vii. playing dead"You know it's time to take care of things," Edward says to her, and she won't look up from her book to meet his eyes.
They talked about this. After a while they won't be able to keep up the charade of e-mails and occasional phonecalls. And it will be easier for Charlie and Renée if they think they know what happened to her than it will be if they never know for sure. Bella can adopt a fake identity, a new last name, in the place they go, and they will convincingly fake Bella Swan Cullen's death.
But who is faking anyway?
A desperate, pleading part of her isn't ready for this. Why now? I can have a couple more years, or just another year, a few more months, before I have to say goodbye for good.
But the other half of her pushes those thoughts away, like a rough hand forcing a misbehaving child to sit down in a chair - Be quiet!
No. She chose this. There is no compromise. She must accept it completely.
