Breakaway Chapter 19 teaser

Fair warning, this Carlisle is a wee bit of an asswipe.

Carlisle huffed. “Fine, Esme! Fine! I will tell them to take me off call for the night, but you only get one night.”

“Thank you, Carlisle. I have something I desperately need to discuss with you later tonight though, so please set aside some time for a private chat.”

The line went dead and Esme’s heart went cold. With every passing week, Carlisle seemed to distance himself more and more. The truth of the matter was, Edward was not the only one with whom Carlisle had formed a wedge, everyone in his life outside of work had suffered the same fate in the past few years. Esme loved her husband dearly, but she couldn’t help but wonder how much longer she could endure her husband’s obsession with his mistress, the hospital, which saw him twice as often as she did.

Esme looked in the rearview, her heart dropping further as she saw the look in her son’s eyes. While Bella, who did not know her or her husband all that well yet, thought nothing of the exchange they had just witnessed, Edward knew all too well what had transpired. She plastered a fake smile on her face.

“Well, good news kids, Carlisle just got off work and has enough time to grab lunch with us before he has to go get some rest. We’re going to meet him at the Signature room on the 95th floor of Hancock Center, that way, when we finish eating, it will be a short elevator ride home for him, instead of a long drive. I hope that’s okay with the two of you.”