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Their Making and Downfall-

Hope Is The Denial Of Reality

Esme Cullen was in denial.

Esme Cullen was in Denali.

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Esme Cullen stood on the porch of her home in Denali, watching as the sun had begun to set behind the Alaskan landscape.

Twlight.

She turned her attention to the road and waited.

Edward should be coming home soon and he should be bringing Bella with him. He would drive up to the house and bring her daughter with him and tell Esme that it was all a joke and that he was fine.

So Esme waited and watched.

Watched and waited.

She refused to believe that she had lost another child.

Two children.

Isabella and Edward

Edward and Isabella

Her family was just being cruel and lying to her.

Her son was not dead and he was coming home, would be there any moment.

And she truly believed this.

Because…

Esme Cullen was in denial.

Esme Cullen was in Denali.

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Failure Is Not Falling Down But Refusing To Get Up

Carlisle Cullen-

A compassionate father

A loving husband

A complete failure

Carlisle Cullen stared blankly at the computer screen that told him when his next patient's appointment was. He read the words, they flitted through his mind, but they meant nothing.

His son was gone.

His daughter was dead.

And his family was broken.

All his hours in the hospital, and not enough at home; perhaps this was his punishment for his existence. The lives he had saved were not enough to repay the Lord for the souls he had taken away.

He was a monster. There was no denying it any longer.

For the first time in a long time, he placed his head in his hands and attempted to cry.

Carlisle Cullen-

A compassionate father

A loving husband

A complete failure