Thanks be to Ms. EBT.
Mom grills me about a wedding date for an hour before Ben distracts her, allowing me to leave for the Cullens'.
Esme answers the door, sad eyes and exhausted.
"I haven't been able to bring myself to go into his room," she begins as we go up the stairs. "I'm not sure what exactly he has in there, but Carlisle, Jasper, and Emmett put some things in a box."
We stop outside Edward's bedroom door.
"He never found a group of friends after high school like he has with you all. I think he'd like it if… if you had some of his things."
This completely throws me off, but I'm not about to deny a grieving Esme anything she asks of me.
She opens the door to his room, and I freeze.
Again, Bella's presence surprises me.