THE MISFORTUNES OF BEING A WOMAN

Disclaimer: The Cullens, the Swans, and most of the characters mentioned in the story that are known from Stephanie Meyer's beloved Twilight Saga, are all hers and hers alone. I neither have nor wish to pass them off as mine. I do appreciate the fact that she did bring them to life and allows us to play with them in our imaginations. The only thing I will claim is the current storyline.

This chapter has been beta'd by dowlingnana and her work is making the story flow more smoothly.

CHAPTER 40: EPILOGUE

Edward sat quietly while watching his sleeping wife and remembering how they had gotten to this point. He remembers how his heart ached after they had finished what the Crew had started. Damn, it was a mess to carry out the sentence they had passed on Jacob and Sam. Then to stand by, no that was something that none of them, Carlisle, Charlie, Emmett, Jasper, or, himself could do. That just happened to be an area that wasn't their lifestyle choice. But, from the first cut, all the way through to the last, whatever the two men did to Jacob and Sam, the cries never stopped. At first, both leaders of the Black family tried to stay silent, but, the pain was just too much. They were forced to give in to it.

It was around three in the morning when they placed the call to the Feds and left the evidence along with what were Jacob and Sam behind. Once they had returned home they all had expected to have word of where Bella was, but, that was a mistaken hope. No one had heard anything from her.

It was two weeks later when Bella called Edward and told him where she and Jasmine were. It didn't take him long to let everyone, including the Swans, know of the call and what had been discussed. Bella chose to continue with the plan they had originally agreed upon about her going to Seattle with Jasmine and he along with his family could come see them from time to time.

It had taken two years for Edward to be able to win his dream girl's hand in marriage, but, from the start she had agreed to change Jasmine's last name from Swan to Cullen. Oh, Edward and both families spoiled his princess rotten. But, the two years had served another purpose as well. It had allowed Emmett and Jasper to romance Rosalie and Alice. During that time the two couples had gotten together which began the merger of the two families, but, it completed once Bella and Edward married.

It was all over the news about Jacob and Sam being arrested, but, had to be rushed to the hospital due to the mess they had been found in. It was unfortunate, that Jacob was never able to speak an understandable word again to be able to help in his defense. Sam had been traumatized to the point that his mind had snapped and he was place in a mental ward for several months.

After extensive medical treatment for both men they were finally able to stand trial, but, in the months leading up to that event the Feds had a field day with all of the leads and evidence that had been left behind for them in the warehouse where they found Jacob and Sam. Many an individual was brought to justice and this included all of the local, state and federal government officials that were on the Black payroll. There had indeed been a big sweep and many prison sentences handed down.

But, the upside was that many of the young people that had been put on the black market to be sold had been found and returned to their families. A lot of the drug and white trafficking had been stopped until someone else decides to start it up.

After Edward and Bella married she did move back close to Chicago, but, Edward kept both her and Jasmine far enough away to where they weren't involved in the family business or connected to it in any way. Bella continued with her writing and doing all of the book tours while the families took turns taking care of Jasmine.

Now, he is sitting and watching his dream girl sleep after giving birth to their son, Kyle Stephen. He was the twin of his mother including her beautiful brown eyes. His attention was quickly drawn over to the plastic bassinet and the little whimpering body that lay within. He reached out to pick the little one up and was moving over to offer his son a bottle, so, Bella could sleep since her labor had been stressful. At one point he thought he was going to lose her since they couldn't get the bleeding stopped, but, finally the doctor was able to save her, but, she can't have any more children. That's fine with Edward since he still has his dream girl with him along with his two beautiful children, his princess and now, his prince.

His mom and dad had been with him at the hospital when Kyle was born, but, the Swans were flying in and should be arriving soon. The merger of the family had all gone smoothly with no changes; the Swans controlled the Northwest and Western Coastline, while the Cullen family still had Chicago and the middle states.

From what he could see of the future all would be everything he could wish for and so much more. He had managed to turn a lot of the family businesses into legit ones, although, under all of it they still had some criminal activities as well. No, the future was golden, but, he also knew that with Bella having a mind of her own she would call him on some of his shit. Yeah, life looked golden.

A/N: Well, we are at the end of our journey and everyone is looking forwards to tomorrow with a glad heart.

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