're about to throw in his lap before the newest Cullen minions show up. We maybe should have warned him he was being considered for a button?" Emmett asked and we all looked back and forth at each other and busted out laughing.
"Good try Emmett for two fucking seconds you had me thinking you actually gave a fuck" Jasper said.
"He's pretty good at playing the shit off when he needs too; it's why most of the bitches he has on the payroll at one point or another thought he gave a shit" I said nodding my head.
It was true; Emmett could convince a woman the sky was purple and that he would bring a piece of the sky down for her when in reality there were only two things Emmett cared about-Rosalie and business. Anything else barely got his attention. It was funnier than shit to see Rosalie in the clubs that Emmett owned. The girls most of the time looked like someone had killed their puppy because whenever Rose was around him just like when Bella was around me dude was all about making it very obvious who he was into and he wasn't subtle about it.
"So do they have any idea of this shit. I mean old man Colletti hasn't said shit or reached out"
"Well getting your capo and soldier who are also your sons back full of lead will tend to stun someone stupid and I regret fucking nothing" Jasper said
"You shouldn't- have you talked to her?" Emmett asked.
"I talk to her twice every day. We text nothing's changed. It just sucks that we gotta follow all these rules because of how-"
"It's not even about that; before you even go there. We all said out on the deck that night the only way to do this was to make it seem right to the legal side of things meaning the press. We keep the legal side good it doesn't completely shut down business on the other side. Your wife is barely in the ground; anyone sees you with Charlotte that shit will raise a bunch of questions we don't need right now Jas. Think about this and be smart" Edward poked his brother's temple.
"I know what I'm supposed to do; what I have to do- doesn't mean I gotta like it. I don't want to fuck our crew over any more than I already have. I just know that I chose wrong and feel like I-"
"Can we stop this clucking hen shit and go in and handle business. Maybe then your nuts will drop again Jasper. Fuck all this bitch shit. You did what you did and now we're fixing it. You gotta wait to dip your dick in your new girl. Boo fucking hoo" Emmett snapped as he yanked the door to the club open.
When we entered you could tell the employees knew the boss was in the building everyone magically got busy getting ready for a typical Thursday night at one of my brother's newest night clubs; this would be where I would run most of my shit out of so I was an assistant manager of sorts but Emmett was the front man and working for him could sometimes be brutal. Emmett could be the nicest guy in the world and out of the three of us he was definitely the one people preferred to deal with; but when it came to his employees he had a no nonsense zero tolerance for bullshit and a presence that could intimidate the dead; he got that shit from our dad. He didn't talk a lot outside of family and most people just thought him to be all muscle and no brains; but the fact is the fucker was not only smart as fuck with awesome business sense; he's observant as hell and was picking up on shit most of us would miss.
We sat down at the owner's table when a young blonde in boy shorts and the bright red rhinestone v neck midriff t-shirt.
"Good Afternoon Mr. Cullen. Is there anything I can get you?" she stuttered she was clearly one of the new ones and hadn't met my brother when he was in a mood.
Emmett looked up with a hard and confused stare.
"Who the fuck are you?" he demanded
"Mrs. Rosalie hired me when two of the other girls quit last week" she stammered out.
"My wife always meddling in shit; I swear to god that fucking woman does shit to intentionally push my goddamned buttons" he spat as he got up from the table and headed back to the office.
"He's dumb if he just now figured that out" I said as we watch him storm down the hallway
"What's your name sweetheart?" Jasper asked
"Brittany sir" she mumbled looking at the floor.
"Bring us a bottle of 1800, a bottle of grey goose and six shot glasses and then do me a favor and tell the rest of your team to make yourselves scarce for the rest of the afternoon as you can see your boss is in a bit of a mood" Jasper said smiling at the girl.
"Before you do that- you ever danced sweetheart?" I asked her.
She smiled softly and blushed and looked down at the ground. Most men who didn't have what I have at home might have found that shit sexy; it just irritated me.
"It's not a hard question sweetheart, you ever been a dancer in a gentleman's club before?" I pressed.
"Yeah a few times. I was back home in Las Vegas" she responded.
"I think we're gonna get you back on stage and move you over to our other club as a dancer. The money is a lot better especially for a pretty girl like yourself. What do you think about that?" I asked
"I don't have a problem with it. As long as it's okay with Mr. Cullen. It seems as though I've already pissed him off" she looked towards the office.
"No, my brother is just a dick and his wife likes to fuck with him. It's got nothing to do with you. So, starting Friday night you'll be over at midnight. I'll have Gia give you a call with the details. Now get to it" I said dismissing her with a nod of my head and looking down at my phone.
"What the fuck was that about?" Jasper asked.
