Breakaway Chapter 25 Teaser

As you're about to find...some BIG things happen in chapter 25...here is your very spoilery teaser

The world moved in slow motion around her as Bella sat in the hospital waiting room, gripping the chair arm with white knuckles, her other hand clenching the necklace around her neck tightly in her fist, not responding to the questions of the loved ones around her. She barely blinked as she stared at the double doors that led to the operating room where the doctors were working tirelessly to heal Edward’s numerous injuries, all the while screaming in her head at herself. No…please, no…please, not him! Just this morning I agreed to be his wife and now…Edward is the love of my life…I can’t lose him…not now…not ever!

Her memories poured forth as she stared nearly comatose at the doors that led to the operating room where the only man she’d ever loved was slowly being pieced back together by surgeons. Could it have just been that morning that she had woken up to Edward’s emerald eyes smiling down at her? It seemed like a lifetime had passed in those few hours.

Breakaway Chapter 24 Teaser

The race was very uneventful as Bella and Edward easily worked their way toward the front of the pack, finishing in seventh and eighth place behind a surprisingly well mannered Daniels. Cosma finished a couple of cars behind them and appeared frustrated as he exited the car without his typical smile and hurried off to his trailer, not even bothering with post race interviews. Edward and Bella watched him with strange fascination before watching a beaming James hop out of his car and happily speak to the waiting reporters. He smiled sweetly at them as he passed, leaving Bella feeling more than a little weirded out.

Edward and Bella walked back to the trailer hand in hand, happy to be reaching the end of the stress of the season. There was so much strain on every driver simply to make the chase, while the chase had its own variety of strain, which Bella had yet to know personally, it was a whole different animal from the pressures that had been pushing them both for the past seven months.
With a happy sigh, Bella and Edward climbed into the RV and shuffled to their room in the back. Bella collapsed on the bed while Edward showered, drifting off listening to the soft fall of the water from the showerhead. Soon Edward woke her to take her turn. The feel of the cool spray was so nice on her skin that Bella didn’t want to get out, but she knew she needed to sooner or later.

By the time she exited and had dried off, she moved into the bedroom to see Edward passed out on the bed, curled on his side and facing her side of the bed. With a giggle, she quickly slid into her jammies before climbing in beside him and curling into the space he left for her. With a small smile, she drifted off to sleep in the warm cocoon of his arms and the fresh smell of his clean body. She felt so content in that moment, she hoped that they would always get to be together, just like that. Life was good, and soon they would be in Richmond, making their last push to be part of the Chase for the Cup the afternoon before her birthday.

Breakaway Info

We're coming to the end folks. I have completed the last official chapter before the epi, which was Chapter 27. Once I have the epi and they have all been betaed, I plan to push the last few posts a few days apart, so you don't have to wait weeks when it's pretty much in the bag. I feel pretty good with where this ended up, hope you do too!

Breakaway Chapter 23 Teaser

Whoops...I totally forgot to post a teaser for the next chapter. Good news...I've got three more chapters put back for this story and am two or three chapters shy of our epi. Bad news...I'm only a few chapters away from our epi. At any rate, we're getting close to the end. I hope you like the teaser.

Bella frowned with a nod as her pen scratched across the top of the paper. She looked up suddenly, her eyes looking worried, which made Ben worry as well.

“Ben, you need to call Angela right now. Tell her to act as causal as possible. Tell her to leave the apartment and take nothing with her. If she has a friend she can stay with, she needs to go there and wait for you. If not, then I will call and make a reservation for a hotel room for tonight.”

Ben looked confused as Bella jumped up and ran for her cell, tossing it in his direction. He looked up at her wondering what the hurry was, still feeling bewildered.

“Ben…they know where you live…where Angela lives right now on her own. If they somehow catch wind…”

She didn’t have to say anymore as Ben snatched up the phone and dialed hastily. He did his best to explain without revealing too much to Angela before closing the phone and hitting the table with his fist.

“What are we going to do? Where will we live? What have I gotten us into?”

Edward ran out at the loud noise, his towel barely hanging from his hips. Bella shook her head at him as she rested a hand on Ben’s shoulders.

