"Tell me about your grandmother," Edward asked. Just after they finished having breakfast. "She was an incredible old woman," she began with a chuckle. "My parents raised me in a quite sheltered environment. They conditioned me to be a certain way, and to shy away from doing certain things." "Overprotective?" He raised an eyebrow. "That's the word, yes." She chuckled more and resumed her storytelling. "Even though they were overprotective, Grandma was an entirely different story." "I bet she let you get away with the bad stuff, huh?" He teased. "Of course, she did." She laughed. "She was an ally throughout my entire childhood." Edward nodded understandingly, which encouraged her to go on with her reminiscing. "So, I guess that's why it hurts so much. It isn't that she died, you

