Eleazar met us outside.
"Sorry, the others wouldn't stay home." I said.
"It's not a problem. Esme is still quite upset right now, with herself more than anything. She does miss you all but she has her heart set on London."
"Thank you, Eleazar." I nodded. The others stood silently behind me.
Tanya came out before he had a chance to reply. "What are you all doing here?"
She was now beside Eleazar.
"I called them…" he said quietly.
"Eleazar she asked us not to. We need to respect her privacy."
"I believe her husband of all people deserves to know where his wife is and if she is safe." He spoke calmly.
Tanya glared at him before turning to us. "She doesn't want to see you. I think it's best if you leave."
"She doesn't even know that we're here…" Edward called her out.
"Stay out of my head." She snapped.
"I'm not in yours, I'm in Esme's…" he smirked.
Carmen was out next. She noticed that Tanya was not being welcoming.
"They're here now, Tanya. You can't expect them to leave." She smiled at me warmly. "Please, come inside."
"Thank you Carmen." We followed her in.
Kate and Garrett greeted us before they excused themselves to go find Esme.
We waited for several minutes before we heard Esme's footsteps.
She walked out slowly and avoided eye contact.
"We'll leave you to discuss…" Carmen said.
"But I want to see what happens." Kate said to her. Garrett pulled her away anyway and I was surprised she didn't shock him.
"What are you doing here, Carlisle?" she asked, still looking away.
"We came to bring you home."
"No—"
"Esme, please." I cut her off. "I know I was treating everyone badly, but I've come to my senses. If I didn't love you, or them, I would have left, and it would have happened long time ago." It didn't come out how I wanted.
"That was terrible…" Emmett whispered.
"Do you want to wait outside?" I asked him. He raised his hands in defence.
"Sorry." He smiled.
Edward laughed, looking at Esme. She laughed a little with him before shrugging her shoulders.
"What?" Bella asked.
"She's just thinking about how Carlisle looks even more attractive after being separated." Edward was still laughing.
I smiled at her. "See, you miss me."
"That doesn't change a thing." She shook he head.
"Jasper told us that you think that Carlisle doesn't want you anymore, and Esme that is a load of bullshit." Bella said.
Esme glared at Jasper before turning her gaze to me.
"It isn't just me that wants you to come home, either. If you don't do it now for me, then do it for the children? We're all sort of lost when you're not there."
"Seriously, Carlisle had been sitting in one position like a statue for 2 days. He would only move to occasionally check his phone for a call or text from you or someone knowing where you are." Rosalie explained.
"So had Alice…" Emmett added. "She also caused herself severe headaches every couple of minutes by trying to see you in her visions."
She looked at Alice who dropped her head in embarrassment.
"Esme, you are the only thing that keeps this family together. If you don't come home, we are just going to fall apart, separate." Jasper said.
Esme looked down at her hands. Tanya walked in and made her way over to Esme. She whispered something in her ear so quietly that we couldn't hear.
"I'll be right back…" Esme said before following Tanya out.
I dropped my head into my hands. "This is a lot harder than I thought."
"She was close to giving in before Tanya came in…" Edward said.
"What is it?" Bella asked.
He snickered, "Tanya just came in with a lame excuse to get Esme away from us for a second. She thinks she is too fragile to handle it all in one go." He rolled his eyes.
"Bitch…" Emmett spoke quietly so that only we would hear.
Esme came back in a few minutes later. "Carlisle…" she motioned for me to follow her. I obeyed and trailed behind her into a room with her bag on the bed.
I closed the door behind me. "It was getting a little awkward with them all there, wasn't it?"
She nodded and sat down on the end of the bed. I kneeled down in front of her and took her hands in mine, resting on her knees.
"Esme, I'm so very sorry for detaching myself from you and the children. I really do regret it. The day you left, I was planning what I could do with them to make up for it before I did the same with you."
"What were you going to do?"
"I was going to take the girls on a major shopping spree and something else of their choice. I was going to take the guys up the coast for a new menu to hunt and something else that they wanted. As for you, I was going to take you to another country of your choice for a while. It was going to be really romantic. I was looking at the most expensive and nicest places to stay in several different countries. It all fell through when I came home to a letter on my pillow. I fell apart." I explained.
"I'm so sorry." She whispered.
"Esme, I love you so much. And I will love you for eternity. Even after death, if that is what fate decides for us."
She jumped up and wrapped her arms around me. "I love you Carlisle."
I lifted her up and spun her around. "I love you too, my darling." I said before planting a soft, passionate kiss on her lips.
She sighed when I pulled away, "I missed that…" she smiled.
"Same here." I laughed lightly.
"You know, you can still carry out those plans you made…"
"I intend to." I smirked and placed another kiss on her lips.
She pushed me back onto the bed and climbed above me. "Germany is really pretty and cloudy this time of year…" she hinted before placing a lustful kiss on my lips.
She realised where we were and forced herself to get up with difficulty. She grabbed my hand and pulled me up. I intertwined my fingers with hers and we made our way back to where our children were talking with the Denali coven.
"I see it went well…" Kate smiled.
I went back to the room and grabbed Esme's bag while she thanked the Denali's for having her.
"Maybe next time it won't be under such unfortunate circumstances." Carmen said after hugging her.
"I'm hopeful." Esme smiled.
I thanked Eleazar for the call again and the others for making her stay here instead of leaving.
When we were out of sight from the house, Alice threw her arms around Esme. "I missed you." She whispered to her.
We stopped walking and I waited patiently for everyone to hug Esme. Alice kissed my cheek before returning to Jaspers side.
We continued home, stopping once to hunt.