“Calm down. I don’t know for sure if she’s in danger, but I didn’t want to take any chances. I want you to stay away from your place for a few days.” Bella crossed to the cabinet where she stowed the petty cash box she and Edward used for extras. She grabbed out a couple of hundred dollars and put it in front of Ben. “This should pay for a place to stay until I get there. After the race, I will fly home and help you guys get settled somewhere that is safer for the time being. I’ll also arrange for your things to be taken care of.”

Bella turned to Edward with a look that screamed her pleas for cooperation. “Edward will you please book the next available flight home for Ben, and then book a flight after the race for me? If there aren’t any until after the race, then put us together on a flight home please, and then book me a round trip ticket to Bristol, or if they don’t have any, then just rent me a car to drive there, please.”

Edward shook his head. “Bella, I don’t know what is going on, but I won’t have you flying back alone if there’s a problem. I won’t let you put yourself in danger.”

Bella walked toward him hastily, grabbing his arm and tugging him into the bedroom. “Edward, please don’t argue with this. There is a pregnant girl out there who might be in danger. I need to get them somewhere safe.” Bella froze, her eyes turning slowly toward Edward as a small, devious smile spread across her face. “Actually, I already have a place for them….that is if you were serious when you said the other night that I might as well move in with you since I spend all my nights in your bed anyway.”

My visions of Nate from Children of Creation!

Before the clean cut in Chicago...except WAY bushier and messier!

Breakaway Chapter 22 Teaser

Bella sighed and nodded just before a loud bang came at their RV door accompanied with some loud yelling. Bella jumped before moving aside and allowing Edward to go answer the door as she tightened her robe around her waist with the cloth belt.

Edward opened the door swiftly with an angry scowl that morphed into a look of confusion as Emmett stood at the door holding one of the newer teen aged road crew members by the collar. He had never seen Emmett as furious as he was in that moment, and worried briefly for the terrified kid’s safety.

Edward stepped aside and allowed Emmett to drag the kid in, a steaming Rose right behind him. Bella watched in confusion as Rose turned to her and started ranting so quickly that nobody could actually understand her. Rose’s expression grew more exasperated before she turned to Emmett with a huff, who then yanked the kids collar again before yelling at a slightly slower pace than Rose had rambled.

“This,” he yelled, yanking the kid’s collar and making him flop around like a rag doll, “would be the reason your car was fucked up, Bella. I caught him this morning sneaking into the garage when I stepped out to take a piss. I walked back in to find him hanging hip deep under your hood tinkering with the pulley system. He was going to rig up another thrown belt!”

Breakaway Chapter 21 Teaser

Edward and Bella sat across from each other at the dining room table in Edward’s house about a week after leaving Chicago, each individual with a cell phone plastered to their ear. Bella took notes while Edward’s brow crinkled in confusion as he asked more questions.
“So you’re saying it would be six million per racer to start, and that doesn’t include HQ, test track, entrance fees, travel expenses, or the extensive staff I intend to keep?”

Bella raised a brow at Edward before shaking her head and replying to the question from the person on the other end of the line. “Yes, Ma’am. Edward Cullen and I are looking into starting our own team. We already have our staff lined up and are looking into buying in for next year. What I am looking into at this point is whether or not your company would be willing to sponsor our new team.”

The lady began to babble on in a monotone voice that reminded Bella of the teacher from Charlie Brown as the glanced back up to see Edward’s face turning bright red. “That’s just to rent a facility? Surely, you could build your own for that price. For fuck sake, Jim, that’s highway robbery.”

Bella’s focus returned to the lady on the line in time to hear the end of her monotonous dialogue. “I’m sorry, but we simply don’t have the liquid assets at this time to invest in such a venture. I am very sorry, Miss Swan. You and Mr. Cullen are wonderful racers and would make a fine PR investment, but we just can’t at this time.”

Bella sighed, shaking her head as Edward’s jade eyes lifted to meet hers, his shoulders slumping. “Thank you for taking the time to talk to me. If the situation with your company changes, please keep us in mind.”

“We will, Miss Swan. Thank you for your interest.”

Bella closed her phone with a frustrated snap and resisted the urge to throw it against the table and watch it shatter into hundreds of tiny pieces. This was so much more difficult than she thought, and from the sound of things, even if they both invested their entire savings and Edward’s trust, they would barely have enough to start off with a bare bones operation, much less start the company they way that they both wanted. Plus, in the current economy, there was no guarantee that they would not be left with nothing when it was all said and done.

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