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"Bella." He breathed, with a smile on his face. His scent was making my legs turn in to jelly. No, I told myself. He left you. Stay strong. Don't let him get to you like that.

"You left." I told him blankly, careful to keep all emotion out of my face and voice, while still managing to stay standing. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to beat the shit out of him for leaving, or kiss him senseless for coming back.

Beat him.

"I… I know." He sighed, defeated. I took a moment to study his face and found tears welling in his eyes as a pained look crossed his normally flawless face. "Could I come in? We can talk about it inside." Speechless at the desperation his expression held, I stood off to the side, allowing him to cross the threshold. I sat on the leather sofa, and motioned him to do the same on the opposing chair.

If looks could kill, Edward would be lying dead across my couch right now. No look, no regret could fix what had already been done.

"Why'd you come back?" I asked him coldly, giving him what I hoped was a menacing glare. The truth was, I still couldn't decide if I wanted to pound the crap out of him for leaving, or kiss him senseless for coming back.

"I missed you." He told me, giving me an award winning smile that I always had the hardest time resisting. No Bella, I told myself. You can't give in.

I snorted. "Right. What is the real reason you came back, huh? Did your girlfriend dump you?"

A look of confusion and shock crossed Edward's face. "What are you talking about?"

"The girl you left me for." I told him, my eye twitching in irritation. I wasn't stupid. Why else would he leave our serious and (what seemed to be) very committed relationship?

"There was never another girl. It was always you." And he said it with such sincerity; I almost wanted to believe him. Then I thought about fatherless Addie sleeping in the other room, and the thought was out of my mind as soon as it had come.

"And you left because…?" I trailed off, leaving him to fill in the blanks.

"I wanted to find my real parents. When I left, I thought I had a solid lead." Huh? "I didn't want to hurt Carlisle or Esme by any of this. Or any of my siblings, for that matter. They're my real family, and even mentioning my biological parents in the past had stirred up emotions."

I still didn't understand. "Why didn't you tell me?" I struggled to keep my voice at a reasonable level and clenched my fists in an effort to release some anger.

"I knew you'd want to come. And I wanted you to, but I knew the selfless thing to do was to keep you away so you could finish college. I didn't want you to throw that away just to humor my selfish desire to find the people who abandoned me."

Selfless? He did NOT just call himself SELFLESS.

I could feel the anger boiling into an uncontrollable rage inside me. I stood, and walked over to him, standing just a few inches from the man I once thought was my forever. "You," I hissed, poking my bony finger to his broad chest, "Don't know what you're fucking talking about."

"Oh, really?" He challenged, standing up. The intimidating height difference caused me to take a large step back. "What don't I know?"

"I was pregnant, you idiot!" I nearly screamed, tears threatening to overflow. "Pregnant with your child. And you didn't have the time of day for us. You LEFT!" I screamed, falling back into the couch, allowing sobs to rack through my body as I pulled my knees to my chest.

"You were pregnant?" He whispered, taking the seat next to me, obviously not sure whether I would allow him to comfort me, or not.

"Yes…" I was interrupted by the creak of a door opening, and the sound of feet pitter-pattering across the floor over to us.

Addie had tears in her eyes. "Mommy, why are you yelling?" She asked me in her angelic voice. "I don't like it when you yell." And she didn't. She was a really sensitive, shy, and delicate child.

"Oh, baby, come here." I said, opening up my arms to allow her on my lap. She snuggled in to me, and then realized the presence of Edward.

"Mommy," She whispered in to my ear, "Who is that man?"