Guilt is a treacherous thing… it creeps up slowly and drowns you in a pool of regret and remorse.
Bella could attest to that. Ever since she woke up in that hospital bed, she had been riddled with guilt. Guilt for how judgmental she was towards Ash.
And yet, despite everything she told him and everything she did, he remained by her bedside.
He did more than that! He saved her! Had he not come to see her, she would be dead!
He saved her. And then he never left her side, attending to all her needs and helping her recover as fast as the poison infecting her body allowed it.
He defended her choice to stay in California, to attend Celia’s funeral, to go to her graduation ceremony. He backed her up every step of the way. Well except for her quest for vengeance but she understood his point
