He should have kept that feeling.

I can’t believe Edward would be such an ass to not want Bella to go to prom,
to deprive her of that.

I loved your story. Thanks for sharing it.
I would have liked some more reactions from everyone about their relationship.

I think she should be harder on Charlie. He watched her suffer and never said anything. Edward wasn’t some delinquent, he was her childhood friend from a family he was close to.

Edward should have been honest and should have Charlie, I would be so pissed.
Maybe Charlie should know that Bella would probably have everything he has always
wanted for her by now if he just butted out.

I couldn’t even imagine your surrogate dying while birthing your baby, especially
someone you loved like a sister. That would be horrifying.
I don’t agree with Jasper. I understood what he was saying but don’t agree.
There isn’t much more to say when someone tells you straight out they don’t
want you. If you stayed around to reason with them it would be like begging
and pleading, humiliating. It wasn’t like there was a difference of opinion to be
fought over or he said straight out he didn’t want her. Case closed.

Cowardice and arrogance sounded about right to me.
His speech was a lot of poor me, never acknowledging
the pain he put Bella through. She had told him that she
loved him and he said “I know.” That was arrogant.
Than when he realized he made a mistake he didn’t even
go after her, he just looked at it as her leaving him.
Coward!
I think the worse is that he admits he loved her since he
he was 10 but was out looking at rings for another woman
only a year after crushing her the way he did. Especially
when he knew she loved him.

Edward is sorry….so what. I want to know why he did what he did. Why he treated
her like a dirty little secret, a summer plaything.
I’m also waiting to hear about the strawberry blond Bella was thinking about.

Maybe Esme heard their argument, or maybe Edward had confided in her.
He is so confusing. How could he not know why she is upset. He practically
told her he didn’t love her and she was a summer fling, time to go back to
real life. Ass!
Than to,act like she left him, of course she did, she felt used.

What a big giant ass!
I bet he did it for her own good…
Sad…
Where does the strawberry blond come into the picture that Bella
was thinking about….?

I can’t wait to find out.
My theory is that Bella saw Edward with Tanya and misinterpreted what she saw and then ran, after that she ghosted him without getting an explanation. When she did that Edward felt betrayed, felt
that she didn’t want him anymore and took a position in Europe.
It makes sense, especially when Edward had shown up mad at Bella but since than he has expressed remorse for something, which doesn’t fit.
There has been a lot of opinion on Bella being a surrogate, which was a wonderful thing for her to do.
I understand where Charlie is coming from, it must be hard to see her pregnant and know it isn’t his grandchild she is carrying, that she put her life on hold.
Renee, except for the part where she thinks Bella is too kind I think she doesn’t even make sense. I understand worrying about Bella getting attached to the baby but she also needs to realize that the baby doesn’t have her DNA.

I think what Bella is doing is awesome, it’s an unselfish decision made from love.
I’ve heard of sisters doing it for sisters, they are family to her.
So, Bella caught Edward with Tanya and it sounds like he isn’t even aware he was caught.
She could have misinterpreted what she had seen or he could have cheated. If he did he
isn’t aware he was caught but he said he was sorry for something.

Edward should have never started something with Bella unless he was
very sure about where it was going. She isn’t just some girl, she is
family. He also had to be aware of how she felt about him, it could
be said that he took advantage of crush on him.
Maybe I was wrong and he didn’t take the job in Europe yet….maybe.

He probably deserves it, if my assumption is correct. That he started a serious
relationship with Bella when he knew he was leaving the country for a job.

Go Bella! After telling him she was embarrassed she should have said of how he used her threw her away.
I’m guessing he was messing around with her when he knew he was moving to Europe.
If that’s the case I don’t blame her for feeling used, how messed up of him.
I hope she stays strong.