Chapter 3

Edward tells her to go ahead, "Are you happy now?" Edward family takes him away while he says this is what he deserves. Bella's family rushes to her side.

Everyone is trying to calm Edward who keeps blaming / cursing himself. Carlisle asks them, "What happened?" Edward asks Carlisle, "Did you not get to that someone died."

Bella is about to sign on the form against Jake's family but Jake's sister (Leah) snatches it from her, "We are his family. Don't you dare touch this form! You snatched him while he was alive and see what happened!" Jake's mother (Sue) rues that, "we tried to keep Jake away from you, Bella, but he called you his life. You took his life!" Carmen requests her not to blame her daughter in this circumstance at least. "Look at her!" Leah asks her if she has seen her mother, "Jake was her only son whom your daughter snatched! Your daughter's eyes are dry. Mascara must be waterproof. This is what she used to do with his money." Eleazar tells them to, "Stop it. We are quiet as we know how to behave around people otherwise we also know how to respond. You and I are different that we take care of etiquettes and surroundings unlike you." Eleazar tells Bella to let them complete the formalities, "You won't stay with them anymore." Leah tells Bella to go with her father, "You always kept comparing Brother to your father. Thanks to you, we lost him today! We will take him with us to Mumbai now and won't let him go with you!" She walks away. Bella parents take her with them.

Edward refuses to act. "I won't go anywhere with Tanya." Esme insists, "It is tradition" but Edward stays put. Esme tells him to speak slowly. Edward is upset that she is concerned about others again, "You bear everything quietly which does not mean I will do the same!" Esme requests him not to speak like this about the one who is no more, "Bid her goodbye in a respectful manner." Edward's eyes well up, "I should care about her respect even when she is gone whereas she was playing with mine while alive. She dint even think once about me. I am not just his friend but husband too! What will happen to me? I will break down. I won't trust anyone ever again." Esme tries to make him understand but Jasper requests her not to force Edward.

Carlisle asks Emmet about the arrangements (flowers, garland, what kind of frame they will have). Emmet nods, "Can we not call a little less number of people?" Carlisle says they will come automatically. He asks Edward to come. Edward repeats he isn't a part of this drama. "I won't go anywhere with Tanya." He goes.

Jake's family cries seeing Jake's dead body. Bella tries to go to Jake but Leah blocks her way, "Your relation with Jake is over. You are dead for us too! Get lost." Bella begs them not to separate her from her husband but in vain. Jake's family takes Jake's body with them. Carmen holds Bella who keeps mumbling not to take Jake away from her. Eleazar looks on. Rosalie asks him till when he will hide his pain by staying far from Bella, "I know you cannot see her in pain." Eleazar leaves from there without saying anything.

Edward says, "Tanya went away from me herself. Why do you insist that I come along? I have no relation with her." Esme tells him against it, "Year old relations don't break like that. You are her husband. You have to do her last rites. You both took wedding vows to promise them forever." Edward gets sad, "Two people take vows whereas only one follows them." Jasper and Emmet also seconds their mother. Edward asks him to understand, "I cannot see her like this. How will I travel all the way? It's a long journey." He walks away teary eyed. Jasper offers to book Aditya's flight for tomorrow. Carlisle asks him to forward the ticket to him.

Carmen goes to bring Eleazar. She makes Bella sit on the bench, "Don't go anywhere."

Edward sees his family leaving with Tanya's dead body, "You went away from me long back then why does it pain so much. I won't be able to bear this last journey with you. I hate you but this love keeps coming in between."

Bella looks at Jake's photo, "We got separated on our anniversary in a way that we won't be able to meet ever again. I tried a lot to stop Leah but she took you with her." Past memories flash before Edward and Bella's eyes.

Eleazar asks Alice and Rosalie to bring his wife and Bella. Bella collides with someone and Jake's belongings fall down in the process. Edward steps over Jake's glasses by mistake. He says sorry but she questions him how dare he break Jake's glasses. Bella sit down to gather it. Edward says, "What breaks cannot be united ever again. It just broke into pieces today. We don't know when it really broke!" Bella shouts in shock as he stomps over the glasses crushing them completely.

Bella comes to her parent's house. Eleazar tells everyone not to utter Jake's name after today, "Our daughter made one mistake which is why she met this fate. It might be God's will. We should try to forget it." Carmen asks him if he realises what he is saying, "Bella just became a widow. You know how much she loved him yet you are telling her to forget Jake thinking him to be a bad dream. Is it easy?" Eleazar says. "We must try / start though or will Bella can stay stuck with that cheater Jake's memories. I won't let it happen. Dint you see how Jake's family behaved with her? They dint let her be a part of Jake's last rites. They are as dead for us as she is for them. Jacob Black's chapter is closed after today!" Bella demands to go to her home, "Jake must be waiting for me. It is our anniversary tonight." Eleazar's words don't even ring a bell in her ears as she walks out in a trance. He asks Carmen to stop Bella but she tells him to let Bella go. She must walk on the path chosen by God.

Bella starts running.

Edward and Bella are walking absentmindedly. Bella reaches home. Edward and Bella think of the past times spent with their partners. Bella imagines Jake wiping her tears. She extends her hand to touch him when she is distracted by a sound. She turns in opposite direction but Jake disappears. She begins to cry. On the other hand, Aditya is drinking. He imagines him and Tanya in all the couples passing by from there.

Edward hears the sound of the gong and realises it is 0000 hours (Tanya's birthday). He drops the bottle in shock and looks at his watch. Tanya's words echo in his head, "Happy Birthday Tanya! You said we will celebrate your birthday together but you are a cheater. I am not a cheater though! We will celebrate it together."

Bella takes out her anniversary cake and lights a candle. She blows it with Jake (her imagination).

Edward also lights some matches on a bun and wishes, "Happy Birthday Cheater (Tanya)." He comes inside a church, "These are the last tears that I am shedding for Tanya today. I won't cry for you after today! You (Christ) look dim too (because of light). I don't want anything from you. I did not come to ask anything. Don't do anything. I only want a place to sleep. Will I get one or you will snatch it too? Don't think it to be a favour. Think it to be a loan. I pay back people in a similar manner. Don't do anything else." He lies down on one of the bench.

Bella lights all the candles in the church, "I took the most difficult decision of my life 5 years ago by going against my family. I decided to marry Jake. I came to seek your help and you encouraged me to listen to my heart. The path shown by you cannot be wrong. My Jake cannot be wrong. She wipes her tears. I have come to take another decision today. I am going to Mumbai to my Jake. You have always held my hand. I am sure you will hold my hand today too and will guide me again." Edward covers his face to block the light while Bella prays. Edward wakes up and says "Tanya let me sleep." He realises where he is and goes quiet. Bella has left by then. Edward too leaves from there.

Carlisle comes to Edward's room to find something. "Where did it go?"

(Next Morning)

Alice says, "Do you remember how we had to take trains as you were afraid of flights." Bella says, "I am still scared but take care of Mum and Dad." Rosalie and Alice assures her they will manage them. Bella leaves for airport.

Bella hesitantly takes her seat. A guy is sleeping in the middle and his face is covered with a jacket. Bella sits on the window side. She panics as the flight begins to take off. She recalls how she had panicked when she was going with Jake on her honeymoon. He tries to calm her. We won't take any other flight again in future but they would have to take one from Paris to be home. What if I was a pilot? She outright tells him she wouldn't have loved him then. I cannot love those who love heights. He makes her hold his hand. Flashback ends. (Flash Back) Bella holds Edward's hand and prays to God to help her. He removes his jacket and looks at her. He gets angry, "You?" She looks at him in shock. Flight takes off and she does not even realise.