Ch. 7: Awkward Apologies: Bella's POV

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"Edward," I said, softly, barely opening my mouth. Edward fell backwards, with a cold, stone expression on his face. Jacob was left under him, bleeding profusely, moaning in pain.

"Why?" Edward asked. "Why?"

"I can't answer that," I tell him. "Please, Edward, don't blame yourself."

"I don't," he spits. "I just don't know... how you can do this to our family."

"Edward-"

"You're messing around with our daughter's true love," Edward looked at me in disgust. "That's... horrendous."

"Edward-"

"And does this marriage mean anything to you? I know I wanted to get married the most, you weren't a huge fan, but did it really mean that little to you?"

"No, Edward-"

"I can't even- I can't even-" Edward turns from me. "You little..." He starts rambling and ranting, his mind locked away in a deep circle of regret.

"Mommy? Daddy? What's wrong-" Renessme's voice calls from upstairs. We hear the patter of her feet down the stairs, and we clamp our mouths shut, knowing there was nothing we could do now. "JACOB!" She shrieked, staring at the pool of blood beneath Jake. "WHAT HAPPENED?" She rushes to his side.

"Nessie, get away from him," Edward commands, dragging her crying, heaving body away. "He's not worth it."

"What happened?"

"I fell, Ness," Jacob lies, in a cough of blood.

"You didn't fall! What is going on here-" She sobs.

"Don't worry about it!" Edward tells her.

"Why?"

"Your mother had an affair with him," Edward spits.

Renessme's face twists. "Before you guys were married, right? I always knew that."

"No," Edward corrects her, in a deep, animalistic voice. "It was yesterday. And the day before that, and the day before that...."

Renessme blinks twice. "No."

"Nessie, even adults make mistakes-" I say, reaching for her.

"No! Get away from me!" She screams, storming for the door of the cottage. "YOU FREAK!"

"Ness," Jacob sputters.

"NO!" She runs away, like lightning, crying and screaming.

"Pack your things," Edward tells me. "I expect you out of the cottage by tomorrow." 

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