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Chapter 10 Teaser

Edward's childhood was not a happy one, not in the least. There were bits of happiness here and there, but for the most part, it was one that was spent achingly alone and ignored. He had a father that saw him only as a means to an end. He wasn't particularly wanted by his father, the only reason he was even here was because his mother had wanted a baby.

Liam Connoly was a charismatic man and as soon as Maggie laid her eyes on him, she was completely under his spell. He became the center of her universe, as exemplified by the fact that she turned her back on her family and everything she knew, to go with him back to Ireland when she was just seventeen-years-old. To say she suffered a culture shock when she arrived in Ireland would be an understatement, but she loved Liam too much to complain. She thought having a baby would make things better for her, give her something to do during the day when Liam was at work, so after they had gotten married, she got pregnant.

Things were better for Maggie for a time, and Liam even seemed excited by the prospect of having a child, once he found out the baby was going to be a boy that is. By the time Edward reached age five, Liam had grown weary of Maggie's attention to the boy and began demanding that she pay closer attention to his needs instead. Faced with the thought of losing the love of her life, Maggie did as he asked.

From that time on, Edward was little more than an afterthought to each of his parents. They were so consumed with each other that he was often left to fend for himself for most everything. Getting himself to and from school, making his own lunch, fixing his own dinner...all of his basic needs, he had to tend to himself.

Edward had learned early on that no matter what he did or how well he did in school or how hard he tried, he didn't matter enough to his parents. They barely acknowledged his existence. Sure there were times his mother went out of her way to do something nice for him or spend time with him, but those times were very few and far between. She was just too focused on making his father happy to be much of a mother to him. By the time he was adopted by Carlisle and Esme, Edward had vowed that he would never feel unworthy again. In order to do so, he figured it was best to keep to himself and not get too close to anyone. In his mind, if he kept his distance and didn't get too close to anyone, they couldn't hurt him the way his parents had.

Merry Christmas

Warm wishes to all during this holiday season.

~~~~Erin~~~~

Chapter 9 Teaser

That was not to say that Edward listened to much of what others had to say. He was supremely confident in his abilities and it was a very rare occurrence indeed, when he changed his mind or asked for the input of others. His defense mechanism of relying solely on himself and the influence of his grandfather made it next to impossible for him to behave any other way.

"So what we need to decide on next is where to go from here?" Edward finished and sat back in his chair.

No one said anything and Edward looked down to the other end of the table, hoping the all-knowing angel could tell him what the hell was going on.

"Eddie, Eddie, Eddie," Seth tsked with his tongue. "Can you tell me the last time you asked any of them for their input or opinion?"

"Sure it was...well, what I mean is...No, I can't," Edward said with an ashamed shake of his head. "Is that why they're all looking at me like I just broke out into a song and dance routine, naked?"

Chapter 8 Teaser

Jasper, though he tried as hard as he could, couldn’t stop the scowl from showing on his face. It was hard as hell to be friends with someone like Edward Cullen, but Jasper Whitlock had managed to do so for a long time now. It wasn’t without frustration, and it didn’t come without wanting to kick his ass and beat some sense into his thick head either. Like Isabella and Emmett, Jasper was somehow able to look past the hard, outer shell Edward kept around him like a suit of armor and see the man that lay beneath. Besides Isabella, Jasper was the only other person that had ever seen the true Edward Cullen, and it was because of that he was seething mad right now.

Irate…enraged…furious…take your pick…because Jasper was less than a minute away from beating his soon to be ex-friend into oblivion.

Chapter 7 Teaser

“I need to get up and start to get ready. I need to go to the office,” he said in a tone of voice that indicated just how unpleasant that thought was to him.

“Yes, I suppose you have a publishing kingdom to run, don’t you?” Isabella teased, but there was a trace of anxiety and bitterness beneath the surface.

She was afraid for him to leave the confines of the little bubble they’d created since he’d come home last night. She was afraid to lose him to the world of business, power, and money that he had so immersed himself in over the past few years. She was afraid of losing the Edward that she discovered beneath his walls.

Edward knew immediately what plagued her even without an angel having to whisper in his ear to remind him. “Hey now,” he said gently as he ran his thumbs over her still pink cheeks. “I’ll be home before you know it. Perhaps when I come back you can show me around the garden outside?

“Okay,” she whispered quietly.

“Isabella, I promised no more hiding and no more running. I mean to keep my promise,” he told her as he kissed her forehead. “I’m going to try my damnedest to be the man that you need me to be.”

“I love you, Edward,” she said as she stared at her husband. He dipped his head down to kiss her one last time before he left the warmth of her arms.

“I know, my love. I’ve always known,” he said as he softly brushed his lips across hers before he slid out of bed and walked to his bathroom to shower and get ready for the day.