A/N: Thanks Banshee ;)
Chapter 33
As much as I wanted to stop crying, I couldn't. I was so overcome with emotion. I had thousands upon thousands of memories and feelings hitting me all at once. It was like Edward and I had opened a door and now there was no way of shutting it. Not that I wanted to close it, just slow the process down perhaps.
So many memories … Some of them were happy, others sad and then there were ones that I'd rather not remember, those were the ones that were that nightmares were made of.
I was completely overwhelmed. I felt as if my brain was fried. I couldn't stop shaking and I couldn't stop crying.
I wasn't surprised when Edward said he couldn't keep going. I didn't blame him. He carried me over to the bed and lay down beside me, holding me in his arms. Not saying a word, just letting me cry and reassuring me with gestures that he was still there.
When I finally managed to pull myself together, I turned to face him, seeing him in a whole new light. There before me was the man I loved, the man that I had loved my full life. "You found me," I whispered, cupping his face. "I never thought I would see you again."
Edward caught my hand, pulling it to his mouth and kissing my knuckles. "I never stopped looking."
I forced myself to hold back a lump as I thought back to that day that I had been taken away from him, from my son and everything that I held dear. "I was so scared that they would find Edmund," I whispered. "We had been so careful to keep him hidden, keep him a secret … When my father showed up, I thought he knew for sure, but he didn't," I said shaking my head. "He only took me."
I looked up at Edward, with pure horror in my eyes as I remembered who had met my father in the woods, after I had been taken. The one person that had betrayed us, all of us.
"What is it?" Edward asked, alarmed.
"Edward, I remember who was there … who helped my father."
"Who?" he asked, sitting up, but I could tell by the expression on his face that he already knew the answer.
"Paul."
The words had barely left my lips when Edward shot up off the bed and raced out the door. He wasn't wearing any bottoms, but he didn't seem to care.
I scrambled to find something to wear and hurried out after him.
I looked around the camp and spotted Jasper standing with Rosalie and Emmett, two people that I hadn't spoken to since my return. I hurried over to them. "Get the kids out of here!" I yelled.
"What's going on?" Jasper asked, concerned.
I looked over my shoulder to see Edward descending upon Paul. Jasper saw it too. He didn't waste any time in gathering the children up after that.
I left him to do his job as I hurried over to my mate.