Rafael's POV

After 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.

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