Edward Cullen: Purse Snatcher

Superwoman

Edward

I shook the dirty thoughts, considering there was a baby in the room. I heard something nag in the back of my mind. There was something triggering the urge for me to run. Fucking hell. Who was Bella Swan? Aliases included Marie Crane and Isabella Swan aka Secret Agent.

How do I even come up to par with someone like her? I was a smart man, but I didn't have an IQ of 173. Fuck, she had a higher IQ than Albert fucking Einstein.

"Dad," Bella said as Charlie pulled her from the hallway, away from Number 1 and Number 2.

"Don't give me that 'dad' crap, Bells," he spat angrily. Oh, this couldn't be good. "You're consulting on a case where the suspect is fixated on you."

Dev was currently sporting an ear the size of his fist to listen in. Angel had taken up prayer again, on his knees, kissing the rosary around his neck.

Bella pulled her arm from her father's grasp and glared. "The case in currently under investigation, and I'm under direct orders not to discuss the details –"

"Cut the bullshit," he said, taking a step closer to her. She didn't back down, in fact she tiptoed until her eyes were almost level with his.

"I can't discuss the details of the case," she said firmly."You're not supposed to be listening in on my conversations with my associates."

"I will do what I damn please to protect you!" He threw his hands up in frustration and Twiddle Dee and Twiddle Dum flanked Bella immediately. Charlie glared at Bella's friends and snarled. He was one over-protective father and this added more power to the voice in the back of my head. However, in this case, I agreed with Charlie.

"I'll call in all my favors and pull strings," he threatened. "I don't want you involved in this."

"Dad," Bella said softly. "You have no choice in the matter." She looked at Dumb and Dumber who both nodded simultaneously. "I knew him, Dad." She sighed and her face softened. "He was always second best while we were at MIT together."

"So all those freaky robberies in the Tri-county area have been orchestrated by him?"

Bella nodded and bit her lip nervously. "What the local police don't know is that he leaves messages behind."

Charlie exhaled and ran a hand through his hair. "Messages for you."

"Not a first, until I was asked to work on the case. The next bank he was going to hit we had a team in place. He figured out that I was consulting."

"Damn it," Charlie said angrily. "Can't they get anybody else?"

Bella shook her heard. "It's my work that was able to predict his next few hits and decipher his messages." Was this genius doing this to outsmart my girlfriend?

"I have to go," she said to her father. Charlie's stance was firm in front of her, as if he was waiting for more information.

The front door banged open, Jasper and James came in ushering the paramedics. The whole time the rest of us in the dining room had remained quiet to watch Bella and her father argue.

Then the room erupted again. Baby Marianne started wailing which automatically made Bella forget Miller and Coors and turn her attention back to Rosalie and the baby. She started spewing a fuck load of medical terms to which the EMT stared at her as if she had two heads.

While Rosalie was strapped to the stretcher, Emmett stood by James who was staring at Rosalie and Heidi as if they were ghosts.

"Jamie," Heidi whispered her eyes on James.