I always had a problem with Charlie being so naive in the books. He's the chief of police, his best friend for years is Billy. There's no way he was that in the dark.

I wanted to try something new. I'm glad you liked it. It seemed to be well received by everyone.

I'm glad you liked the chapter. My published novels are Blind Faith and The Darkness of Perfection under Michael Schneider. They are both offered on twcs' publishing house. I hope you like them.

:) yeah I would never give up on this story, its my little baby. and he is furious, however he has to keep his calm xx

Kitschisme and I have decided that the story should be left where it is. We both put our hearts and souls into this story, and while we had wanted to continue on with a few extras, real life has made that increasingly difficult. I do hope that you enjoy what we've done with the story, though.

Getting there thanks. yeah a long time, I had a difficult time with this chapter, but ultimately, i am happy with it now. LOL. Thanks for reviewing and sticking with the story

Im sorry to hear you have been hit with a stomach virus too. Evil bloody little things arent they? Next update should be this time next week and Edwards reasoning will become clear next chappie. LOL Thanks so much for the review and I hope your family gets better soon. take care. Greenaway. :-)

thank you so much - praise indeed! :)

thank yo for this great review!!

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TEASER FOR CHAPTER 29

“P-pardon?”  Bella felt faint.  This is bad! This is really, really bad!

Mona looked at her as if she was in awe, “Sit down Bella, you don’t look so well.’’

Bella groped her way to one of the chairs in front of Mona’s desk.

Riley cleared his throat, “Your face says it all. When I went outside to ask the photographers what they were doing here, one of the guys that I have become sort of friendly with informed me that they were not here for me, but for you.  It seems that your secret is out.” He raised an eyebrow.

Bella felt her stomach heave. She put a hand over her mouth and ran to the little bathroom adjacent to Mona’s office.

 She made it just in time as her stomach was emptied of it’s contents.   Bella sat sweating on the floor for a moment with her head leaning against the toilet bowl.

My secret is out? Oh my god! Do they know about what Edward and I are? Have I ruined his career? His life? 

Her jumbled thoughts were racing around in her head.

What had she done?

Her phone vibrated as she was rinsing out her mouth. She answered it with a shaking hand.

“y-yes?” she whispered.

“Bella?”

“Edward…” she closed her eyes as she heard his voice. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes and she felt the hot trail down her cheeks.

Bella will kill him if he threw it away. No he just convascated it...to be used at a later date....bastard!

Hey, I've got to have some secrets, okay?? Thanks for the review :)

Hi there,

wow strong feelings! This is a good thing, it's keeps us writers on our toes and our characters in check!

thanks for the review :)

I really do love you and IF you are good, MAYBE my Domward will let me post early ...

:)

thank you for the review - and as for the scene you requested, I am going to work it in - but you will probably only see in chapter 46 - that's the scene where she wakes him up from her nightmare and he 'helps' her?  I have got your back baby...they are going to have to get through Christmas first and then some bella/charlie time/drama first - so hang in there for me okay?

thank you  - they go home next chapter

thank you so much for your comments and review - hmmm - the next chapter will be interesting.

I am sorry - but there was just to much else that had to happen first - but if you can see where this is going - I have just finished writing that sequence into chapter 51 (and I have thanked you for it in my a/n - because it is a great idea that worked so well as a result of the death of Jacob that sets B back to having nightmares.)  Sorry that it took so long, but timing is everything, LRL4E.

And here is my thank you note to you - thanks for being so faithful in reading and reviewing - I hope you like what I have written.

PEOPLE LIKE US - OUTTAKE # 6

OUTTAKE - CONVERSATION BETWEEN JASPER AND ALICE

"Guys, I've got to go - Jazz please give this some serious thought and Alice, you need to stop being so fucking stubborn. I love you, Squirt!"

Edward almost crushed her in a hug. He slapped Jasper on the shoulder as he ran out the door.

"So... you talk about the size of my schlong?"  Jasper said.

Alice looked up at him with mounting excitement, "Well, it's quite impressive..." she said huskily.

Jasper smiled at her.  "Can we talk? I mean really talk; I've missed you Tink..."

Alice smiled through her tears. "I've missed you too Jazzy...."

Jasper looked uncomfortable for a moment and it bothered Alice.  She was used to Jasper Whitlock being decisive and in control.  Seeing him looking ill at ease was new.  There had been many disagreements in the Whitlock/Cullen home since Alice had moved in with Jasper two year before.

She had never lived alone, besides when she had gone to college and even then, she had attended Berkley, so that she was close to her family and Jasper.

Although over the years, they had learned to deal with Jasper's travelling for work and Alice's part time job as Edward's PA which had taken her away from time to time, through everything, including Alice's training as a submissive, their lines of communication had always been open and honest.

Alice had grown up in a house hold that was opinionated and not scared of voicing their points of view.  Esme and Carlisle had encouraged their children to have their own opinions and to share them.  They had also taught them to stick to their guns.

