Chapter 14: The Sun Shines Every Now And Then.

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I'm dragging myself to the bathroom at Edward's house by the time Edward gets discharged 3 days later. I didn't sleep for 3 nights in a row as Edward kept making small noises in his sleep and he had to be put under an oxygen mask every 2 hours. The calls I have been making repeatedly to Marcus have still not been answered and I'm worried. I know Rosette's only a baby but that doesn't excuse her from being sensitive to the shows of violence Marcus tends to put on now and then. That was proven when Rosette started crying the minute Lauren got that gun shot wound. And I knew Marcus has done much worse and it's a routine for him to continue doing much worse.

I'm dressing up for the meeting I set up with Marcus at his house. Well, it's going to be less of a meeting and more like me-barging-dramatically-into-his-house-demanding-he-gave-me-my-baby-back.

At least it's a show that gonna be in style.

I sigh as I finish putting my makeup on and head downstairs to where Edward is waiting. Jasper, Emmett and I have been staying at his house for the past day since the guys also needed some time to catch up. Alec said he'd meet us at Marcus's house. Edward insisted going with me to Marcus and I was tired and I wanted him to kind of be there to support me, so I didn't argue with him.

Jasper and Emmett were quiet and red-eyed, not to mention, haphazard, which led me to believe that they'd been drinking all night.

Edward was his usual self, caring, gentle and a tad bit funny than normal today. Emmett kept making lame jokes more than ever, and Edward and Jasper kept laughing on small things. I guess we all were jumpy today. I knew today won't be a pleasant day and we weren't kidding ourselves with thinking that getting Rosette would be piece of cake. We all knew what Marcus would do, what bargains he'll be willing to make and what men he could call with the snap of his thumbs to kill us.

And my greatest fear: All of us knew that Marcus wouldn't think twice about killing us. Not even me. He had his prize, Rosette. He didn't need anything else now.

"Look what the cat dragged in. Do we have any wine, Edward?" I smirked at him, who in turn looked nauseous.

"Please, don't. Even thinking about alcohol makes me want to throw up." Jasper groaned and Emmett nodded in agreement.

I chuckled. "You're free to go throw up anytime. So, does that mean I can leave my bodyguards here?" I was delirious with the thought that I could leave the brooding boys here. God knew what they'd do if the meeting with Marcus got out of control.

If I didn't know Emmett better when he's hungover, I'd say he had some strange abilities to make him look fine whenever he wanted to. Honestly, that's what this moment looked like. One moment, he was hunched over and the next, he was standing up, hands clenched into fists and a determined look on his face.

"Not a chance in hell, Bells. We're coming and that's final. No arguments." Jasper nodded solemnly and I sighed. It was a wonder how I managed with these lunatics back when we were little. Well, when I was a 17 and they were 22.

"Well, hurry up and have breakfasts. Make some coffee. Or do you three wanna please Marcus even more by dragging those walking dead faces to his boots?"

"Of course not. Well, personally I, would love to drag this sexy-as-hell walking dead face to your boots. Or a tad higher, if you want." Edward smirked at me and I rolled my eyes.

"It won't be a tad." I mumbled as I went to make myself some coffee. I didn't know about these three zombies sitting on the tables hunched over, trying to curse alcohol, but I sure as hell wasn't in the mood to arrive dead and scraggly at Marcus's doorstep.

"We can easily move it up to inches, you know! I'm very talented." Edward called back from the living room. I laughed as I poured myself a cup of coffee.

"We can throw up on you too, Edward, if you keep mentioning Bella's virtue in front of us." Jasper grumbled from the other room.

Soon, we were all ready and good to go. Jasper and Emmett were already in the car and Edward was just handing the keys over to a maid. Edward comes to me as I'm waiting for him at the bottom step and takes a concerned look at my face.

"Hey, you all right? You like you're going to audition for the next season of The Walking Dead." Edward walks alongside me to the car he called from his office earlier. He puts an arm around me and I instantly melt into his side. I'm glad he's alright with me the way he was before, but that hazy promise lingers on the backside of my mind.

"I definitely feel like that. Guess I just didn't put enough makeup on." I mumble.

"I'm sorry I kept you up every night. If it's any consolation, I kept thinking about you. I couldn't shut my head off."

"You thought of me as 'Damn, I want that girl in my bed' or you thought of me as 'When will she leave? She's so annoying." I put on my best impersonation of Edward's deep rumble and he burst out laughing.

"Definitely the former."

"Well, now that's a consolation I accept."

"I'm glad." I touch up my makeup in the car and when I'm satisfied that I look presentable, I shut the makeup kit and sigh, dreading this meeting even more, but still determined and unafraid with Edward's arm around my shoulders.

We pull up to tall black gates that conceal a long driveway that leads up to Marcus's mansion. Aro's car is parked there, so I know that he's already inside, delivering the first part of our meeting.

