AMAYA’S POV I don’t know why I get really anxious with those men when they don’t even seem to harm someone. They were patient with me and was respecting my demands at all costs. But I would always get startled whenever that man suddenly caress my hair while I pretend to be asleep. I tend to wake up at any movements or sounds I hear and as much as I don’t want them to disturb me, it always does. Just like tonight, I heard the door click and noticed a couple of huge shadows looking in my direction. I tried my best not to move for them to notice that I was awake. They weren’t talking at first, but when the other one moved out and walked back in, and was permitted to leave, the next thing I heard was a huge thud on the door and the sound of a man trying to wake up someone named, Flynn. I was guessing that there were a total of three people who owned those shadows and there was only one left. He was now breathing so fast that he sounded like me the first time I woke up with no idea how I

MAX’S POV Now that Amaya can remember everything, I felt threatened by Flynn’s presence. I know that at first, I may have been okay with it, but right now I am definitely not. His habit of holding Amaya’s hand every night and falling asleep came back. Her anxiety comes back from time to time but she knows when it is us so she can relax. Though right now, when I saw Flynn like that with Amaya caressing his hair- I felt like I wanted to be in his position instead. But who am I to interrupt? I continued walking in as Amaya saw me and smiled. I moved closer to her as we greeted each other with a kiss on each other’s cheek. She doesn’t seem bothered by it but I was- I wanted to slap Flynn’s face awake. I wanted him out of the city right now. “I’m sorry if our wedding had to get delayed because of what happened to me. I hope you weren’t too excited that it got you disappointed.” Amaya sometimes could talk immaturely, she doesn’t realize it but I find it cute that she loses her cool. She

AMAYA’S POVAfter Max’s recovery, I suggested that he stay with me in the meantime since Malia took a break back in LA and no one can take care of him. It was great having him around as I returned to work being so busy. It has been three days now and I still haven’t stabilized everything especially when Vanique has been trying to control my workload because of my condition. But there was something odd that I had noticed lately, Hugo tends to visit here constantly. I remembered the time when Ken got angry with Max and Hugo which may be related to Vanique. So I scheduled a dinner date with my sister alone to talk about the things I missed in her life. Noah offered to drive us to the restaurant while Max was on his way to visit his friend, Ace. Though as we were inside the car, Vanique and Noah didn’t even talk to each other. It was the first time I felt awkward being around them because they were always energetic and had something to talk about. Since they got married, it never changed

AMAYA’S POV“Why would they do that to her?!” I exclaimed in shock and pissed at the same time. I looked at Max waiting for an answer but he was speechless himself. So I decided to get ready fast and see her condition. Getting her in jail doesn’t mean she had to experience this. I don’t understand at all. “Looks like you are about to meet Ace after all.” Max suddenly said while I was putting on my heels. “Why?” I asked. “Because I’ll be bringing him as a Detective that will investigate this. I can’t stand the thought of her getting that extreme abuse.” I can’t either and I agree with Max's decision, something was just off. We picked up Ace in his apartment along the way and when we arrived at the prison the three of us were just pretty quiet. I couldn’t think of anything else to talk about than to look forward to Vesna’s condition. We waited patiently in the waiting area as we finally heard the metal clacking. We turned behind us seeing Vesna’s burned skin around her eyes guided

AMAYA’S POVIf my mother was as greedy as Vesna described her then there will always be a way to expose her. I invited her out shopping at the mall while Max had to excuse himself since he was busy at work. I couldn’t blame him for not tagging along since women can’t tell the time when it talks to shopping. And I wouldn’t want her to suspect something if Max is around. Aside from that he did mention being not in good terms with my mom since I was kidnapped. But does she even have the right to say such a thing? While scanning the clothing store we got into, I prepared many questions in my head. I wanted to have the same courage as I had back then when we were not on good terms. But it seems like a lot had changed already and I am happy with how we are now. Though I can’t take the risk to get betrayed again when I knew I could have done something about it. “Guess what, mom? Max and I visited Vesna yesterday. I was hoping she was feeling better though but it seems like she turned worse