'It took me a few weeks of observing the family for the penny to drop. They have created the family charade in order to interact with humans. But for some reason they carry on with the farce in the privacy of their own home. The non-mated members act like siblings, and Carlisle and Esme continue their role as parents.'        Charade?  Farce?  Hmm, it explains some things.  So, he never believed the Cullens were the real deal.  I imagine he came to know better, eventually, after he joined the Denalis.        :-/

'“It's natural for newborns to be unnerved by having too many people around, and I know she still finds Alice a bit too much at times.”        At times? Alice had to be the oddest creature I'd ever met. If I were Jasper, I'd have to zap her with a permanent dose of lethargy just to get through the day.'        *chuckles*        :-}

  I found myself captive seeing their chat evolve.  And they really opened up with each other.  Very good, Lizzy.

Author's Response:

Thank you. So pleased you enjoyed the outtake.  It gave me a chance to give Fred's point of view again.

 

 

after rosalie asks fred do you not like traveling on your own? the rest of the text is corrupted.  it is showing as just white horizontal bars or  lines on the black backgrond it is like this until the chapter end notes. i tried reloading several times. anyone else have this problem i wonder? what i could read was good. this was agreat story and def one of my favorites. hope to read more fics from u in the future.