After almost a week in the hospital, Damon finally left her side, and Valerie had to admit she was actually getting sick of him. He outright refused to let her do anything. She even had to pull the doctor to her side to use the bathroom. Her nurse changed her dressing on her legs every morning, and Valerie tried not to look at the burns. So far, there had been no sign of infection, and apart from being bored out of her mind, she was recovering very well.
A therapist named Katrina came in in the evenings and helped her work through her nightmares. The most troubling one she had was that she found Dante in his crib, but he was burnt to a crisp, still crying, and when she touched him, he turned to ash. Valerie was shaken by that more than any other dream.
The police had come to question her
