The Twilight Twenty-Five
Entry #2
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Twilight Twenty-Five
Prompt: Retribution
Pen Name: Shell29bell
Pairing: Bella/Emmett
Rating: T
"Stop it!" I hissed, "Just stop it. Don't you dare lie to them."
"Am I lying?" he asked incredulously. "You're worried about hurting them now? What do I tell them when you're gone?"
I didn't answer.
"Did you make up some fairy tale to make you feel better? Will it help you sleep at night if you know they think you're off on some grand adventure?" he continued, fighting to keep his voice calm.
"Don't lie to them in retaliation to what I've done to you." I said dejectedly.
"You don't get to tell me how to raise my sons. You gave them up." He spat.
"You took them away from me!" I shrieked.
I was sure by now all the neighbors were gathered around their windows, holding steaming cups of coffee, and watching the death of a marriage unfold before them. They stood silent as they witnessed a woman struggling to keep control as her punishment was drawn out by a husband scorned.
"You gave me no choice. Do you think anyone in their right mind would give you our children after what you did? Did you ever stop to consider the lives you would ruin because you were bored?" I flinched at the words laced with venom.
I angrily slammed the trunk and walked around to the driver's side door.
"We've been over this. I'm a selfish bitch, remember?" I said bitterly.
We both looked away then, ashamed that we'd been reduced to name calling amid our accusations.
"You've spent their whole lives on the sidelines. Don't take them away just to spite me." I begged, one last time, trying to hold back the tears now clouding my eyes.
"It's done, Bells. The judge already decided." He said quietly with a note of apology in his voice.
Tears began to fall steadily from my eyes and dripped from my chin. He brought both hands to my face and wiped away the tears with his thumbs.
"I would have given you anything, Bella. All you had to do was ask."
I lowered my gaze because I knew he wasn't talking about our children anymore and I couldn't face the hurt in his eyes.
"It would've been too late, Emmett." I whispered before climbing into my car and driving away.
