I can understand Bella's guilt. I am glad that she has so many people there to help her though this difficult time. It's understandable that she would feel bad for what Bree was going through but she can't stop her life. 

Wow! Esme is amazing. 

It's nice that they aren't just jumping in the physical relationship. It's nice they are getting to know each other. 

At times you got to hate being responsible. 

It was nice seeing this weekend thru Bella's eyes. They really are great together. It was nice seeing Bella interact with Edwards everyday life.

It's nice to see everyone getting along so well. It is sure to make life much better. 

I actually forgot there was drama coming. Now I'm excited I love a little drama in a story. 

I think meeting Jacob went surprisingly well. Even though Edward says he's not the jealous type he's never felt this way about anyone else so he had no real way of knowing how he would feel. 

What a great day. But Edward is annoying me a little bit about having to make a romantic night out of saying I Love You. Really they could be covered in dirt stuck in the middle of no where and it would be perfect. The end there seemed like the perfect time to me. 

Wow talk about dirty dancing. 

James is now going on the back burner of suspects. While he is acting totally crazy it's to obvious. To many sneaky things are happening Bree is looking better everyday. Her quite displeasure at Bella's success is really telling. 

How sad. And Bree seems even more likely now. She is jealous of Bella's success, why else would she destroy Bella's portfolio? That is the single most important to a artist.

While James is creepy, I'm starting to feel that it's just that. He's creepy. Bella is making Victoria's business more lucrative, it's making Victoria look good because she hired Bella and has been a mentor. I could understand if Bella was talking about leaving then it would make sense. 

Someone's going to coming in. Maybe Angela had a gut feeling and came back. I'm sort of hoping she was there the whole time listening. I don't think I would of been able to leave Bella alone knowing everything that's been happening. But then again I went from selling high end jewelry to working in a bank. We are trained to be careful. Or maybe even James will come in to get something for Victoria. Edward being as overprotective as he is may sense something is wrong and drive by on his way home and see her car. But he doesn't have a key to get in so James, Victoria and Angela are more likely. 

That was a great proposal. It was simple and perfect for them. 

The medical scene was fun. Even though fisting scares me  lol. 

Omg! Bella's word vomit was legendary. 

This story is shaping up to be very interesting. I wonder what Bella will do to break down the children's walls. 

I think Esmeralda meet her match. Little Carlisle has already softened, he really is cute. 

I'm so glad that your wrote this. I knew it wouldn't be easy when i asked for it, she is such a complicated little girl. It is so heartbreaking to think that everyone is going to leave. I hope that Bella will wake Edward up to the damage that can be done if he doesn't move past his own grief to help the children with theirs. Hopefully they can all grieve together and then put the worst Of the pain behind them. 

So they seems perfect together. But they are drunk. And Bella is in such a bad place. To lose your husband like that is the worst thing ever.

so will this be a one night stand with consequences?

Has it been 6 months or longer? I lost count. 

At least he realized the mistake. Hopefully he is man enough to correct it. It's also really sweet how much he already loves his daughter.

i meant to mention it before but with everything else going on I forgot. So you killed off Jasper huh. 

Hopefully. 

It seems promising. Edward had to of earned points. Any guy that willing wants to go to a parenting class obviously is serious about being a father. (Should of been my first clue that my ex-husband wasn't father material when he didn't see the need to go. My mom's a midwife and he said that anything we needed to know we could find out from her. Asshole lol)

That seemed a little to easy. But I guess him remembering her street name was pretty convincing. I'm sure the rest isn't going to be that way though. 

I just melted. That was amazing to see Edward so invested. There is no way that Bella is going to be able to stop herself from falling for him. It was also really nice of Bella to invited Edwards family to her baby shower.

I'm glad she seems alright with giving the baby Edwards last name. Because really she doesn't have to, just because he's the father the hospital will put whatever she wants on the birth certificate. The father has no say. Plus it would be a little weird for the baby to have her deceased husbands name. 

I'm glad that he got what he needed from his father. 

Everything is coming along so well.

Poor Bella I know her pain. She did great though Edward was still in one piece. 

Awwwww. The girls are adorable.

Single dad hands down. 

HERE! A little late but really isn't that just about right for high school. Lol

I graduated HS in 1998 so I am right there with you. 

See I never had that kind of fun in HS. My mom was a detox nurse at the time and my uncle was a big time cop. So I was scared shitless to even go to those parties. Even though I did have a drinking party at 16. But I didn't even try a drop. Lol now college different story all together. Lol still I never did anything until I was 21. 

As well as a first time goes it was really sweet and as perfect as it can be. But Edward climbing into her room to hold her as absolutely amazing. It proves how much he really cares and loves her. Most guys wouldn't of given a shit. They got what they wanted. So was that how your first time was or how you wished it to be. 

I went to catholic school and had all kinds of catholic guilt likely so did my boyfriend. We got engaged at graduation and waited until senior week to lose our virginities. Let's just say that Disney World really is a magical place. Lol

Ah yes. My mom was the 'cool' mom and also a nurse so my mom also had to deal with my friends pregnancy scares. Come to think about it that around the same time my mom let slips that there were condoms in her bedside table and no questions would be asked if some went missing. She told us she wished we would wait but wanted us to be safe. We went to Catholic School So we had no sex Ed class.  It was nice to have a parent we could be honest with. 

Edward is a very complicated person. I don't blame him for reacting the way he did. I hope that he can let his pain go. 

I'm glad Bella yelled at Edward for how he treated her. I'm glad he knows how it made her feel. 

As horrible as it seems its the right thing to do and their very mature to realize that. I think they were becoming dangerously co dependent on each other. This break is only going to make them stronger eventually. 

Yeah. I knew she should go to new York. Hopefully work, Edward and Alice can convince her to stay. 

What a nice realistic ending. 

So New York or California? I have never been to California so I can't comment on there personally. Now new York is always hopping. But starting a new restaurant in New York is tough even the most seasoned chefs flip there. California on the other hand has a lot more opportunities for Edward to open his own place. Alice could design in California. Emmett and Bella can really work anywhere. It wouldn't take long for Emmett to get a teaching certificate there. 

I'm glad that they were finally honest with each other. 

Well at least her intentions are good. Even if they are a little misguided. 

I hope Carmen askes her to stay. New York is where she needs to be. 

Poor Bella. But I wonder if he was cheating? And it great they will all be related for real as long as everyone gets together. 

Well at least Bella got closure. 

While it sucked that they has to worry about Bella like that it was great she got it out. I think Bella needs to leave Denver and start over somewhere fresh. New York would be a great place. 

Aww. That's really sweet. I love that she didn't know and he didn't tell her. But really he didn't have to comp her meal. It was a business meeting work should of been paying. Lol

I just came across this story and so far it's great. There are some interesting twists and turns developing. I'm excited. 

Oh. This is getting good. 

That was a great first meeting. They were really cute together. 

Well at least Edward has something good going for him in the middle of all this madness. 

Victoria is really stupid. Shouldn't she have made sure he was in the same state before she caused him of rape. Stupid bitch.