“Shush, It’s okay now. He’s gone. Really gone,” Aiden said as Charlie flung herself at him.

“Oh my god, Aiden. I thought that was it. I was just lying there waiting for it to be over and then you. I’m so sorry I called you a monster. I’m so sorry.”

“Shush. That doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re okay. You are okay, aren’t you?” He asked. He knew it was a stupid question, after all, she had been through but it just seemed like the right thing to ask.

“Nothing that won’t heal in time. Thank you, for, you know.”

Aiden looked in the direction she had tilted her...