Chapter Two
Jasper
"You let her go," Emmett says immediately when he arrived.
Nessie had disappeared over half an hour ago and I'd just waited for Emmett to catch up ever since.
"She ran away," I reply, not wanting to tell him I had. Technically it was true.
He huffs loudly and shakes his head. "She's one little girl with half the strength of us and an eighth of the combat skills. How does she get away from you?"
I consider actively defending myself, twisting the events to make it seem less like I let her go after a quick chat, but it's too much effort for something that isn't worth it.
"I let her go," I confess.
"Yeah, I know," Emmett mutters, openly displeased.
"I don't know why." I feel the same way Nessie did when she said those words to me, and I knew Emmett was just as frustrated as I had been when I'd heard them.
"You're not comfortable being harsh with her."
I shrug. True.
He huffs again and continues in a more annoyed tone. "She's not a sweet little four year old anymore, Jas. She's a teenager who doesn't want to do something so she ran away."
"I know that," I say quietly.
"You agree with her?" he asks
I say nothing in reply, but my expression portrays enough. Yes.
"Me too," he mutters after a long moment. "But she's not your kid and we said we'd bring her back to Bella and Edward, so that's what we have to do. Don't let her go next time."
"How about you get her? I'll find her and you can do the manhandling."
"Sounds good to me." He nods. "So which way did she go?"
I gesture straight ahead and then look back to Emmett. "But that was over half an hour ago."
"Fantastic . . ."
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