Chapter Two

Welcome to 'The Bakery'!

I was OVERWHELMED with your response to the first chapter. I think I always knew I wanted to continue this, but when you all were so enthusiastic with your support, it sealed the deal for me.

This is completely different from anything else I have written. This story is going to deal with physical and sexual abuse. I am not trying to be graphic, BUT it will get intense. I will try to always make Bella's flashbacks be in italics so if you want to skip them, you can. If you don't want to read them you can always PM me and I will give you a censored version of the chapter.

I am planning on updating on Saturdays.

Huge thanks to my beta Melanie, who has a connection to this Edward and likes to put words in his mouth. They are always wonderful words and I am super excited that she is so invested in this story. (Psss…did you know I share her with Sheviking? Am I a lucky bitch or what!) 

"Wake up Tanya." 

"Wake up! Damn it Tanya." This time the words were punctuated with a swift kick to the ribs. The girl rolled onto her side and wrapped her arms around herself, trying to push through the fog of sleep and remember where she was. She was not in her comfortable bed back home in Forks. At this point she was not even sure she was still in Washington. Knowing that the punishment would only get worse if she did not acknowledge the wake-up call, Bella pushed to her knees, throwing off the arm that was lying over her waist and looked up at her captor. There were three men that were in charge of 'training' the girls and making sure they did not escape. Benjamin, Tyler and Mike had to have been the cruelest men in existence. Not only did they excel at their jobs, they enjoyed it as well. It was Mike's bright blue eyes she looked into as she raised her head. It took her a moment to remember that she was no longer 'Bella' here, she was Tanya. Mike's overly-large hand wrapped around her upper arm as he dragged her to her feet, pulling her over the two other girls that were still sleeping on the mattress. There was no bedding to be had and the mattresses were piled haphazardly on the floor. The rest of the girls were still asleep, except for one pair of blue-gray eyes that watched as Mike dragged Bella from the room. 

"No, please not again. I promise I won't bite anymore." She sobbed as he came at her once more, his jeans unbuttoned and his semi-hard cock poking through the flaps. Bella knelt on the floor, her eyes filled with tears as he got closer and threaded his fingers through her hair, pulling her towards him. With his thumbs pressing against her jaw, he forced her mouth open and thrust himself in her, not stopping until she was gagging around him. Bella tried desperately to keep her teeth away from his flesh and willed herself not to throw-up on him as he shoved himself down her throat. Not soon enough, his entire body stilled and seconds later he was spilling in her mouth. Pulling away, he kicked his foot into her belly, sending her sprawling onto her back on the hard concrete. She curled into a ball and waited for him to leave, rubbing her tongue against her dirty shirt to try and get the taste of him out of her mouth.

"Bella, wake up. We're here Bella." Bella made herself as small as possible when she felt hands on her legs. She knew from experience that those hands would soon pull her towards unspeakable things. When the hands released her, she opened her eyes slowly and sobbed quietly when her eyes met Edward's horrified face. She pulled his fleecy coat closer around her and buried her face in the soft fabric. They were still in his car after he had insisted on taking her home until they managed to get in touch with her father. She pulled her face from the coat and started to move towards the open door. He had let her sit in the back seat and she must have fallen asleep on the soft leather. She startled when he slammed the door behind her and he gently pulled her into his arms. She shivered violently as his warmth seeped into her frozen body and grabbed tightly to his shirt when he tried to pull away. Deep in her mind she wondered how she could feel comfortable with this man when for the past four months any man that touched her had only brought her pain. But somehow, she knew she would be safe with Edward.

Edward had called his father once Bella, as she asked to be called, had fallen asleep and asked if he could stay at their house for a little while. His father was a doctor at the large hospital nearby and his mother was in charge of several local charities. There was always someone home and he knew that Bella would feel comfortable and well cared for there. He also called his brother Emmett and asked him to meet them at the house, hoping that somehow Emmett would be able to help.

The door opened as they started up the porch steps. Bella had never seen such a house; it was all worn wood and glass. She could hear waves crashing from behind the house and wondered if they were close to Port Angeles. When Bella looked up at the door she stopped in her tracks. The man's large frame took up the entire doorway. It only took a glance to recognize the dark blue uniform before she was hyperventilating and clinging to Edward as if her life depended on it, which at the moment…it might. Edward cursed when he felt Bella start to panic and pulled her up into his arms, walking quickly up the rest of the stairs and into the house. He called for his father as he pushed past his brother and tried to deposit Bella on the couch. She clung to him like a monkey and he was forced to sit himself down on the couch with her on his lap. She was trembling violently and her skin was turning dusky as her body was deprived of oxygen. She was mumbling softly and Edward put his ear close to her to try and catch what she was saying.

