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Quick Note: I have had a few people say that they are confused, thinking his family were dead, I maybe wasn't 100% clear on that part - I kinda borrowed from Bill Condon there and it was a vision that Alice had - she showed Edward what 'could' be if she didn't intervene as she is doing. Hope this helps and sorry if I have confused anyone :-) I had changed this chapter slightly to accommodate this and thanks for letting me know. the nice thing is that I can make these changes as I go.
I cursed myself for insisting that we move away from Forks. The rest of the family had begun to pack their belongings immediately after I told them that Bella and I were over. They understood that I needed to be away from her, remove myself from temptation.
They were already at Denali with our extended family while we made our plans for where to move to next. I had told them that I would join them but not immediately. Reading their thoughts I knew that they were worried, but understood that I needed to be alone for a short time. I'd promised Esme that I wouldn't stay away too long. She was bound to miss me first, realize that something was wrong.
But how would they know where to find me or even to start looking? At least they would still be alive, Alice's vision hopefully would now never come to pass.