-Octavia-
Valerio slowly woke up, looking around a little confused. I squeezed his hand, and he turned his head towards me and smiled.
“Hey,” I greeted, running my hand through his hair.
“Hey,” he replied a little hoarsely. “I think I got shot.”
I chuckled. “Yeah, you did. But you’re okay now.”
“Did we catch the bastard?” he asked.
I nodded. “Garrett and Evan took care of it all, and I hear the daughters were found too. They are going to be all right.”
“That’s good,” Valerio said. “How’s Ethan?”
I smiled. We had already rearranged our room, adding a connecting door to the one beside ours, and moved all of Ethan’s belongings there. With the realization that Kate wasn’t coming back, we had decided to step up and be there for him.
“Good. Isabella’s looking after him,” I informed him.
