Esme’s Diary (Chapter 29: Payback)
August 5, 2012
Dear Diary,
“Not far now,” Edward said as we sped through the woods. It was the middle of the night and usually I wouldn’t have been able to see a thing in the dim barely moonlit sky, but tonight I could see everything — which was probably a good thing at the speed I was running. I was so lucky that Edward had taken the time to check things out before we came here. The last thing I wanted was to bump into old 프렌즈 또는 family.
“I’ve told 당신 that won’t happen, he has moved.” Edward smiled, reassuring me.
After some time Edward began slowing. In the distance I could see the downstairs light of a house shining. Crouching down near the house, I asked Edward how we should proceed.
“Slowly. He deserves to pay for what he did to you.” His face was hard like stone.
Walking slowly towards the house, Edward informed me that Charles is on his own.
“What do 당신 mean ‘On his own’? Who else would be there, Edward?” I asked slightly taken back 의해 his emphasis on the word own.
“He has remarried since 당신 left Esme; his new wife is visiting her parents tonight.”
As we walk I take a moment to consider how I feel about this new information. Does he treat her how he treated me? Was he still that cruel man I ran from? Quickly I asked Edward the one 질문 that would prevent me from following through with whatever plan Edward had in place.
“Does he have any children now, Edward?” I stop as I look up at him.
Edward turns to look at me with a small smile on his face “No Esme, no children. But he loves her. He was in 사랑 with her before he married you. When I found him I took time to listen to his mind; he has always loved her but she cannot bare his children yet, although that does not matter to him.”
I stand 겨울왕국 to the spot. Unable to look at Edward, I stared at the ground as the rage began to boil. How dare he? If he didn’t 사랑 me then fair enough, I hadn’t loved him either, but he didn’t need to treat me the way he had, humiliated me. He didn’t need to MURDER my Johnathon. He could have just divorced me, at least then we could both have been happy.
I was seething.
Now it was time, my turn for revenge. And trust me, he’s going to pay.
“Let’s go,” I growled furiously as I thrust my head in the air and began to walk at a faster pace towards the house, each determined step bringing me closer to revenge. I could feel the stillness of the woods around me. It was as though mother nature was expecting me. As I reach the path leading to his house I stop, taking a few steps back, breathing slowly. Edward stares at me with a confused look on his face.
“If I’m going to do this properly I don’t want to lose control . . . too much,” I relay to Edward in my head as an explanation. He merely nods to show his understanding.
“Slowly,” Edward whispers.
“Okay.”
Retracing the last few steps I made, I return to the door leading into the back of his house.
One last look at Edward. “This is it.”
Edward smiles in encouragement.
I can do this; this is what I have been waiting eighteen months for — my revenge.
“Is that 당신 darling?” Charles inquired.
How had he heard us? We hadn’t made a sound. Had we?
Edward shook his head. I decided to use this to my advantage. Calmly I pulled the latch on the door and slowly pushed the door open.
“Mmm hmm,” I replied. I could smell his blood; I could hear it pumping around in his despicable veins.
As I enter the 부엌, 주방 he looks up at me, his mouth gapes open in complete shock at the sight of me. Very briefly he looks pained; that is the one look I cannot fathom, how is he pained?
Then he notices Edward walk in behind me and his fork drops onto the plate.
“What the hell? Esme? What are 당신 doing here I thought 당신 were. . . .” He stumbled looking for the last word.
“Dead?” I smirk, finishing his sentence. “No Charles, I am not dead. Did 당신 know that I was pregnant when 당신 killed Johnathon? DID YOU!?” I shout at him, all the emotions catching up with me.
“I– I . . . ” he mumbles. I can’t even allow him to mutter another ridiculous attempt at justifying his actions, instead I spring into action. Grabbing him 의해 the throat I throw him out of his chair across the 부엌, 주방 so that he slams into the wall.
“Don’t 당신 DARE try to justify your actions to me Charles,” I hiss at him as he clambers around the 부엌, 주방 trying to keep a 안전한, 안전 distance between me and him. Crouching low I stalk him, hunting him.
“Es–Esme, please, please don’t . . . ”
“Remember all those things 당신 did to me, Charles? The way 당신 treated me? Do 당신 remember those things Charles? Because I do, and now it is time for 당신 to pay for everything 당신 did. For Johnathon. For Robert. For me.” He stared at me unable to believe his eyes and ears.
