Esme's POV
I stood at the door to Bella's room looking through it's tiny window. It didn't seem right to lock her up, but if the alternative was her death, I would gladly take this. She looked so sad and defenseless curled up in the corner of the small room. It's still so hard to watch her endure this torture.
I decided to enter the room and see if I could ease some of her pain for just a little while. She didn't acknowledge me, but I knew that she felt my presence. I sat down beside her, wrapping my arms around her. I felt her tense and then go limp. It was as though she had given up trying to protest other's wishes. And that is probably what she had done.
We sat for a long while in complete silence so it startled me when she spoke."Esme, I'm sorry. I know everyone just wanted to move on with their lives and I'm preventing that."
"Bella, how could we ever move on without you? You are like a daughter to me, and it will always be that way. You shouldn't be apologizing, we should. If we hadn't have left, then none of this would be happening."
"No, I should be stronger than this. I always knew I wasn't good enough for him. I don't know how I fooled myself into believing that I was for so long. How could he ever love me? I'm just a plain, normal human. I could never be enough for him."
"Oh Bella, don't say that. Don't ever say that."
I rocked Bella back and forth trying to soothe her. I couldn't believe what Edward had done to her. His lies had deformed her thoughts and made her think she was less that he deserved. I love Edward very much, but if anything he wasn't good enough for her. Bella brought me out of my thoughts with some of the most heartbreaking words I've ever heard.
"I'm sorry. If I wouldn't have been around, then I wouldn't have forced you out of Forks. I am the reason everyone had to drop everything and come running, because I can't just suck it up. Stupid messed up Bella ruins everything, I'm so sorry I wasn't good enough for him. I'll never be good enough. I'll never-," she was cut off as a sob ripped from her chest.
I didn't know how much more of this I could take. I could tell she really believed what she was saying and it broke my heart. I wished Edward would get here soon. He needed to right this wrong, and if he didn't there would definitely be hell to pay. He couldn't think he could do this to my daughter and then just walk away.
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