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 POVA few months had passed, and I was happy to report that my physical and emotional health was almost back to 100 percent. After months of therapy and hard work, I was back to being myself, and I couldn't be more grateful for that. I could finally look in the mirror again and not feel afraid, sad, or ashamed of my reflection. I could see myself with pride and confidence again. I didn't want to allow other people's bad actions to continue affecting me further . I couldn't erase the past, nor could I change what happened, but I had to learn to live with it.Something that made me very happy was being able to drive again, it was too much work, but after a long time I achieved it, definitely not like before or at the speed I did before, but finally I was able to do it, the support of my family, my friends and my partner also influenced a lot in this process, and although it was not a one hundred percent recovery I could feel like myself again, finally after all life was smiling

3 years laterAurora's POVOkay... Where do I start?Three years have passed, three years since my life became a complete dream come true, since the day I said "I do," and since the day my beloved husband Rafael and I began to be a family.We still lived in Boston, of course. My parents still lived in Portland. We would visit them quite often, and they would come see us quite often as well. As for our friendships, as you can imagine, Sebastian is still as close to us as ever, even a little closer I'd say, and from what I know, he started dating a prosecutor we both worked with at one point. Something told me he'd eventually settle down. Darcy is still my best friend, and so was Dave ; he was a great friend. I was surprised to learn that those two ended up together. I never would have imagined it, but they make a nice couple.As always, not everything could be rosy, there would always be ups and downs, but for me, my life was perfect and I couldn't ask for anything more, I was immensel