This was one of the many things that had attracted Jasper to Alice in the first place.  Although she was much younger than him when they met; he had always found Alice to be interesting to talk to and inevitably to argue with.  She was a spirited and enthusiastic young woman, with a warmth and energy that seemed to draw him in from the first moment.

Jasper on the other hand had grown up in a large family with two parents that had stuck together over the years because there was no other alternative for either one of them.  They were hardened by life, worn down by reality and for a reason that Jasper had never been able to fathom; they had decided to have three children of which Jasper was the youngest.  Eventually Jasper's father had strayed and a few years later, when Jasper was about twelve, he had suddenly come back to the trailer park where they lived with three small children in tow!

He had told Jasper's mother that they were his dead sister's kids, but after awhile he had confessed that they were his.  Jasper felt sorry for the three youngest children and when he had begun to make money from modeling and small acting jobs, he had made a decision to see that they would have an opportunity to further their education, go to college and make a proper life for themselves.  Although none of the children were really close or affectionate with each other, Jasper had stuck to his word and the three younger children had gone on to college.

Jasper couldn't believe that Ricky, the youngest of his stepsiblings had taken advantage of Jasper's generosity the way that he had!  Jasper had never asked for any compensation or payment for the money that he had given to his siblings or parents over the years; the only stipulation he had for continuing to support his mother and father was that the house that he had purchased for them remain in his mother's name.  Jasper was not close to his father and the distance had only grown when the man had abandoned his young family, leaving his wife to work three jobs to feed and clothe their three children.

Jasper had always thought that he would never find anyone to settle down with.  He didn't ever want the life that his parents had; tired, sad, disillusioned and settling for something because there was no time or money for dreams of something or someone else.  Someone better.

So the first step that Jasper had taken at the age of sixteen was to have himself emancipated.  He had tried to live in Los Angeles and he had hated every moment of it but as he begun earning good money, he decided to take classes at the local community college.  The first one was on finances.  Jasper wanted to know how to look after his money and how to make it grow.

He trusted few people and although people liked his quiet charm and whit; Jasper had a way of standing to one side and observing people that he found made him a good judge of character.  Jasper had come to rely on that instinct over the years.

It was an instinct that he could no longer rely on.  He had never thought for a million years that his younger brother would ever turn out to be the low life, perverted bastard that he was!  Every time Jasper thought of what Ricky had done, how Richard had betrayed his own brother by lusting, perving, salivating over his Alice!  His Alice!  Jasper wanted to kill Rick with a cold fury that he had never felt before.

How he had touched her, fucking forced himself on her when Jasper had been careless enough to leave her alone with him... FUCK!

Alice gasped as Jasper jumped to his feet.  His face was a cold, furious mask.

"Jasper please!  If you want to talk to me, then you need to calm the fuck down!  I can't reach you when you are like this!  If you are angry with me then just say so and let's get it out there!  If you think that I did anything to encourage your brother..." Alice cringed away as Jasper was suddenly in front of her with his hand clasped over her lips.

"Never - NEVER, EVER call that fucking piece of low down shit my brother!  I will kill him if I ever see him anywhere near you again!"  Jasper spat out as he held her.

Alice whimpered and she closed her eyes.  "Jazzy, you are scaring me..." 

This wild man wasn't her Jasper...

Alice felt the tears running down her cheeks and over Jasper's fingers.

Suddenly she was free.

Alice pushed a fist into her mouth to keep the sobs as quiet as she could.  Her whole body was trembling.

"Alice... sweet Jesus, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to scare you... Ali..."  Jasper choked out as he sat crouched clear across the room from where Alice sat.

Alice could see the anguish clearly on Jasper's face and she felt even worse than she had in the past few days.

This was all her fault!

"Come to me..."  Alice said, but Jasper just shook his head.

Alice slid off the sofa onto her knees and she crawled slowly across to where Jasper had slumped down against the wall.

Jasper could feel the intensity of Alice's gaze as he watched her moving slowly towards him.

"Ali..." he said in a half pleading, half warning.

"No.  You've spoken and now it is my turn..." Alice said when she was inches away from his face.

Her eyes searched his intensely.  The remorse and sorrow that Alice saw gave her the courage to move closer until her lips met his.

Jasper's head jerked backwards, but with nowhere to go, he hit the wall.

He cursed and rubbed his head.

Alice grinned at him, "Maybe that'll knock some sense into your thick skull!"  She quipped as she arranged herself between his outstretched legs; her thighs straddled his open ones so that he could feel her heated core through her jeans.

Jasper shut his eyes tightly and moaned as he tried to adjust himself.  Alice giggled and winked at him.

"We can get to that later, but first let's please resolve this ‘thing' once and for all!"  She said with determination.

"Gladly, Darlin'."

"Okay, I'm going first.  I need to tell you why I didn't tell you about... what was happening in the first place, but you cannot freak out on me!  Do you promise?"

