Rafael's POVAfter Kristen, Mason, and Sebastian left the room, I walked slowly to the table where my girlfriend was resting. I sat next to her, taking her hand and gently running my thumb over her knuckles. I looked at her closely for several seconds. The bruises on her face had almost completely healed; she only had a splint on her nose, and she still had the neck brace and sling, but apparently all those bruises on her skin were gone. My eyes filled with tears before I even began to speak.-How are you, my love? I needed this moment alone because I wanted to tell you that... finally everyone paid for what they did... I avenged what happened to you and the death of our baby, maybe that will make me someone like them, but I couldn't let things go unpunished, my love. It wasn't enough punishment for them to rot in jail, I needed to see them beg for their lives, to suffer the same way you did...- I whispered, wiping the tears from my eyes as I held onto his hand.-Forgive me, love, for

Aurora's POVAt least two more weeks had passed, two more weeks since the day I woke up... We could say that everything was going relatively well, my physical recovery was progressing every day, my injuries no longer posed any risk, so the doctor decided it was time to go home.Rafael returned to work a week after I woke up at my request. He insisted tirelessly that he wanted to stay with me, but I assured him I wanted him back. He'd neglected the company too much, and I really didn't want that to continue because of me. Of course, I was working far fewer hours, but it's better than nothing.I was left in the care of my parents who had not yet returned to Portland. To tell the truth, I noticed they were quite restless, as if they were afraid that something would happen to me again. I tried to make them less worried, but I knew that deep down, that anguish lingered. Sebastian , Darcy , and David also came to visit me very constantly during those couple of weeks. I thanked each of them