“You ruined my life Charles, and now I shall ruin yours.” Crouching down lower I moved in closer.
“Esme?” Edward whispers so softly only I can hear him.
Lunging 앞으로 I grab Charles 의해 his clothes, pulling back one hand to strike the first blow as Edward sucks his breath in in shock. The door flings open and there, in the doorway stands a woman, shock turns to anger as she registers what is happening.
“Nooooo!” she screams, and then shocks all of us as she leaps at me in a vain attempt to save Charles. Natural instinct takes over and before I even have a chance to think about how to react my hand has hit Charles across the face launching him across the room. In a 스플릿, 분할 초 I turn to defend myself against this reckless woman, forgetting that Edward is there to help. I must try to keep a handle on my emotions, my thirst.
As I grab her, her eyes widen in shock at the strength I possess. Focusing entirely on her I barely notice the pained screams from Charles begging me to stop. I sink my teeth into her neck as she writhes around trying to loosen my grip on her. I can feel the life being sucked out of her. She tastes all right, better than all right. Her screams begin to fade as the blood drains out of her. I hadn’t meant to hurt her, just Charles. But this will hurt him in the worst possible way.
My 사랑 for his love.
“Esme?” I finally hear Edward say my name.
Pulling away, I look down at the lifeless body laying on the floor, an innocent woman, a hole in her neck, her skin translucent and her eyes still wide open with fear.
Hearing a whimper from behind me, I turn to see Charles’ eyes shooting between me and the lifeless corpse of his lover. Blood is pouring from the left side of his face. In my haste to knock him out of the way I had actually ripped away the skin from that side of his face. His flesh underneath the skin exposed. He’ll be lucky to survive, and if he does he shall suffer the loss of his 사랑 and his face.
I am finished here, but strangely I find it difficult to 옮기기 from the spot.
“Edward,” I whisper, allowing him to take my arm and gently pull me from the house.
We don’t speak the entire trip back. I want to think about my actions. The way I behaved was nothing like me. The pain and torture I had experienced at the hands of that man had all boiled over the top. I thought I had dealt with those emotions after the change, but obviously not. The moment I had seen him the memories all flooded back. Never will I allow myself to lose control again.
Esme x
August 5, 2012
Dear Diary,
“Not far now,” Edward said as we sped through the woods. It was the middle of the night and usually I wouldn’t have been able to see a thing in the dim barely moonlit sky, but tonight I could see everything — which was probably a good thing at the speed I was running. I was so lucky that Edward had taken the time to check things out before we came here. The last thing I wanted was to bump into old 프렌즈 또는 family.
“I’ve told 당신 that won’t happen, he has moved.” Edward smiled, reassuring me.
After some time Edward began slowing. In the distance I could see the downstairs light of a house shining. Crouching down near the house, I asked Edward how we should proceed.
“Slowly. He deserves to pay for what he did to you.” His face was hard like stone.
Walking slowly towards the house, Edward informed me that Charles is on his own.
“What do 당신 mean ‘On his own’? Who else would be there, Edward?” I asked slightly taken back 의해 his emphasis on the word own.
“He has remarried since 당신 left Esme; his new wife is visiting her parents tonight.”
As we walk I take a moment to consider how I feel about this new information. Does he treat her how he treated me? Was he still that cruel man I ran from? Quickly I asked Edward the one 질문 that would prevent me from following through with whatever plan Edward had in place.
“Does he have any children now, Edward?” I stop as I look up at him.
Edward turns to look at me with a small smile on his face “No Esme, no children. But he loves her. He was in 사랑 with her before he married you. When I found him I took time to listen to his mind; he has always loved her but she cannot bare his children yet, although that does not matter to him.”
I stand 겨울왕국 to the spot. Unable to look at Edward, I stared at the ground as the rage began to boil. How dare he? If he didn’t 사랑 me then fair enough, I hadn’t loved him either, but he didn’t need to treat me the way he had, humiliated me. He didn’t need to MURDER my Johnathon. He could have just divorced me, at least then we could both have been happy.
I was seething.
Now it was time, my turn for revenge. And trust me, he’s going to pay.
“Let’s go,” I growled furiously as I thrust my head in the air and began to walk at a faster pace towards the house, each determined step bringing me closer to revenge. I could feel the stillness of the woods around me. It was as though mother nature was expecting me. As I reach the path leading to his house I stop, taking a few steps back, breathing slowly. Edward stares at me with a confused look on his face.
