Instead, he hesitated. He feared he might not be able to mend what was broken.

Seeing MitcheLl's plight, Luis tried to offer some comfort, "Maybe let someone Raegan is comfortable with visit her first. Give her some time to recuperate before you go in. She is..."

Luis wanted to say Raegan was too fragile for more shocks right now, but the look in Mitchel's bloodshot eyes stopped him.

Luis patted Mitchel's hand.

"Trust me. Give it a bit more time before you go see her."

The first ones to walk into Raegan's ward were police officers. Aware that Raegan had awakened, they posed some questions to her.

The day the rescue team had arrived, those criminals had fled away, abandoning Raegan in a pool of her own blood.

Recently roused, Raegan appeared sullen. A tongue injury prevented her from speaking much.

Once the police officers exited, Nicole entered the room to visit Raegan.

Tears welled up in Nicole's eyes at the sight of Raegan's bruised face. She yearned to embrace Raegan but feared exacerbating her injuries, so she clung to the bed's edge and wept briefly.

Regaining her composure, Nicole sought words of comfort for Raegan, yet none came to mind.

Redness tinged Raegan's eyes, a result of excessive crying over the previous disappointment over Mitchel.

Nicole was about to cry when she saw Raegan's red eyes, but she managed to choke back tears.

“If you're hurting, Raegan, let it out."

Just like Raegan, Nicole harbored a great fondness and expectations for Raegan's unborn baby.

They had even agreed that Nicole would be the child's godmother.

But, the baby was gone...

The thought of the poor baby shattered Nicole's heart.

Perceptive as ever, Raegan noticed a scar on Nicole's face and lifted her hand to caress it, softly asking, "What's the matter?"

Raegan's voice was raspy and dissonant, scarred as if by fire, and compounded by her injured tongue.