"He told me you weren't coming, I'd never felt so much hate in my life when I heard those words." Leaning forward he placed his head in his hands, really he was such a mess still, "And all the way here, I couldn't help but hate you for abandoning her, your own daughter because of me." He turned his head a little to look at Fia, "And I hated myself more than I ever thought possible because I hated you."

His attention turned back to Bella, "She looks older, and the way she talks now." There was a moment's silence, "What do we do if she doesn't want to go home, because here is the only place you and I are in the same place?"