This chapter was hard to write for some reason. I almost bagged the whole thing but it needed to be brought out. The song for this is "If Only Tears Could Bring You Back" by Midnight Sons. You can find it on Youtube and it is so worth it. The video is breathtaking in my opinion.

EM/ROSEPOV: MONDAY MORNING

I rolled over to see my beautiful wife still asleep. We did not have sex last night all she wanted to do was cuddle and make out. The things that Rose could do with her tongue always sent me over the edge. Rose bugged me all night long about what was up Edward's butt. I always told her it was not my story to tell but it was time she knew the truth. It was time to know about when we almost lost Edward. He would have never done anything drastic but in his mind he was gone. I flinched as I remember those days after she was gone as he was a ghost living in the house.

"Rosie baby time to get up." I kissed her lips and then started in on her neck. I licked her collar bone that usually got her at least to stir.

"Morning. Please more sleep. I need more sleep." She said pulling the covers over her goddess body.

"Rosalie we need to talk please this is important." I put the pillows at the head of the bed and laid against them. This time she was wide awake and had the look of death of on her face. Oh shit I had scared her.

"Rose no it is nothing like that. I love you with all my heart and soul. You are my everything, my night, my day, my sun, my moon and the mother to our future children. It is about Edward it is time you knew." I put my hands through my hair and waited for her to get comfortable. I think this was the first time we ever talked in bed. I think this was the first time we ever did anything in bed other than sex.

"Emmett don't tell me he is gay, an ax murderer or leads some kinky blood sucking sex fiend life we don't know about? There has got to be a reason for him being such an ass. He never did like me." She crossed her arms against her beautiful chest. Her chest came from nature nothing silicone there and I made sure she knew I loved them. Mind out of the gutter Emmett you have a job to do. I shook the thoughts out of my head and turned to her. I took her hands into mine and just let the words flow.

"When we were in high school he met someone. She moved here from the east coast somewhere. He was instantly in love with her. From the moment he introduced himself they were hooked with each other. Neither of them dated anyone else. She was talented in dancing and Edward was a piano virtuoso. When she danced he was playing for her. He actually wrote several pieces of music for her. When they both graduated high school both the families knew they would go together. The both got scholarships to a school in Arizona. They got an apartment together and started their lives. We knew that Edward got her an engagement ring but never got the chance to give it to her."

I paused as Rose had a strange look on her face that I couldn't read. I was not sure if she was processing the information I had already given her or was waiting for more.

"Emmett I am confused. Edward does not play the piano and from what your parents have told me the family business came natural to him. Your mom said he had no college degree." I put my finger to her lips to hush her gently.

"I know I am getting to that love. You know Jasper went to college for architecture and worked for my father. I never went to school but went right into business with my dad. When Edward won the scholarship they were on the moon with glee for him. When they both went off to school mom did not even cry she was so damn happy to have a son with a talent like that do something with it. Fall semester came and went. When they came home she was not feeling well. We all put it off to pulled muscles or just exhaustion. They both went back and the calls from Edward were getting weird. He was ok but you could tell he was worried. She was exhausted more than usual and had pains in her hip. She just said it was from dancing and the workouts she did. Edward finally put his foot down and made her go see a doctor. The tests they put her through put them both through agony. After all the results the doctor sent her to an oncologist. When her parents found out they immediately flew down. Mom and dad wanted to fly down but Edward wanted nothing of it. He wanted to make sure they got all the final results before he had them come down. He wanted to be strong for her. They found out she had two of the worse cancers there were. We were all devastated as she was family to us."

Rose was silent. I was still not sure how she was dealing with all this. I noticed her eyes were tearing up. I handed her a Kleenex and she dabbed them. She nodded me to go on.

"Edward called us sobbing with the news. Mom and dad flew down to be there for him. They did more tests and the news was devastating. She was optimistic with the news. She wanted to try chemotherapy and radiation to see if they would work. If they did not work she was looking at complete amputation and the end of her career. She took a leave of school and Edward followed. Mom and dad did not put up a fight about it either. He was there for every appointment and every doctor's appointment. He held her head when she was sick and wiped it when it was wet. His life was now hers. He revolved around her just like he always had. "

I stopped and just looked at Rose. She was so still and the tears silently fell on her face. She looked at me.

"Why did you stop? There has to be more to this." she wiped her eyes again.

"I stopped cause I remembered the night that Edward told Jasper and I that they had slept together. He told us how he planned a romantic weekend for them around their anniversary. He made dinner, got her favorite flowers, took her to a concert. He was so happy and we were both happy for him. He found the love of his life. That night gave me ideas for later one when I met the love of my life." I looked at her kissing her passionately. We had done lots of those things together and I had more planned every day for my Rose.

"Rose let me continue cause this story is not over yet. The chemo and radiation took a toll. They were not working as we all had hoped and she was getting sicker. Her body started shutting down and it was just a matter of time. Her parents sent our parents and him back to their apartment to get some sleep and get themselves together. She coded while they were gone but came back. The only thing we can think of is that she heard her mom say Edward was not there. Edward came back as soon as they called him. He got there in time. He sat by her bedside held her hand and kissed her on the lips. As soon as he told her he loved her she was gone. He broke down and at her funeral he was a zombie. He would not leave the grave site. Jasper and I found him there weeping so hard that his body was shaking. We had to carry him out of there. He came home and never left again. He was a shell of his former self. He stayed in his room and it took therapy to make him come alive again. He never played piano again and never found love again. He never went back to school and came to work at the family company. He puts up a front so we don't see him hurt but we all know he is dying slowly inside."

She hugged me tighter and just sobbed. Rose knew how to be a bitch but she also was soft like silk too. She had a heart of gold and she loved me fiercely. I held her and just let her cry.

"I think the reason he is so cold to you is that we have what he once had. We all keep hoping that someone would catch his eye. We were jumping with glee when he started dating Tanya. Mom couldn't stand her but wanted to see Edward happy. I know he can be a pompous ass but maybe he will let you in slowly if you kill him with kindness. "

She kissed me and wiped her eyes. Edward was going to kill me for telling her all this but she needed to know. Edward had a soft heart and he needed to show it to Rose. He loved with his whole being and he was missing out on his sister-in-law. We would have kids someday and I wanted him to be the uncle I knew he could be and not the asshat he acted to be.

We both got up off the bed and went into the shower. After all that I wanted her to be pampered. With all the work I had been doing we had not had a vacation in a while. I made a mental note to take her somewhere special soon. I saw her strip and her silken back called me in. I saw her finger do the come hither and I pealed out of my clothes as fast as I could. Breakfast could wait awhile and so could my brothers.