Rosalie, I Met Royce King Today

February 14th, 1937

The last time I sat down to write, it ended up looking like a book, I swear. It was very long, but I am happy everything was out in the open. What happened to my angel was terrible. If Royce and his goons were still alive I would personally kill them myself. At least now I can help Rosalie when she is afraid or depressed. Carlisle told me she will never forget the pain of what happened to her, but now I know I can help her face her demons.

Rosalie is not happy that I am going on my “field trip” with Edward. She was sobbing the other night, I held her, rocked her, and whispered in her ear all night. Edward helped by playing the very delicate and beautiful songs on his piano. When she finally calmed down she went to find Esme. Edward confessed, “Rosalie is not afraid of you going as much as she is afraid of you not coming back”. She knows that I need closure and that is why I don’t want her to come. Since I can’t remember my human days I may find out things in my past that I may not be particularly proud of. I will tell Rosalie everything I find out, as we decided on New Year’s that we will never again hold any secrets from each other.

Edward and I are leaving in 5 days for Clarksville, Tennessee, my hometown. This is the trip I’ve been waiting for. As vampires, we don’t need a change of clothes, however in order to fit in with the humans we will both have baggage with changes of clothing. We have made reservations in Springfield, enough distance away to not risk running into someone who knew the human me. We plan on doing all the things we need to when it is dark, but we are hoping for some “bad” weather so we can go out during the day.

We’ve plotted our trip on the map, and I am marking the days down on the calendar. I have been working hard to write close to 90 letters for Rosalie. We are not sure how long we will be away so I have written many letters for Esme to give Rosalie one a day while I’m gone. Esme sighed when I asked her to do it for me. She said, with a motherly love, “I hope Rosalie realizes what she has, all the things that has happened to her she deserves happiness”.

Since we don’t sleep, time means nothing to us, it seems to move fast as each day begins. I have been shopping for the perfect valentine gift for my angel. I am totally road blocked on what I can give her. I have even asked Edward if she had thought of what she might like. He answered hesitantly “The only thing she really wants is for you not to go. She’s afraid you won’t come back. She is afraid you might find something there which you can’t leave behind. Family, Friends, a woman you loved more than life.” “She is my ever after Edward, I will not hurt her in any way. This is something I have to do. I don’t think I can go on without making sure the past is exactly that, the past” I answered whole heartedly. “I know, Emmett, but I’m not the one you need to convince,” Edward replied quietly.

Edward has been very depressed lately. He gets very moody, on a bad day for him you need to keep a far distance from him. He believes that there would be no love in his life. I think with his looks and talents he will find the right girl for him. When he least expects it, and is not looking for it, then it will happen.

I know that Carlise “saved” or “turned” Rosalie, he and Esme hoped that Rosalie and Edward would fall in love with each other. That was never going to happen and it is not because I think I am better for her than Edward, and because they didn’t like each other when Rosalie was still human. She thought he was a rude snob that thought he was better than her, and he thought she was so full of herself that there was no room for her to think of anyone else except herself.

The truth is Edward is not totally rude all the time and is definitely not a snob. He is uncomfortable being around humans. Although Rosalie is self absorbed she was never taught or encouraged to be anything else. So I am not jealous one bit about the two of them, Edward wouldn’t fall for Rosalie, he will never know that her heart is warm, and that she can be very loving.

“Edward, I wish I could give her exactly what she really wants,” Edward raised his eyebrows at me and said “Which is?” “Children, grandchildren, growing old together and not be frozen in time.” “Ahh I see” replied Edward. I looked at him and said “Like you never have read her mind and known all this” He laughed and repeated to me, what he always says “Reading people’s minds doesn’t mean I have the right to tell everyone their deepest thoughts”.

So that conversation took me nowhere fast. He didn’t even give me a hint as to what to get her.

So I decided to ask her for a date. A date for her, for us. A date for us is going to a very nice nightclub, pretend to eat and drink, and dance the night away. I figured if we did this the night before we leave, I could help her not to be so anxious about my trip. We went hunting and when we were alone, I asked “Rosalie, my angel” “Yes Emmett?” she said, trying to figure out what I wanted. “Rose, I was wondering if you would like to go out with me on Valentine’s Day? I would love to take you to Ciao America, for “dinner” and dancing.” Rosalie smiled her beautiful smile and said “Emmett, I’ve been waiting for you, I already made the reservations, even at this late date. I don’t know why it is, but when I mention the Cullen name I always get reservations anywhere I want to go.”

