"Just let me take care of you!" Paul's voice softened, searching for an answer in Bethany's eyes. "Let me take care of you like I couldn't before." Bethany stared at him for a moment, taking in every detail of his face. He still had that white scar on the side of his eyebrow from when he jumped off the swings on the playground when they were seven. Her heart broke a little. "I'm sorry, Paul. Nothing's changed." | When Bethany Inola returns to La Push after years of being away, she never intends to revisit the shadows of her past. But Paul Lahote's world still orbits around Bethany, and he's going to do everything it takes to get her to realize it. [revitalized as of 02.20.2021]