“If I’m going to do this properly I don’t want to lose control . . . too much,” I relay to Edward in my head as an explanation. He merely nods to show his understanding.
“Slowly,” Edward whispers.
“Okay.”
Retracing the last few steps I made, I return to the door leading into the back of his house.
One last look at Edward. “This is it.”
Edward smiles in encouragement.
I can do this; this is what I have been waiting eighteen months for — my revenge.
“Is that 당신 darling?” Charles inquired.
How had he heard us? We hadn’t made a sound. Had we?
Edward shook his head. I decided to use this to my advantage. Calmly I pulled the latch on the door and slowly pushed the door open.
“Mmm hmm,” I replied. I could smell his blood; I could hear it pumping around in his despicable veins.
As I enter the 부엌, 주방 he looks up at me, his mouth gapes open in complete shock at the sight of me. Very briefly he looks pained; that is the one look I cannot fathom, how is he pained?
Then he notices Edward walk in behind me and his fork drops onto the plate.
“What the hell? Esme? What are 당신 doing here I thought 당신 were. . . .” He stumbled looking for the last word.
“Dead?” I smirk, finishing his sentence. “No Charles, I am not dead. Did 당신 know that I was pregnant when 당신 killed Johnathon? DID YOU!?” I shout at him, all the emotions catching up with me.
“I– I . . . ” he mumbles. I can’t even allow him to mutter another ridiculous attempt at justifying his actions, instead I spring into action. Grabbing him 의해 the throat I throw him out of his chair across the 부엌, 주방 so that he slams into the wall.
“Don’t 당신 DARE try to justify your actions to me Charles,” I hiss at him as he clambers around the 부엌, 주방 trying to keep a 안전한, 안전 distance between me and him. Crouching low I stalk him, hunting him.
“Es–Esme, please, please don’t . . . ”
“Remember all those things 당신 did to me, Charles? The way 당신 treated me? Do 당신 remember those things Charles? Because I do, and now it is time for 당신 to pay for everything 당신 did. For Johnathon. For Robert. For me.” He stared at me unable to believe his eyes and ears.
“You ruined my life Charles, and now I shall ruin yours.” Crouching down lower I moved in closer.
“Esme?” Edward whispers so softly only I can hear him.
Lunging 앞으로 I grab Charles 의해 his clothes, pulling back one hand to strike the first blow as Edward sucks his breath in in shock. The door flings open and there, in the doorway stands a woman, shock turns to anger as she registers what is happening.
“Nooooo!” she screams, and then shocks all of us as she leaps at me in a vain attempt to save Charles. Natural instinct takes over and before I even have a chance to think about how to react my hand has hit Charles across the face launching him across the room. In a 스플릿, 분할 초 I turn to defend myself against this reckless woman, forgetting that Edward is there to help. I must try to keep a handle on my emotions, my thirst.
As I grab her, her eyes widen in shock at the strength I possess. Focusing entirely on her I barely notice the pained screams from Charles begging me to stop. I sink my teeth into her neck as she writhes around trying to loosen my grip on her. I can feel the life being sucked out of her. She tastes all right, better than all right. Her screams begin to fade as the blood drains out of her. I hadn’t meant to hurt her, just Charles. But this will hurt him in the worst possible way.
My 사랑 for his love.
“Esme?” I finally hear Edward say my name.
Pulling away, I look down at the lifeless body laying on the floor, an innocent woman, a hole in her neck, her skin translucent and her eyes still wide open with fear.
Hearing a whimper from behind me, I turn to see Charles’ eyes shooting between me and the lifeless corpse of his lover. Blood is pouring from the left side of his face. In my haste to knock him out of the way I had actually ripped away the skin from that side of his face. His flesh underneath the skin exposed. He’ll be lucky to survive, and if he does he shall suffer the loss of his 사랑 and his face.
I am finished here, but strangely I find it difficult to 옮기기 from the spot.
“Edward,” I whisper, allowing him to take my arm and gently pull me from the house.
We don’t speak the entire trip back. I want to think about my actions. The way I behaved was nothing like me. The pain and torture I had experienced at the hands of that man had all boiled over the top. I thought I had dealt with those emotions after the change, but obviously not. The moment I had seen him the memories all flooded back. Never will I allow myself to lose control again.
Esme x
