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The drive to the airport felt like a race against time. Jasper sped down the road as we headed to Seattle. Neither of us had any luggage so as soon as we got to the airport, he bought our tickets and we boarded the first plane to wherever we were headed. "It's faster than running." That was the explanation Jasper gave me. I only gave him a nod as a reply. My nerves were going haywire. Every scenario that I had imagined was about to come true. I was going to see Emmett again. But I knew that whatever I had planned to say to him, went going to be said. Every speech I had prepared mentally was never going to escape my mouth.
My focus shifted from my thoughts as Jasper pulled out his phone from his pocket. He opened a text message and read it quietly to himself before meeting my curious gaze. "They have Edward. Bella got there just in time." I nodded and smiled slightly at him. One of his brothers had just been saved.
"Jasper, what's happening with Emmett?" I murmured.
He looked conflicted as he stared at me. He released a sigh before he looked at me and opened his mouth. "His situation is different than Edward's. Edward believed your sister to be dead and couldn't live without her. Emmett feels the same way but his feelings go much deeper than that. Emmett truly believes that even if he were to return, you wouldn't be by his side. Your sister was more than willing to forgive and forget, but he knows you, Clary, you're much stronger emotionally than Bella is." He turned his gaze back to the seat in front of him before continuing. "Has Emmett ever spoken of his past to you?"
"He only told me how he was turned, he never really said much else." I shrugged. "I figured it was a sensitive subject and I didn't want to push."
"That's how you and your sister are different." The corners of Jasper's lips turned upwards. "You don't pester."
"That has always been Bella's one fatal flaw." I joked.
"Yes, I see that now." He chuckled. "Well, Emmett's past is a sensitive subject, one he manages to avoid discussing. Before he became a Cullen and was bitten, he went by Emmett McCarty. He lived in a small town somewhere near New York, he never really was specific about where he lived. Anyways, he lived a quiet life with his parents and sister. His younger sister Amelia was his whole world and he did everything he could to be the perfect brother for her.
"Well when she was eight years old, she was diagnosed with cancer and they weren't able to save her. Emmett took her death the hardest but it took a toll on his parents. They divorced and Emmett chose to stay with his father, that's who he was closest to. After the divorce, his father became obsessed with hunting. Emmett claimed it was a stress reliever for him. And as you know it was a bear that nearly killed Emmett, well he came across that bear on a hunting trip with his dad. Emmett ventured farther than he should have and he nearly lost his life that day.