"No police. They come too, please no police." She whimpered over and over, and Edward looked up at his brother's neatly pressed uniform. He knew that Emmett would never do whatever Bella was afraid of, but he needed to get her calm somehow. Edward tilted his head towards the door and Emmett took the hint and left just as their father came bursting through the door. He froze at the sight of his son holding the frail, dirty girl but his medical training kicked in when he heard her rasping breaths. He sat his black medical bag on the coffee table and approached the pair. Bella had her face pressed tightly into Edward's shoulder so she did not see Carlisle's approach. She screamed and jumped when he placed his hand on her back. Edward soothed her and tried to get her to look at him. Bella's eyes were wild as she brought her face from his now tear-soaked shirt and up to his. Her lips were blue and trembling, her cheeks tear-streaked.

"Bella, this is my father Carlisle. He is a doctor and just wanted to check you over to make sure you are not hurt. We need for you to calm down. No one is going to hurt you here." He whispered as he reached up and tucked her matted hair behind her ear. She leaned into his touch and turned her face slightly so she could see Carlisle. He could already see the scars and marks on her bare thighs and knew there would no doubt be more injuries under the coat. Bella leaned up and whispered in Edward's ear, causing his body to freeze. His heart started to race and his own breathing got shallow as he listened to her fears. He looked over her head at his father and Carlisle took a step back at the anger and terror he saw in his son's eyes.

"No one is going to hurt you now Bella, I promise. What the doctor did, no one should do. I swear to you, you are safe here. I will keep you safe." He said fiercely as he rubbed his hands over her too-thin arms. She nodded and looked over her shoulder at Carlisle. She stood on shaking legs and knelt down at Carlisle's feet. Edward put his face in his hands and Carlisle just stared down at the girl who was so obviously broken. Esme gasped loudly from the doorway as she came into the room, blankets and towels stacked high in her hands. She dropped the fabric and fell to her knees next to the girl, wrapping her in her arms. Bella tensed for a moment before relaxing into the warm embrace of Edward's mother.

Emmett poked his head into the room and managed to catch the eye of his brother, waving him over. Edward looked down at Bella, seeing that she was comfortable in his mother's arms and stood to follow his brother. Emmett leaned against the kitchen counter, his arms crossed and his expression grim.

"Would you like to explain to me what the fuck is going on?" Emmett growled. Edward sighed before dropping into one of the chairs surrounding the kitchen table.

"She broke into the bakery last night. I found her in the stairwell leading to the storage room. She was…Emmett I have never seen someone so broken and dirty. She stayed there the whole day and when we closed I called you and dad and brought her here." Edward stopped for a moment to swallow back the bile that had crept into his throat as he thought about what Bella had told him.

"She said…she said she was taken off of the streets in Seattle four months ago. She has been beaten and…other things to get her ready to be a, well I guess hooker would be the right term. Apparently there are some members of your department that have been there to test the merchandise and that was why she freaked out when she saw you in your uniform."

"Edward…does she know where we are?" Emmett asked as he crossed the room to sit next to his brother.

"I don't think so. I mean…how am I supposed to tell her that she is not in Seattle anymore…hell she is not even close." Edward said as he propped his elbows on the table and held his head in his hands.

"Edward…you are going to have to tell her soon. Does she have any family we can contact?" Emmett asked as he put his hand on his brother's back.

"Her father is a police Chief in a small town in Washington. We tried to call him a few times before we left the bakery, but there was no answer. I tried to get her to call him at the station, but she was too worried about someone alerting the authorities here and one of the dirty cops finding her first. She also has some issues with a doctor they brought in to examine her." Edward said as he rubbed his eyes roughly with his fingers, wishing he was able to rub away the visions Bella had put there.

"What do you mean 'issues'?" Emmett asked and Edward pushed away from the table, knocking the chair over in his haste.

"I mean they brought a doctor in to make sure she was a virgin, in the most humiliating way possible. I mean he made her strip in front of her captors and then they had her give the doctor a blow job as payment as they watched. I mean she thought that Dad was going to do the same thing to her now." Edward yelled, grabbing viciously at his hair. Emmett moved to his brother and held his shoulders, shaking him until he looked up.

"You freaking out is not going to help that girl out there. She trusts you or else she would never have told you all that. Now pull yourself together so you can go out there and tell her she is no longer in Seattle, but in Maine."

A/N: You still with me? What do you think…poor Bella is across the country and had no idea.