After All

Chapter 3

Yuno

"Doctor, is there any way for my sister to be able to recover at home instead? All of this but at our house." He gestures to the machines.

"Yes but her condition isn't good enough for her to travel in."

"Then make it possible Doc, my sister needs to be out of the hospital before the rest of the city wakes up. I don't want anyone seeing her leave the hospital." The doctor had never seen Yuno act or talk this way before, but he understood why he was acting the way he is.

"Yuno, I can't do that, I will lose my license."

"You won't, my connections won't let that happen. On top of that my decision, as well as under HIPAA, make those who are here aware, that if anyone asks for my sister to say that she died early in the morning. And if anyone, and I mean anyone finds out about this, I will know. I have eyes and ears all over town." He looks at his sister. The doctor was not able to say anything else and did as he was told. 

Ray stayed in the hospital for as long as she did until the necessary machines were delivered to the house. Once they were set up, they moved her out of the hospital. They transferred her through the back entrance into an ambulance that was waiting for her while Yuno exited through the front entrance so it doesn't seem as suspicious.

It's closing in to a year since everything that has happened, as well as since the funeral. Yuno asked Mr. Lang for his help to cover any holes in their tracks all throughout. Besides Radiant, only Lang knows from the boys. From making sure the hospital says nothing about the transfer to making a whole new identity for Ray. Obviously it took a long time but they're used to the process of paper work, but there's really no hurry.

Yuno was now sitting in speech therapy with his sister. Miraculously she woke up 4 months ago, and ever since then they've had different specialists come in aiding her recovery. These specialists have looked after Yuno and his family for years. It's not that he didn't trust the doctors of Los Santos, he did, he just doesn't want to risk it. She has been doing well in physical therapy, she's able to move around by herself without any aid; still she's not allowed outside of the premises. Though he has caught her a few times trying to leave.

"Okay Araminta we can start with your basic information, do you think we can try to do that again?" asks the speech therapist and Ray nods. "Okay repeat after me."

"My name is"

"My...name...is..." she says slowly.

"Araminta Sykk"

"A...ra...min...ta...ssss...ykk..." she winced in pain, holding her head. Yuno steps in.

"I think that's enough for now." The therapist nods.

"I have to make a report, but she's making great progress, slow but steady, and she's also pushing herself to last longer than an hour." She fixes her belongings and says her goodbyes, he walks her to the door.

"Araminta it's okay, you can take it slow. We don't have to rush it, just give yourself the time it takes." Yuno brought her into his arms as she was crying due to her frustration.

"No one is rushing you but yourself. Be kinder to yourself." She breaks off and nods.

"No more Ray?" She said as she wiped her tears.

"You have to get used to the new name so it's not obvious we changed to another." Yuno says, trying to have her understand the situation.

"Do you remember anything yet? Is your head feeling better at least?"

"No..."

"What's wrong?"

"CG?"

"I've explained it before, you can't see them."