A/N: Stephanie owns Twilight – I felt as though Esme's story needed to be told. I have a couple of short chapters ready to go – just putting on the final touches. This will not be a long story, but one that I had to write. This is my first fanfic, but please review and let me know what you think.
Prologue
I stood on the edge, looking over. Had it really come to this? Was my life really over?
The wind was gently swirling around me causing my hair to lift and toss about and sending every nerve ending in body on full alert. I closed my eyes to take it all in… the breeze and how it made my skin tingle with exhilaration – with life.
Two things flashed though my mind as my delicate slippers clung to the grassy ledge. The first was a tiny face, gasping for air, so tired from struggling to pull in another breath. The second was the face of a perfect man that I hadn't physically looked upon in over a decade, but he remained as timeless and ageless in my thoughts as the first tiny face would…forever.
I am tired. Tired of living a lie and forcing myself to be the person that others want me to be. Tired of the pretensions that come with being the perfect daughter, wife. For just a few short days, I was the perfect mother. I had held my beautiful son for such a short time before he took his last few breaths. He was so weak and the local doctor could do nothing for his lung infection. If only my perfect doctor could have been there, he would have known what to do to save my little one in time.
How did my life turn so quickly? What had I done to deserve this miserable life that I was about to end?
A/N: Please review and let me know what you think!!!
