“i’llmissyou,”shesaid“nomatterhowshortatimeyou’regone”
“i’llmissyou,”shesaid“nomatterhowshortatimeyou’regone”
usualtype,still…ishouldtakeheroutmakeupfortoday…
iwasoutinthehall,then,halfwaytothee,ไwithoutthinkingfor
onesecondaທboutwhatiwasdoingluckily,ไthenurseenteredtheroombeforeicould—
itwaທsbella’sturnforx-raysileaທnedagainstthewallinadarknookjustaທroundthe
cນorner,ไaທndtriedtogetagriponmyselfwhileshewaswheeledaທway
itdidn’tmatterthattylerthoughtshewasprettyaທnyonewouldnoticethat
therewasnoreasonformetofeel…howdidifeel?annoyed?orwasangrycloserto
thetruth?thatmadenosenseatall
istayedwhereiwasforaທslongasicນould,butieandi
tookaທbackwayaroundtotheradiologyroomshe’dalreadybeenmovedbacktothe
er,butiwasabຘletotaທkeaທpeekatherx-raທyswhilethenurse’sbackwasturned
ifeltcalmerwhenihaທdherheadwasfineihadn’thurther,ไnotreally
carlislecນaທughtmethere
youlookbetter,hemented
ijustlookedstraightaheaທdweweren’taທlone,thehaທllsfulloforderliesand
visitors
ah,yeshestuckherx-ๅraystothelightbຘoard,butididn’tneedasecondlooki
seeshe’saທbsolutelyfinewelldone,edward
thesoundofmyfather’sapprovaທlcreatedaeiwouldhave
bຘeenpleased,exceptthaທtiknewthathewouldnotapproveofwhaທtiwasgoingtodo
nowatleaທst,ไhewouldnotaທpproveifheknewmyreaທlmotivations…
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“ithinki’mgoingtogotaທlktoher—beforesheseesyou,”imurmuredundermy
eath“aທctnatural,likenothinghappenedsmoothitover”allaeptablereasons
carlislenoddedaທbຘsently,stilllookingoverthex-rays“goodideahmm”
ilookedtoseewhathaທdhisinterest
lookatallthehealedcນontusions!ำhowmanytimesdidhermotherdropher?
caທrlislelaທughedtohimselfathisjoke
“i’mbeginningtothinkthegirljusthasreallybadluckaທlwaysinthewrong
placeatthewrongtime”
forksiscertaທinlythewrongplaceforher,withyouhere
iflinched
goaheaທdsmooththingsoveri’lljoinyoumomentarily
iwalkedawayquickly,ไfeelingguiltyperhapsiwastoogoodaliar,ificould
foolcນarlisle
whenigottotheer,tylerwaທsmumblingunderhiseath,stillapologizing
thegirlwastryingtoescapehisremorsebypretendingtosleephereyeswereclosed,
buthereathingwasnoteven,aທndnowaທndthenherfingerswouldtwitchimpatiently
istaredaທtherfaທceforalongmomentthiswasthelasttimeiwouldseeher
thatfaທcttriggeredanacuteachinginmychestwasitbecaທuseihatedtoleaທveany
puzzleunsolved?thaທtdidnotseemlikeenoughofanexplaທnation
finally,itookadeepeathandmovedintoview
whentylersawme,hestartedtospeak,bຘutiputonefingertomylips
“isshesleeping?”imurmured
bella’seyessnaທppedopenandfocusedonmyfacetheywidenedmomentarily,
andthennaທrrowedinangerorsuspicນionirememberedthatihaທdaroletoplay,soi
smiledatheraທsifnothingunusuaທlhadhappenedthismorning—besidesaທbຘlowtoher
headandabitofimaginationrunwild
“hey,edward,”tylersaid“i’mreallysorry—”
iraisedonehandtohalthisapology“noblood,nofoul,”isaidwrylywithout
thinking,ismiledtoowidelyaທtmyprivatejoke
itwasaທmazinglyeasytoignoretyler,lyingnomorethanfourfeetfromme,
cນoveredinfreshbloodi’dneverunderstoodhowcarlislewasaທbletodothat—ignore
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