The men at the gates open them without question, and as we step inside, Edward, Jasper and Emmett are instantly being checked for any weapons. They don't even glance at me and I know Edward was right in keeping a gun hidden in my jacket's inside pocket. The women of Swan family were always considered weak.

The gun was not necessarily for killing Marcus, but for defending ourselves in case Marcus goes off the hook and tries to kill us. I know he isn't going to give up Rosette easily, so the gun might come in use.

We're led to the main hall, where Marcus is lounging on a couch with another young women at his side. Aro turns around to see us from where he's seated on a couch opposite Marcus.

"Welcome, Isabella. I see you are in the company of the very same bodyguards whom you sought escape from when you were 15." He grins at Jasper and Emmett, as if he expected them to be here with me. Perhaps he did.

"Yes, well time changes all of us, doesn't it?" The voice that came out wasn't mine. It sounded like a grown, mature and a mother was speaking out of me.

"It certainly does."

"Especially, when a person finds out that most of her life was conjured up by medicines, drugs and car accidents."

Marcus's smile faltered a bit but he managed his composure well. I was determined to break that too. "So, you know now, Isabella."

"I do. And I think you know what I'm here for."

"If you think you're going to get Rosette-"

"Yes, that is exactly why we're here." Edward spoke up for the first time since we'd been here and I looked up to find his face set in angry determination. He looks down at me and smiles a bit, a smile I longed to see since that revelation of his in Venice.

"Then you're sorely mistaken." Marcus seems to think that the conversation is finished and stands up, offering a hand to the bimbo sitting on the couch.

"We're not finished here, Marcus. I came here for Rosette and I'm going out of this house with her in my arms." I silently hand the gun to Edward while Marcus has his back turned to us.

'Well, then it seems, your trip here has been for nothing."

"Do you really think that, Marcus?" I ask quietly.

"Yes."

"Then I think you are the one who is sorely mistaken." Edward fires a shot at Marcus's arm and Marcus lets out a surprised shout, but doesn't even flinch. He turns around and sits down at the couch, telling his bimbo to scamper away.

Jasper and Emmett stand guard while Edward and I make our way toward the couch where Aro is sitting.

Marcus grunts in pain and that's the only sign of weakness he shows. I told Edward to shoot at his left arm because that's the arm he got nearly ripped out bone to bone 3 years ago in a messy fight and I know it hurts as hell.

Well, then, I have a proposition for you."

"What is it?"

"You marry Edward, you move into this house and you stay Rosette." He finishes the sentence with a smile, as if he's pleased with his own brain.

"Do you disagree, Isabella? It is a suitable agreement."

"I don't accept that. Either you give me my daughter right now, Marcus, or I will enjoy telling Edward every weak spot you have. Tik tok, grandfather."

"Or I could just blow your head off, Marcus. That'll be much easier." Edward growls.

"Or he could have us beat you to a pulp and then take Rosette." Emmett says from the back of the room.

Marcus looks visibly frightened but then he regains his composure. "Don't you ever learn, Bella? I can't be defeated." He takes out a gun and points at me, and then whispers something to the bimbo, who's still standing beside him. She returns later with Rosette in her arms and my heart lurches.

Edward shoots and I cry out, because it's unexpected. Marcus falls to the floor, unconscious, I hope, because even though I hate him, it still hurts when a person you're related to dies.

"Come on, Bella. We have to leave, now." I rush over and slap the bimbo when she resists giving me my baby. I take her into my arms and notice a baby carrier on the floor. I strap Rose into it and wear the carrier so that Rosette is in front of me, tucked quietly into my chest.

Aro stands up and rushes to a hallway to the left. "Here, I know a secret exit."

We all run after him, and soon, the hallway gets narrower and darker until we emerge in the middle of the Seoul's market, the famous Namsan Tower hidden behind a few trees in front of us. Edward quickly pockets the gun, and calls the driver. Soon, the car rolls around the corner, coming to a stop in front of us. The driver rolls down the window and I can see that he's terrified but looks prepared for anything. "Hurry, boss, they're coming after us." We all shuffle into the car and I hadn't even closed the door properly, when the car takes off. They come on our tail but soon, we shake them off, coming to the hotel where I checked in first when I came here.

I look at Edward and he nods. "It'll be safer here, in case they go to my house. I have plenty of guys there but it'll get messy and we're already in another country."

Later, that night, I'm feeding Rose when she pulls her mouth away from my nipple and giggles, fisting her tiny hand around my finger. She laughs and the tinkling sound of her giggles makes my heart flutter. I'm right where I belong, and I know she is too.

Edward come in late, quietly, as to not disturb Rosette. She 's on her stomach, making cute little noises and out of this world. He slides in bed next to her, and gives me a little smile. His hand reaches mine and I squeeze. He squeezes back and then Rosette climbs to him, and nestles into the crook of his. His hand around Rose meets my face and he softly strokes my cheek. I lean into his touch just as Rosette buries her hand into his shirt and sighs softly. Edward's eyes meet mine and his gaze burns me.

I know he feels it too.

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