The weeks following Rosalie and Emmett's deaths were difficult to say the least.

Annie shied away from everyone, including me. Her therapist said that it was because she didn't want to lose anyone else she cared for, so she just stopped caring.

Rosalie and Emmett had placed me as Annie's guardian. Garrett told me that if I wanted I could re-establish Annie has my daughter, as is my right. But I knew that that would just hurt her even more. I didn't want to replace Emmett as her father. I wanted my little girl to grieve for her parents and hopefully overcome most of that hurt and anguish so that she could live her life to the fullest, the way her parents would have wanted it.

If only life was that easy.

If only Jenks had waited until after Annie's grieving period to call me.