Confession 5

The Confession of Rosalie Hale in the Murder of Esme Cullen

I did see Edward Masen get shocked, and fall down unconscious. It is also true that I was with him in the rose garden at 5:30, and had access to the corkscrew.

My sister and I didn’t get along, I’ll be the first to admit. Until this very weekend Esme and I had been estranged. We had a falling out because I flirted with Emmett, got pregnant, and married him, but Esme loved him first. I admit that I made a mistake, and it was childish passion that drove me.

Emmett told me that we had to sell our home and liquidate our assets because of his gambling debt, but I know that he was sued for sexual harassment. Emmett will nail anything he can’t screw. I also know that he has been embezzling from his company to pay our debts.

Emmett, I want a divorce, even though Esme refused to lend me money to start a new life. She didn’t want to help me, no matter that I told her Emmett is physically abusive. She acted like she didn’t believe me. It might have been a bit theatrical, but I had to try something.

I am even more offended to find out that Emmett has been carrying a torch for Esme all this time, and was scheming to be a part of her life again. He wants to leave me for her?

I might have thought briefly, about killing Esme, after all I would be her closest relative and heir. I would still have had to share the money with Emmett, who would lose it to this lawsuit he is embroiled in. A more sensible plan, less theatrical, would be to just divorce Emmett, then deal with my sister.

Dr. Alice Brandon was spying on me at the time of Esme’s death, so she can attest that I did not kill my sister.