"Averting a potential fucking disaster. That girl wants a piece of one of us and I don't think it much matters which one. We know tits and blonde hair are Emmett's weakness and why set the fucker up for failure. Now I know for a fact he's never stepped out on Rose but that don't stop him from looking and that looking could bring some unwanted attention; and since this is closest to the middle of my turf this is where I plan to spend a lot of my time and to be honest Bella doesn't need the stress of knowing that something like her is around me all day" I explained.
"Who would have known you were so fucking smart baby brother" he laughed as the girl sat the bottles of alcohol and glasses on the table.
A few minutes later Emmett emerged from the office seeming a little calmer and I don't even want to know what had calmed him down; Enzo was making his way up the stairs.
"Sup fellas, I was told you wanted to see me?" he asked shrugging out of his suit jacket.
"Yeah so we got this issue. We've acquired a few new crews and some new territory. This one particular crew is right over on your stomping grounds. About nine guys that are about to find out that they are coming under new leadership. You down to take the promotion?" I asked lighting a cigar and pouring myself a shot of 1800.
"Wait hold up- you-"Enzo couldn't form a sentence.
"See this right here is why I said not to say shit to him" Emmett said
"Good call Emmett, I knew I made you my right hand for a reason" Edward said.
"I'm a smart motherfucker. You assholes just don't trust the skills. So here is it Enzo; these schmucks are one of the crews we acquired from the hostile takeover. These fuckers think they have the balls to be the hold outs so we need somebody that's gonna make them fall in line. I've watched how you've shaped up the enforcers and I think we could use your talents and see if we can make some money" Emmett explained.
"Yeah I'm sure I can make it happen; when does this fuckery commence?" Enzo asked.
We looked up when we saw group of guys walk in looking around and couldn't be more out of place.
"Now seems as good of time as any" I smirked.
"Now what would you have done if I would have said no?" he asked looking at me.
"That would imply that you had a choice; I was just doing a courtesy by making it appear that we were giving you one. Remember who's on top bro" I warned.
"Don't go flexing your fucking muscles with me remember whose saved your ass too many times to count and had I not been around you might have possibly been dethroned a few times; and I get it you're my boss and that means above all else I show you respect but I think I've done more than enough to earn the respect of all three of you"
"You really think we would allow you as close to us as we do if we didn't?" Jasper asked.
"Jas I've been down with you guys since first grade I hold more secrets on all of you than anyone else on the team and I take that shit seriously. I've put myself in the line of fire to keep you three from getting hit from all sides more times than I care to admit. If I was gonna rat or turn I could have done it a long time ago; but then again when you consider the amount of dirt we've all done together I'd never be able to do that without bringing myself down too. It's always been my point I get my hands just as bloody then we all have an understanding. I got your six you got mine. Nothing about this shift in my position changes that" Enzo said pouring a glass of goose.
"Exactly- so now command your crew. This first meeting is where you let them know who's in charge; who makes the rules. Don't make us regret this shit Enzo" Emmett said sitting back taking a puff of his cigar
They were let to the owner's lounge. And Enzo stood and looked at them and shook his head.
"Here is it is- I'm not going to give you fucks a long explanation simply because I don't feel the need. Change in leadership. The old way is over and now you answer to me. My rules are quite simple. You don't do dope- we don't get high on the shit we supply; you never make a spectacle of yourself in public that includes drunken fucking foolishness. You remember always your behavior and the way you conduct business is always you're a reflection of your leadership. You fuck up you die. You get pinched we never knew you. You're expendable until you prove yourself to be otherwise. Anyone got a problem with that?" he asked his eyes never leaving the group.
One guy stepped forward a tall greasy haired fuck wearing a dirty wrinkled suit sporting bloodshot eyes it was obvious the fucker was either drunk or high as a giraffe's ass and from the expression on his face; I think Enzo had just figured that out.
"I got a question" the fucker slurred out and I sat back.
I was nearly ready to draw and shoot this asshole. I had to basically sit on my hands to make myself sit and watch when all I wanted to act. Everything in me was begging to spill this asshole's blood all over the floor and have his brains splattered on the wall behind him. I for one took it as a sign of blatant disrespect that the fucker one showed up to a meeting called by a boss high as a kite, two he couldn't even be bothered to attempt to clean himself up put on some decent clothes-Unlike my father and Charlie I was pretty lax on the clothes shit as I refused to wear a suit every day hell I refused to wear one most days; so as long as your clothes were clean and you looked like you gave a fuck how you looked I wasn't going to have a fit- and three how could this asshole be dumb enough to not know the phrase any questions coming from a boss was rhetorical; but this wasn't my crew I had to let Enzo handle his own shit. This was going to teach Emmett, Jas and I a lot about him as a leader; and we all thought of Enzo as family like he'd said earlier he had done a lot of dirt with all of us; maybe more. As bloody as any of our hands were his were just as bloody if not bloodier. I made it clear how much I trusted him to everyone when I put Bella in a car with him to take her almost two hours away from me; he delivered her to her step mother no problems and stayed until he was sure Bella and Rachel were safe with Riley. He didn't have to do that. It was after all his day off. He could have easily told me to fuck off and stayed with his wife and kids at the Marlins game on his birthday. His wife had a gotten him an owners box. That was Enzos thing; baseball.
