Thanks be to Ms. EBT and Wench Tkegl.


Edward,

I don't know how to start this, so I'll just say what I need to.

I've spent the summer trying to deal with what we've done. Bella's gone, and that responsibility lies on both our shoulders.

I won't say we destroyed Bella, because that makes light of just how strong she is. I will say that we destroyed her love and trust in us. And those two things from someone like Bella are gifts, and we threw them away.

And for what?

I thought what I felt for you was love. I know now that it probably wasn't. And I have to apologize to you for that.

While we were both equal participants in this, I was the one who started it. I was motivated by what I thought was love. I let what I felt for you cloud my judgment, and it ruined what we both had with Bella.

She didn't deserve this, any of this, and we'll carry that with us.

But Ben has taught me so much over the past few months, and one of those things is that we're not horrible people. We may have done horrible things and created a horrible situation, but we're human. We make mistakes. The key is to learn from them, to grow. We can't let all of this be for nothing. Otherwise, there is no point to what we did, and Bella deserves more than emptiness.

I'm sorry.

Angela