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.
