To: Edward Masen
From: Bella Swan - Gmail
Subject: Goodbye
I am so in love with you, Edward.
That's why I lied to you yesterday, about the voicemail.
She actually left a message so vile I instantly knew she was drinking again, and I feared my plan to stay was impossible. When I went back to the shit hole I realized it would be for the last time - she was high as well as drunk. Turns out she only managed to stay off booze all week because she'd got hold of a bag of coke. I barely managed to retrieve my stuff before she lost it at me.
I guess you've realized by now that I'm in Seattle, preparing to board the first Greyhound headed out of state. I'm sorry for lying, and for not giving you a heads up that I had to leave. I didn't want to make you choose between coming with me and staying with your mom. You'd have felt like you were betraying one of us, either way.
B