Prologue

1997

I looked at her beautiful silky brown hair and ran my fingers through it so softly that she probably couldn't feel it; she turned and smiled at me in a way that made her brown eyes dance and warmed my forever still heart.

I loved her. Not just any love this was the one that needed a full on chorus of singing and dancing and cute animals and more dancing, but seriously we had a connection, bond even and I knew I would want to be with her for the rest of her life, even if it would not be long enough.

My head was filled completely of her and then it happened so fast, even for me. She turned to look at me; I will remember the way her face looked right then with so much love in her eyes and then she stepped back off the sidewalk.

The truck hit immediately.

I ran to her side, not bothering to slow my speed for the onlookers and fell to my knees at her side and lifted her fragile human head into my cradled arms, her eyes were open but she was gone.

My Bella was gone.