Absolución teaser from chapter 7

"Bella mentioned something the other day." He looked around at each of them now. "When I left her in Forks, doing what I thought was right, would you all agree that I was woefully wrong?"

"Hell yes!" Emmett said loudly.

"Of course," Jasper agreed.

Edward nodded, knowing this was their feeling already. "And if you had to do it all over again, would you let me leave?" he asked, looking now to Carlisle, knowing already how hard that separation was, not only on Bella and himself, but also on the entire family, especially Carlisle.

Carlisle sighed softly. "I would have done more to convince you how wrong you were."

"And if you couldn't?" Edward pressed. "If I left anyway, would you have come after me?"

A quiet tension filled the treetops as both Emmett and Jasper bit their tongues and simply waited for Carlisle to answer.

Their patriarch sighed softly. "Yes."

Edward did not nod or make any other motion to acknowledge he'd won this debate. Instead he said, "Would you agree that maybe we should try to learn from that mistake?"

Carlisle looked thoughtful and considered everything Edward was trying to say. This is hard for me right now, he thought to Edward.

"I know," Edward said gently. "I just need you to consider it. What Rolle is doing is noble, but... wrong."