EPOV

"I want to go home, Mumma! I don't like it here. I want to go home."

This was just a dream, or a nightmare, or... whatever!

There was no fucking way I had a daughter with British accents!

I refused to look at her because she looked exactly how I looked at three! If someone photoshopped my old photo with a wig on my head and made me a bit prettier... well, yup! I'd look exactly like her!

God! This was so scary!

I was pretty sure everyone who had seen me as a toddler had figured this out, but they were trying to focus on the funeral at the moment. That's what I tried to do, too!

I couldn't believe my best friend, well, ex-best friend, his wife, and his parents couldn't survive an accident.

And Bella? She had lost everyone in a blink.

I couldn't see her in this condition. She looked completely broken. Mom, Alice, and her extended family and friends were trying to console her.

And... Carlie?

Aah! I got a jump scare again!

She was real!

She had a name!

She looked completely lost!

And... She was such a small baby! I wanted to take her in my arms and hug her.

What?

I couldn't really understand the kind of emotions I just felt!

Well, Bella was never going to allow that anyway!

If she wanted, she wouldn't have kept her away from me!

I had so many questions, but I was afraid to hear the answers! But... I had to get them at some point, right?

And shouldn't I try to talk to her?

I had spoiled everything because of my ego!

I never talked to James after that... fight.

Was I going to repeat the same mistake again?

No!

It was time to be a man and put aside the ego!

"Bella..." I tried to talk to her after the funeral.

"Don't." She snapped and gave me a look which honestly just... scared me! It told me that she didn't want to deal with any of my bullshit.

Well, I guess it was for the best? Because I had no fucking idea how to handle this situation!

"Okay." I said.