Most bosses couldn't give any lesser of a fuck what their guys were into; if they had family's wives or kids; and to a point for me it was true; most of the soldiers and low-level enforcers I barely knew their names; but my inner circle: Enzo, Osi, Milo, Jasper, Felix and Emmett. We all knew each other inside and out. In my opinion that makes us a better crew because where one of us didn't have the expertise someone else could pick up the slack. I shook off the distraction of my inner musings and returned my attention to the situation in front of me. I had been so bored and tuned out I hadn't even realized that my father, Charlie, Riley and Uncle Liam joined us.
My father waved a few of the girls over including Brittany who was now deathly afraid of Emmett and I and stayed close to the opposite end of the table but she and Riley were smiling a lot at each other until Charlie smacked Riley on the back of his head. "We're working stop thinking with your cock for two minutes and focus" Charlie growled and shook his head; Emmett and I snickered as we had both gotten that same speech a time or two from our dad.
"I know dad Jesus; relax" Riley said rubbing the back of his head
"So before I even ask what your question is and to be honest I don't give a fuck; how fucking dare you come into my motherfucking meeting looking like you just crawled out of a fucking dumpster. My men have pride in themselves. They are always presentable and well groomed; not to mention as I said before we don't do drugs. Not only do you look and smell like shit when I damn well know you knew about this meeting in more than enough time to make sure you were cleaned up and at least semi sober; and just couldn't muster up enough of a fuck to at the very least fucking shower; but I want to know if you expect us to take you seriously?" Enzo demanded motioning around our table.
"Who said I cared if you did; I only follow one boss Jaesen Colletti, you and the Cullen scum can-" before the guy could finish his rand Enzo pulled out an XD 9mm and fired twice one to the knee and one to the throat.
As the guy lay bleeding out on the floor gasping for breath Enzo spoke
"Let this be a lesson to all of you about how much I tolerate bullshit, excuses or a blatant disrespect for my rules. I will keep you all on an extremely short leash that I have no problems hanging you with if you think I'm fucking kidding. Your drops are to be in my hands by midnight every fucking night. No shorts or excuses. You steal from me you wind up like him. I don't know how the Colletti's operated and I truly don't give a fuck; from now on this is how shit goes. Am I clear?" Enzo demanded and for a second you could see they were considering standing against him and that's when the bleeding fuck on the floor gave out one final grunt and then they saw the light.
They nodded in agreement and a muted "yeah skip" was mumbled.
"You keep your same corners I want a run-down of what you have going on and trust me I have my ways of watching so no bullshit. I'll be expecting your drops at Vino's pizza joint tomorrow night. Midnight you're late and we will have a big problem" Enzo said turning and lighting a cigar.
They all stood there looking between each other before Enzo roared "Get that fucking bleeding carcass out of here and get to work dumb asses" and they tripped over themselves scrambling to follow ordersand we all laughed.
"That was actually easier than I thought it would be" Enzo mumbled as he exhaled.
"You handled it well; the fuck who came in high pissed me off from jump" I said
"I knew he was going to be my example the second I looked them all over. I know they are gonna be trouble. I bet they are the lowest earners in the family and maybe Jaesen tolerated that shit but I won't"
"That's exactly why Emmett said that this was the right spot to bring you into. We knew that you could bend these fuckers the way they needed to go" I nodded.
"Well they'll either bend or snap the fuck in half. Either way I know just like any other Capo there will be a quota I gotta kick up and I'll be damned if their shortcoming will fall on my fucking pockets. I'd just as soon as off them first and build a new fucking crew from scratch. I do have a few ideas though. I wanna expand our distro into the Colletti territory. Those dumb fucks have killer access to the port authority without the prying eyes of the coast guard and they've done nothing to capitalize on it; that's nothing but a gigantic fucking waste of resources. Pity really" Enzo observed draining another shot of tequila.
"You guys wanna go over to Blaze and have some dinner before we go to the poker game at the club so Edward can get into his weekly dick swinging contest with Mikey Newt" Emmett said shaking his head.
"Not my fault the fucker sucks at poker; seriously he's a good dude a major connection with a lot of the guns we're bringing in and he's handled some of our problems with the border patrol. So usually a couple of games a month I let him clean me out; you know it keeps shit friendly on the business front. Sometimes the only way to handle shit is to finesse the fuck out of people; it will serve you well; remember that shit Enzo; you might want to beat the shit out of a fucker but if there is a business relationship that's important to maintain you just create the illusion that you give a fuck about them even if in your head you've killed them fifty different fucking ways. Trust me the shit works every time.