Thankfully it was a snow mix rainy kind of day. That is wonderful for us we can walk among the humans because we don’t stand out. We still look different but it’s better than looking like we took a bath in white glitter. I was doing some magical item call me from the windows “Pick me, pick me!!!” Well I bought her dresses, with matching shoes and hand bags. But then I saw it, I knew it would jump out at me, and scream at me. It was a platinum bracelet with a diamond heart almost as large a real one, okay so I am exaggerating a little, you got me , exaggerating a lot. But it was 5 carats and flawless, of perfect cut and color. I had to have it for my angel. When I walked into the jewelers they looked at me in awe, “have you never seen a vampire before?” I laughed at myself. Then I asked about the bracelet. The sales clerk froze and stared at me. When she stopped sizing me up and down she shakily call for her manager, “UM…Mister Lindsey?! May I please have a moment of your time?” “I’ll be there in a minute, Emily” He answered her.

“That is a beautiful name for a beautiful young lady as yourself, your husband must be thrilled to have you as a wife.” Uh Oh, I did it again, I wish I can learn to keep my mouth shut. The tears started to form around her eyes, “I am so sorry if I offended you in any way, it was not my intention to do so” I said carefully choosing my words in order to turn this around. “I am not offended Mr…. umm you didn’t give me your name Mr.” “Cullen” I said to her quietly. “Why are you so upset Emily? What did I do to upset you so?” I asked her, I figured I Have brought this on I owe her to listen to her. She took a quick look at Mr. Lindsey who seemed to be with the same customer, I believe he was hitting on her. “My husband died in the war Mr. Cullen,” if my heart was still beating it would have fallen to the floor right then and there. She continued while the tears started coming down her cheeks “He left me with no money a mountain of bills to pay, and taking care of three children. He was the love of my life, and now he’s gone! I actually work here on commission; this is technically my third job. I never see my children because I work so much to keep food on the table” The high emotion that she was showing shook me to my heels, Mr. Lindsey never looked over. “Did you ever want to do something for yourself and your children?” I handed her my handkerchief. She replied that she would love to be with her children more, and she always wanted to be a school teacher. Yes I could see her as a teacher; she would be a fine one.
Emily started clearing her throat trying to get Mr. Lindsey’s attention. “Why are we waiting for him, Emily?” I asked. Well Mr. Lindsey is the owner; we clerks are not allowed to show a customer anything over a thousand dollars. His reasoning is when he sizes up a person he will know whether to trust them or not. I don’t know what he is going to think,” I laughed to myself isn’t that the truth, she continued “Anyway the real reason is so he can take the sale away from us so he doesn’t have to pay commission.” It was then I saw red. Ruby red eyes! I started counting in my head so I didn’t kill him, no matter how much I wanted to. Good practice for our trip tomorrow. If I slip up just once, Carlisle and Edward will not let me go!

“Oh, I see now, so you’re telling me that he is just a man out for himself, and has no gentleman qualities,” I said, keeping my anger tone and actions in total control. This was very difficult; I don’t know how everyone does it. I continued to talk without Emily even noticing my hesitation within myself. “Show me the bracelet Emily, I will take care of his wrath, I have been waiting too long. Oh and Emily how much is your commission?” She answered me “10%.” Now I was seething, this time it was different I heard Carlisle’s voice in my head “Emmett control yourself”, it was so real that I turned around and there he was. Edward was there just in case. “Hello Edward, Carlisle,” I nodded that I was fine; Edward gave Carlisle what was going on. “Edward, Carlisle, I would like to introduce you to Emily…err.. I’m sorry I don’t remember your last name.” She smiled and said “I never gave you one, but now since I know who you are I must say it is Rogers, Emily Rogers.”

Edward was first to respond, “Well Emily, hello to you. Do you know what is holding my brother up? He has an important date tonight. After all it is Valentine’s Day, and his Valentine is dressing as we speak.” Carlisle started with his pleasantries while I was thinking toward Edward I needed his help tomorrow, can we take the last train out at 10pm? Edward nodded and smiled. I will ask him about that later. Carlisle finished up his conversation saying in a concerned tone, “So you’re telling me that he is the catch of the town, he uses women then snubs them like dirt?” “Yes” she said meekly, “Then he makes sure all the men know what he did because he calls them ‘easy sleazy’.” I was grateful that Rosalie wasn’t with us. “I really feel sorry for them, but I am trying to take care of the house, my children, and myself working 3 jobs, I cannot help the women also.”

Well she took the bracelet out of the window, and started to show it to me. She talked about carets, color, clarity, and cut. Also known as the 4 C’s, I asked how much is it? She said the price and I didn’t care. I then saw a diamond charm that would go with it. It was a key, and it was perfect. I really wasn’t paying attention to the 4C’s or about the price. I was looking forward to see what the owner was going to do. The show was about to begin.

First Mr. Lindsey yelled across the store “Emily! You know the rules, I decided to give you a raise, but instead I am going to fire your ass!” Carlisle put his hand on my shoulder to buffer my reaction.

