Bella stared at the loose floorboard where Edward had stashed her things when he left her behind. She'd forgiven him, of course. Hadn't she?
It was just that she thought about it a lot, that was all. She'd talked it over with Carlisle – valuing his opinion more than anyone else's, including Edward's and her own father's – but he had left the final say with her.
"Only you know if this is a forgivable act," he told her, and Bella decided that of course it was.
She'd forgiven him, of course. Hadn't she?