When Dawn Breaks Chapter 29

"Ms. Shurlong it’s lovely to meet you. I'm Scott Johnson the owner of this company." He held his hand out for Bella to shake as he met her, Rosalie and Emmett at the receptionist desk. "I spoke to your assistant on the phone and she said you were looking for some security upgrades for your Phoenix estate."

Bella shook his hand. "Yes Mr. Johnson, however we were hoping to purchase some things today, which is why we wished to meet you at your store."

"Please call me Scott. I would have taken you to the store but this is actually our warehouse as well as our corporate office. I don't know if you are aware but our company has proudly supplied many high profile clients with high tech equipment to not only protect their property but to protect themselves and others as well for over 40 yrs. We cover the entire United States and even parts of Canada."

Rosalie held back an eye roll as Scott went on and on about his amazing company as they were led into a nice office with a large glass topped desk with a leather chair behind it covered in files and two computer monitors with two plain black leather chairs on the other side for visitors, a sitting area off to the side with a cream colored couch and matching chair with a coffee table all facing a huge window with a nice view of Seattle stretched ahead of them. She would bet anything that Mr. Johnson canceled everything he had planned that day to make sure he could meet Bella in person with the thought of how big of a sale and how much his reputation would be helped with the prestigious name of Shulrong as one of his customers.

"It sounds like you have yourself something really special here that you can be really proud of."Bella said as they all took seats with Emmett standing, when there was a break in Scott's self promotional ramblings.

Scott gave her a big smile. "Thank you Ms. Shurlong. I must say it is an honor that you have chosen to work with this company. What exactly were you looking to pick up today and what can we help you out with in the future?"

"Well as you can see I brought with me one of my own personal security guards today.I've only hired body guards before for special occasions but now that I am older and am going out on my own more I feel the need to hire full time security. I have people in mind, I just need to equip them. I also live outside of the estate right now and would like to feel more secure in my home. My father is the police chief of the town but bad guys don't care that much who your father is when they are up to no good. So I thought some surveillance equipment would be nice. Something easily hidden so it's not obvious to the neighbors that we don't trust them." Bella winked at the man to clue him into the joke.

Rosalie covered her chuckle with a cough as Scott blushed bright red and gulped down his glass of water. Bella didn't know what power she had over people. One wink and this professional man was a blushing school girl. Deciding to take pity on him, Rosalie spoke." We were also hoping to get some type of tracking devices for each of us incase something were to go wrong."

Scott cleared his throat. "Of course. I had a conference room filled with different types of products for you to look over. If you find you like something there would be no problem purchasing it today or if needed we can set up a date to install in the future. If you follow me we have some people there also to explain each product."Scott stood and led them out of the office into a large room set up with all different displays of technology with different people standing next to them.

"Whoah this is like a Call of duty player's wet dream." Emmett whispered earning an elbow in the gut from Rosalie. "Sorry I forgot, seen not heard."

"Let's start with different communication devices." Scott said leading them to an area with different ear pieces. "Jen will explain what each one is for."

Bella motioned for Emmett. "Emmett, why don't you come over and help with this. You will be the one using these. I want to try them out of course but Emmett's opinion is the most important."

"Of course Ms. Shurlong." Emmett said trying to keep the excitement out of his voice. Bella trusted him to act professional and minus his small slip he wasn't going to let her down.

An hour and a trunk full of equipment to take to Maine later, Rosalie, Bella and Emmett were on their way to a military supply store.

"So let me get this straight." Emmett said from the backseat where he had to sit sideways to fit comfortably. "We just bought a bunch of cool equipment the two of you are taking to Maine to use on an actual mission and now we are going to a military supply store to buy you and Rosalie tactical equipment to use once again on a kick ass mission in Maine. Do I get some cool clothes too?"

"What do you think Babe, should Emmett get some tactical equipment too?" Bella asked Rosalie.

Rosalie sighed. "The big oaf did act professional the entire time we were there so I don't see why he can't get some new clothes with us. It's not like he will have many chances to get a custom tactical outfit in the future."

"Yes." Emmett cheered. "Jasper is going to be so jealous."

"Ok so what exactly is our cover story for this purchase?" Rosalie asked.

"Extreme paint balling." At the confused faces Bella explained. "The three of us are on a team of paint ballers and are going to be in a private tournament that is happening in the woods. We need to be as protected as possible not to get hurt and camofloagued to blend in with the surroundings. The owner thinks I'm basically a rich kid who wants to one up the competition. We are to let him think that as it will get him to sell us what he thinks is outlandish gear to teenagers who have no real reason to need it other than to impress their friends."

Rosalie nodded. "Ahh we are playing the heiress and her friends today."

"I think it would be a good idea for Emmett to be the hype man." Bella said

"The hype man, what's that?" Emmett asked.

"It's where he brings out lame stuff and you complain about it not being cool enough to make us stand out." Bella told him.

"Aaah I get it." Emmett rubbed his hands together to pump himself up. "I'll say things like, Brad already has one of those we can't copy that douchebag, stuff like that right."

Bella gave Emmett a high five. " Exactly like that. Your job is to get him to sell us expensive things we need, but he thinks we are just throwing money on to make everyone jealous."

"This is the stuff that makes it so much fun to hang out with you Bella." Emmett said.

"Don't forget Rosalie is here. She is just as much fun as I am." Bella reminded him.

"That's true." Emmett agreed. "Today's she's been a lot of fun. Now if she would just let us have the James Bond car then she would be amazing."

Rosalie rolled her eyes as she drove to their destination. Christmas was coming up and if they made it out of this mess alive she may just buy him his own James Bond car to get him to shut up about it.