Jasper could see how anxious Alice was and once again he was filled with remorse at his earlier behavior.

"I promise."

Alice took a deep breath, "I know that this might sound crazy to you, but when it happened the first time; I tried to just shrug it off.  I thought that perhaps I had imagined it or misread his signals in some way.  The next time it happened, your... well your father was in the room.  He, Rick grabbed my ass as I walked passed him.  I turned around as saw them looking at each other and Rick just winked at me and they burst out laughing... Jasper... you promised..." Alice broke off as she watched Jasper's eyes become dark and wild again.

Jasper felt as if he was ready to explode!  That no good, low fucking, good for nothing... BASTARD!  I. will. Kill. Him.

Jasper felt Alice's tiny hand stroking his cheek and he refocused on her anxious face.

He kissed her quickly, "I'm okay, Ali, I promise.  I won't freak out on you again."

Alice nodded slowly, "He apologized to me later - your father, I mean.  The next day he told me that he had too much to drink and that he had made Rick promise never to touch me again.  He begged me not to tell you and then he said that... some girls just have an ‘air' about them..."

SON OF A BITCH!

Jasper opened his mouth to speak but Alice put her fingers over his lips.

She continued. "I know better than that, Jazz!  I know better!  I was raised to know better than that!  With all their bullshitting and nonsense, my brothers have never, ever treated any woman including me with anything than the utmost respect.  You have never treated me like a whore, but at that moment, I felt dirty.  And I felt like a two bit whore, who didn't deserve anything better.  Rick kept touching me, stupid little insignificant ‘slip-ups'.  Every time he was around me, sometimes you were in the next room or you had your back to us... He would graze my breasts by pushing past me in a doorway, or he would rub himself against me if he were standing behind us..." Alice shuddered in revulsion and Jasper couldn't take it any longer.

His arms wrapped Alice in a vice like grip. "Never, never, never..." He said over and over again against her neck as he pulled her closer.

"Jazz..."

"No - it's my turn now... never, ever again, Mary Alice Cullen.  Promise me that you will never let anyone ever make you feel like that again.  Especially not me!  God, Ali, I love you so much!  Just the thought of another man touching you... Fuck!  It's too much to even contemplate!  Do you know how I felt when I found out that Rick was... forcing himself on you?  When we forced Bella to tell us and we did force her - she didn't have a choice really, I wanted to fucking kill someone there and then!  As you know, I sat up all night just thinking about what could have happened to you!  And about how I was going to take care of you this time!  I couldn't help you last time, Darlin'.  I wasn't able to stop that animal putting his hands on you... but I was going to make sure that Rick never ever touched you again."

Alice brushed the tears of Jaspers cheeks.

"I love you so fucking much, Mary Alice Cullen-Whitlock.  You own me mind, body and soul.  If I lost you, my life would be so empty... please forgive me for hurting you and dragging this shit out.  Please, please don't ever put me through this again, Tink, my heart can't stand it."  Jasper whispered as they held each other's faces and gazed with longing into each other's eyes.

"I love you, Cowboy; you are my everything... my lover, my best friend, my Dom, my love.  I am sorry too.  No more secrets."

Their kiss was a relief.  For the first time in almost two weeks, their lips were soft and forgiving.  Lips touched, brushed, nibbled.  Tongues dueled and teased.  Eventually they couldn't take it any longer and Jasper held Alice to him as he tipped her onto the floor and loomed over her, his knees pushing her thighs apart.

Alice panted into his mouth.  "Can I get my clothes back?"

Jasper smiled against her lips, "yeah, especially the underwear..."

Alice giggled, "can I get my car back?"

Jasper shook his head, "sorry, you will be driven around for a while..."

Alice groaned, "but I can see my Bestie?"

Jasper rocked back on his knees as he looked at the bright twinkle in Alice's eyes. "Mary Alice..." He said with narrowed eyes.

Fuck! He is so sexy when he does that... now I need to change my panties! Damn Cowboy!

"Hmmm... take me upstairs Jazz... I've missed you..." Alice uttered the magic words.

J&A****~~~~PLU~~~~****J&A

An hour later, Alice lay sprawled across Jasper's bare chest.  Her eyes were closed but she was humming as Jasper played with her hair.

"Alice?"

"Yeah?"

"Supervised visits only..."  Jasper kissed her forehead.

"I know - but that's only for now..." Alice smiled to herself.

She wondered what Kate, Bella and Rosalie were doing on Saturday after the therapy session?  She had heard that Gap was having a sale....

Everything was right with the world after all.

J&A****~~~~PLU~~~~****J&A

I hope that you liked it!

Love

Michele

thank you hon!

thank you for your comments and your review. The punishment while harsh - will sure gave Bella a lesson she won't forget again.  and as for her pleasure - Edward knows that it is her punishment is punishment enough and good ol' loving time will be just that - a chance for him to show her how much loving they deserve!