I wasn't bullshitting the guy. I was nothing if not consistent; and in that consistently I was meticulous about my businesses and the people that I brought into my businesses.
"I'll keep that in mind skip" Enzo said standing up and grabbing his keys.
"You coming to the poker game?" I asked him,
"More than likely not. Maggie is still a little pissed about the baseball game; so I'm gonna go home to her and the kids" he said
"Alright well text Emmett if you need anything, I'm gonna be off the grid with Bella for a few days" I said.
"Enjoy your vacation Skip; you and Bella need this. Don't worry about everything here. We got this; am I right guys?" he asked looking to Emmett and Jasper who nodded in agreement.
"Alright then- Fuck the poker game. I'm going home to my woman" I said standing up.
We stood around for a bit longer. Jaime one of the dancers for the club walked up to us. I remembered her because I'd had to talk to her handsy ass boyfriend in the past.
"Could one of you guys walk me to my car. I moved out of Dino's house and I heard that he's looking for me" she whispered.
"He giving you issues again; do I need to have a talk with him?" I asked.
"Thank you, Mr. Cullen but I hope he will get the hint?" she whispered behind this sad smile.
"Well you need anything we got you"
"I got it. I'm gonna head home I'll make the rounds tomorrow. Ya'll need anything tonight?" Jasper asked glancing around the table before offering his arm to Jaime and they walked out of the side door.
"So you excited about the wedding son?" Charlie asked; normally I would have had some smart assed remark about what he had done earlier but I decided to drop it.
"Yeah Bella is doing a fantastic job, I was more than a little worried about her today though. She wasn't herself today and I'm ready to get home to her" I shrugged.
"Well go home. I think we can handle what's left. You're gonna be a newlywed; I doubt you're going to be coming up for air; we all know that. The contingencies have already been covered" My father laughed.
Jasper tilted his hat as he walked out of the club and for a minute I stood there talking.
"So a wedding and a baby huh?" Charlie asked
"What are you talking about?" I sputtered around my soda
"My daughter is pregnant Edward; and unless she has some secrets I would assume you are the father" Charlie said.
"We talked about trying; I wasn't thinking it was going to happen this soon but-" I was interrupted by a things happening at once.
Several loud booms and bright bursts from flash bangs. The windows were blown in and the lights came on full blast"
"FBI ATF Hands up- Nobody move" five men screamed coming in with guns drawn.
This situation would normally scare most people and send them into a panic; but Swans and Cullens- this is just a normal day for us.
The reactions from us stunned the fuckers busting in through every door and window looking like Star Wars para troopers. The fuckers late as usual had missed the cleaning and disposal of a body but about three minutes. Now the floors were being cleaned by the staff with an additive that would make the blood undetectable even to the Luminol.
My father sat back in his chair resting his ankle on his knee and lit another Cigar. Charlie looked up rolled his eyes and went back to the game of Dominos he was playing with Emmett and Riley and I who had been about to do a shot; continued as we were.
"Do you assholes not understand directions? I said hands up and don't move" the cop in swat gear demanded though his voice was muffled by the mask he wore.
"Do you not understand that no one gives a single fuck about your instructions?" Charlie said without looking up.
"You're all under arrest for the murder of Alice Cullen-Brandon, Obstruction of Justice, Evidence tampering, and money laundering" he said raising his firearm.
We all looked around at each other and started laughing.
"You must have been given a search warrant by Marcus?" Charlies asked sounding bored.
"It doesn't matter who gave me the warrant; what matters is- I asked you to do something- now do it" the cop demanded pointing his gun at my chest.
"Well you heard this overzealous dead man walking gentleman- let's play nice and do as he says make him believe on his last night of life he actually did something right" Charlie said slowly standing to his feet.
"Sir are you threatening an officer of the law?" he demanded.
"Son did you hear me personally say I was going to do something to you?" Charlie asking stubbing out his cigar.
The cop mumbled something under his breathe before a few others came out of the back.
"Commander this location is completely clear" someone said to the paratrooper that had his scope trained on my chest.
"Wait you mean to tell me you motherfuckers actually thought you were going to find something; like you think we really did something to that little skank? I demanded feigning disbelief.
"Sir you-"
"No fuck that; I want my lawyer and you can rest assured I will have all of your fucking jobs, You're fucking harassing my family and I'm over it. What did Marcus give you a reach around to do this shit?" I was done I was about to go home and I knew Bella would wake up without me and I would break yet another promise to her and at the end of this I knew she would understand but that was beside the point.
To me nothing was worse that breaking a promise to my princess; even if it was out of my control. I always tell her I would never put her in a fucked up situation because I like to do fucked up things…. And here I was doing exactly that.