"What the hell are you talking about Bella?" Alice asks. "Is this your way of saying you're pregnant or something?"
I can see the pleading in her eyes…the way she's willing me not to confirm what she has already figured out about you.
"No Alice. I mean, that right now, Evan's newborn baby girl is in the nursery at the hospital. She was born two days ago. That's why I got called to the hospital…"
I explain everything to your family; they don't take the news well at all, especially Emmett.
"He's lucky he's dead right now because if he wasn't…I swear I'd kill him," Emmett growls.
"Emmett!" shouts Carlisle. "That's no way to speak about your brother."
"No Dad…I mean it. You and mom raised us better than that. You always taught us to be honest and respectful. Evan threw that right out the window…with Bella, with us. He created a mess and walked away and has left it for us to figure out how to clean it up. How is that fair for any of us?" The last few words come out strangled as Emmett tries to keep from crying.
Are you happy now?
Do you see the pain you've caused us all?
We were finally healing and moving on from losing you and now we have to deal with this…
"So Bella," says Esme softly. "Are…are you keeping her?"
And regardless of the situation, I can see the bit of hope in Esme's eyes.
That despite this entirely fucked up situation, despite all of the anger and betrayal and hurt that we are all feeling, we all still love you and are willing to learn how to get through this, learn how to let go of it all if it means getting a piece of you back with us.