Edward turned to look at him, Edward the depressed one of us who hasn’t found love as of yet, was the first to confront him “You did not say what I thought you said!” The anger in Edward’s statement even scared me. Carlisle whispered to me so quickly no one could hear him. “He was hunting when Rosalie was attacked. He is still angry with himself that he wasn’t there to hear her screams and really save her life.”

Mr. Lindsey looked at his conquest and they both started to laugh. “Oh excuse me, Madam, it seems that Mr. Lindsey and you think it is appropriate to speak like that to a fine young lady. You can talk trash to the young lady; he is trying very hard to land the most women in town. Have you told her yet that the nickname you will give her is ‘easy sleazy’?!” The young lady blushed, yet didn’t move because she still believed that the most eligible bachelor was really interested in her. “A real gentleman treats a woman like a delicate flower, not a weed growing to crowd and kill the flowers.”

By this time Mr. Lindsey came over to where we were looking at what I picked out for my angel. He again was very rude and hurtful. “I’ll take over from here; get the hell out of my way.” Again Edward corrected him and the man was smug. “This is my store and I can do or say exactly what I feel like. After all I am the only jeweler; therefore I have cornered the market in this stupid town!”

“Well Mr. Lindsey, Emily has helped me immensely, you should praise her not destroy her,” I said with my anger starting to come out. “You have no idea who you are addressing sir.”..” um, Mr. Lindsey these are the Cullen’s, Carlisle, Edward and Emmett” she told him quietly. “Emily, you are a very stupid girl, why didn’t you tell me who these people were?” as he puffed himself up in front of us. This time I growled at him, and he stepped back, a little afraid.

I looked at Emily and told her to put the key on the bracelet on the same link as the heart. He started to say “I’ll do it…” “I don’t think so Mr. Lindsey. My purchase is over $10,000 dollars, and I know my father is purchasing something as much if not better from Emily.” “She is fired, she gets nothing from these sales!” he replied while the snide woman on the other side started to laugh some more. Edward turned and started to look at her like food. She was taken aback, and then Edward said something I never thought would come out of his mouth. He looked at the woman trying to land herself a rich fish and said, “At least make him buy you a nice dinner, before he lifts your skirt, I’ll be back in town tomorrow and I will call you the name that Mr. Lindsey will tell everyone in town, ‘easy sleazy’, men don’t marry women like you, they just use you like a throw-away toy.”

“Carlisle”, I said, “are you done picking out what you wanted?” “Yes,” he answered, he wanted to get away from the situation as fast as possible.

“How much do I owe you?” Emily answered “Between you, Mr. Emmett and you, Mr. Carlisle, the total is $29,361 dollars.” Mr. Lindsey started laughing at her, “I can’t believe you are so stupid Emily, they are using you, and they have no intention of really spending that much money!” This time I growled and scared him so much, I could smell the fear emulating off of him that made him much more tempting. Instead I reached over and grabbed him by the suit lapel, and not so calmly said “You speak to her like she is a queen, don’t you ever call her another name!” “You really think I care about her, she is fired anyway” he snickered.

I turned and looked at Emily and calmly asked her if Mr. Sleaze Ball owed her more than today. “No, today was the first day of a new pay week; I picked up my last wages two days ago.” “How much did you sell today?” She seemed afraid, “Don’t worry Emily we will help you. “I sold $3,428 so that totals $32, 809,” “Very good now, 50% of that is $16,405. Okay Mr. Lindsey here is the remainder of the amount that is yours” Mr. Lindsey became so angry I thought he was going to have a heart attack. “She doesn’t get 50% commission!” He was screaming now.
I calmly said to him “Consider this her severance pay.” Then he threatened all of us. I wasn’t worried but I was worried about Emily. Edward heard my thoughts, and said I think I am going to spend most of the evening in town, and very casually turned to Emily, “I plan on being in town tomorrow, and please let me have the honor of walking you home tonight, and walk you to the bank in the morning. That is a lot of money to be carrying around, and since it is not open now, it will be more comfortable for you and least worrisome for me.” Emily smiled and said “That is very considerate of you. Thank you, thank all of you.” One could see the tears starting to form, we all hugged her before we left the store, and we could see the ugly, nasty stare from Mr. Lindsey. Something tells me that Carlisle or Edward will have a private conversation about Emily and her safety.

We split there, and now I was in a hurry to get home to be ready for our ‘date’ tonight. I didn’t know at that time that Rosalie asked Carlisle and Esme to join us for Valentine’s Day.

I better go she starting to get dressed, and I bought her the nicest dress and shoes to match it for tonight, then I have to fly home.

Now I have a vile taste in my mouth, I met a Royce King, and I didn’t like that feeling.


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