"Because you just had the world kicked out from under you."

The most of it at least. She was still here. And as much as it was both of them, Edward had been with Carlisle longer. He'd been the first one. There were depths she couldn't even fathom to understand in those two.

"Because," there's a almost-sigh here, hands slightly tighter, trying to make her voice firm. (It mostly succeeds.) "You loved someone, gave them everything, and they wanted something more."