EPOV
"Umm... I think we need to figure out how we're going to handle this co-parenting stuff..." Bella called me that night.
"Oh, you haven't figured that out yet? I mean, you're the one making all the decisions!" I said sarcastically.
She didn't say anything immediately.
"Can we just move on and talk about how we are going to handle this?" she said.
"Oh, we should just move on?" I said, "Do we have any other option left? I don't know my own daughter because of you! I'm a fucking stranger to her and she is a stranger to me... All because of you!" I snapped.
"Look..." she said.
"You spoiled everything. I missed all her important moments... I would never get a chance to have a normal life with my daughter because you!" I said.
She didn't say anything, so I continued.
"I'm never going to forgive you..." I said, "Never."
I was going to continue, but then I heard a... sob.
Wait... What?
She was... crying?
"Bella?" I said.
But nothing from her...
"Bella? Are you there?" I said, "Are you crying?"
"No, it's..." She couldn't complete her sentence because she was crying so hard.
And something changed drastically inside me!
I had spent the last three and half years convincing myself that I hated her, and it's like her crying changed everything!
I was still mad at her...
I still hadn't forgiven her and probably never would...
But... I couldn't see her crying.
"Bella, please... Please, please, don't cry... I'm so sorry!" I said.
Not really sure what I was apologizing for?
Maybe for not trying hard to resolve our issues?
Maybe for sleeping with Lauren that night?
Maybe for acting like an ass when she had a lot of things going on at the moment?
Maybe for... hurting her?
"Bella?" I said, but she disconnected the call.
I called her back a few times, but she didn't answer!
So stubborn!
I should have known that she was always so stubborn... She would have never apologized to me even if she knew she was at fault...
Maybe I should have gone to her right at that time instead of fucking up everything?
I should have tried to resolve our conflicts... But no! I decided to get drunk and sleep with someone else!
Maybe I should go to her now?
Should I?
Yeah, I guess so?
So I went there... And she looked shocked to see me there.
She had been crying...
Her eyes were red...
No...
I couldn't see her crying...
I wanted to take her in my arms, and...
No.
Stop.
"Hey... Are you okay?" I said.
"Edward... I'm so sorry!" She said as she wrapped her arms around my back and hugged me tightly.