His voice burned with regret. I knew he wasn’t just apologizing for the words that had upset me.

He was such a cheater. Now I was even more worried about what I was going to say to Jessica.

What if his family was there? I felt a wave of real terror. Did they know that I knew? Was I supposed to know that they knew that I knew, or not?

Edward seemed to take a deep breath, and then he stepped out into the bright glow of the midday sun.

For an instant, I felt a thrill of genuine fear, raising the hair on my arms. The look only lasted a second, but it chilled me more than the freezing wind.

So what did Edward Cullen want yesterday?

Did you ever think that maybe my number was up the first time, with the van, and that you’ve been interfering with fate?

Most of the time I tune it all out — it can be very distracting. And then it’s easier to seem normal when I’m not accidentally answering someone’s thoughts rather than their words.

Aren’t we past all the evasions now?

Well, you asked if the sun hurt me, and it doesn’t. But I can’t go out in the sunlight — at least, not where anyone can see.