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Amelia Grace


April 24th, 2026


I felt so drained from energy, it was crazy. But I did open my eyes, it was bright. I turned my head slowly. I looked down at myself, I was in bed. I guess I was in a hospital. "Oh my.." I whispered, I was tired.

I saw the door open and two people walked in here. "Good morning" one of them smiled, "where am I?" I asked her, "in the hospital" she said, "Vera can you please check her vitals?" the lady asked, the other lady walked over here.

"What day is it?" I whispered, "it's friday dear" she smiled. I nodded, "I've been here for a few days?" I asked, "yes" she said. "What happened, I was-" "Well we just know you're very important, and someone saved you" she said. "I'll go get your mom, she's been waiting for you to wake up" she smiled.


The door opened yet again, I saw my mother. "Hi" she smiled, she walked closer. "The doctor told me your vitals are good" she said and sat down beside me on a chair. "How do you feel?" she asked me, "I thought I was going to die" I whispered. "He cut my wrists, he-" I stopped when the tears started to form in my eyes. "I know," she whispered, "I was so scared," I told her.

"He was doing it to hurt you" she said, "he tried to end you because you knew he was deep down" she said. She grabbed my hand and kissed it, "I was scared, I thought I lost you" she said. " I'm happy you're alright," she added.

"Where is he?" I asked, "he was arrested, the same goes for Ryan and Marco, they're in a prison and Peter is trying to figure out how much time they get" mom said. I let the tears leave my eyes. I was free. I let myself cry out.

"It's okay" she told me, I nodded. "He's never going to come out, right?" I asked her, "No, I don't think so, he killed a lot of people," mom said and I nodded.


"Look, the mask was actually the thing that saved you, it was the thing that got clean air into your lungs" the doctor explained. "Niall gave me that" I said, "how is he?" I asked. "He came in the same night as you, he got a little smoke in his eyes, but he's fine, Peter talked to him" mom said. I nodded, "I think he's back in England now though," mom said.

"I need to call-" "Honey" mom said. "You just woke up, you need to rest," she smiled. "Also, the thing is that the media has an assumption that you died," mom said. "What?" I asked her, "two bodies were found dead, they saw you walk in but not out, so they made up these stories that it's Rafael's daughter he wanted dead that died" mom said.

"Peter is going to get a press conference up, if you want to do that, they will announce you're alive, if you want to talk there as well we can arrange that, you don't have to but you can, to let everyone know you're alive, tell them about the years you spent under his control" mom said.

"But it's not now, just keep it in mind" she said, I nodded. "People think I'm dead," I whispered. "I'm sorry" she said, I dried my eyes with my fingers.



"I want to see him" I told mom, I was being discharged. "What?" she said, "I want to talk to him, he tried to kill me and I don't want him to get the last word" I said. "I can get something arange if that's what you want, Peter can take you" mom said.


"Are you sure?" Peter asked me, I looked out. The prison was in the middle of nowhere. I get it. "Yeah," I whispered. "Okay, let's go," he said. I was walking with crutches because I lost a ton of blood and I wasn't allowed to walk a ton in the beginning.

We got inside and a guard met us. "I'm from the fbi" Peter said and showed the guard his batch. "We're here to visit Rafael Lopez," Peter told him, "follow me" the guard said.

I got to take a seat in front of the glass, he was going to come on the other side. Peter was standing over by the door, waiting with a guard.


I saw him, wearing an orange shirt and matching pants. He walked over and I decided to take the phone that would make it able for us to hear each other. I placed it by my ear, he sat down and did the same thing. I just looked at him, straight in the eyes. He didn't say a thing so I decided to go for it.

"Surprised to see me alive?" I asked him, "a little" he nodded. "I just came to say my goodbyes." I said, "Nice of you" he told me. " You made some deep cuts," I told him, "I should've dug a little deeper," he nodded. "You betrayed me" I said, "I think back.. And I cannot find one day where you've acted like a good father to me, it's always been business and money for you" I said.

"I've worked my ass off for the money I have" he said, "mmmh" I nodded. "You mean the money I have?" I asked him, and he looked confused. "Oh didn't they tell you? All the money you made, all the money you earned from crimes, they all went straight to me" I told him.

"And I'm going to use them all to end crimes, to end people like you" I said. "I'm going to donate them," I told him. "Don't you dare!" He said, I learned it. "Every single penny" I nodded.

"Fuck you" he told me, "you're in here, probably forever" I said. " I hope you regret every crime" I told him, "now when you're stuck here" I said and looked around.

" I generally hope you rot in here, with Marco and Ryan," I told him, I put the phone down and got up. I walked over to Peter and we walked out to his car.



"Niall called yesterday," Peter said. We were driving to Carolina. Home. "He wanted me to call him with an update," he said, "can you wait?" I asked him. "I know they think I got killed Peter, but I just... This is all very much for me, I just.." "I get it," he told me.


"Also there's the conference, I want to talk at it" I nodded. "I want to do something good," I added, "okay" Peter nodded. "Where is it going to be?" I asked him, "we're going to do it from our headquarters in Washington" he told me, "in two weeks" he added. "So we're flying out when?" I asked him, "the night before, you can speak there, tell them what you want and then there will be questions, but it's usually for the investigators" Peter explained to me.



I walked inside the house, "Gabe is at college" Peter said. I nodded, "can you find your way to the guest room, I have to go talk to your mother?" Peter asked me, "sure" I nodded. "I'll go get your suitcase in ten minutes" he said before he walked down the hallway.

As I was sitting on the bed, relaxing after finally realizing that everything was over. I was a free person. I smiled, I had my laptop, finally. So I got on it, I searched a little bit around on the internet.

I was sitting at dinner, "you're good?" Peter asked me, "I'm not hungry." I just said, "I'm a little neasuas, sorry" I told both him and my mom. "You can go rest" she nodded. I got up, I walked upstairs and inside the guest room.

I needed to rest, I was so tired of all this time, I had to run, I was running for years and now I was finally free from that. I was free. 



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