Thanks be to Ms. EBT.


I know Jasper's still talking, because I can see his lips moving.

But I hear nothing.

I feel… I don't know what I feel.

Because he's dead.

Edward's dead.

Edward Cullen.

Is dead.

The words don't register.

They don't belong together.

Even though Bella had told me over the phone, it wasn't real, wasn't tangible, until just now.

You don't expect things like this to happen to the people you know.

Just to those on the news.

But now…

Edward is the news.

And it doesn't make sense.

"Everything's just wrong," I hear Jasper say.

He starts to cry again.

"The family's falling apart."