(Picture of Eva and Henry)

Chapter 22

EVA'S POV

I was waking up slowly and I heard muted voices. My head was hearting and I felt sharp pain in my hip. I slowly opened my eyes and looked around. I had to blink a few times to sharpen my vision. Right in front of me I saw two silhouettes. I looked around again. There was a night table next to the bed I was lying in. Right next to it was a chair. I looked at my arms and saw tubes coming from it attached to the IV. I was in a hospital room. And then I remembered the reason why I was there and everything that happened. Pablo's furious beating. The hotel room. The guy trying to stitch me. Me passing out. Gunshots and Henry coming to rescue me. Or was Henry's presence just a dream? Was it all only my imagination? Only what I wanted to see the most?

"She is awake." I heard Henry's worried voice and saw him quickly come to my side. He took my hand to his and kissed it lightly caressing my cheek.

"Hello." he smiled at me relieved. His eyes were full of adoration I so much needed to see.

I couldn't find my voice. The tears started to fall from my eyes.

"Shh. It is okay. Everything is okay now." He tried to calm me as I started to cry. All the emotions I felt went on surface and I couldn't stop them. I thought I will never see him again and here he was.

"You are safe now. He will never harm you again." he said softly caressing my cheek and placed a sweet soft quick kiss on my lips.

"I am so sorry Henry. I wanted to tell you everything. I was so afraid." I said little bit calmer.

"It is okay." he replied calmly assuring me and calming me with his soft kisses. " I already know everything." He said as he fixed some hair behind my ear. I looked at him terrified.

"Everything?" I asked. Does he really know about all of the bad things Pablo did? Does he know what a terrible human being he is? Does he know what Pablo did to me?

"Yes. Everything. And I am so sorry." He said with pain in his face which gave me assurance that he really knows.

"How?" I asked confused. "How did you find out? And how did you even found me in there? And what happened there afterwards?" I was shooting quick questions as i tried to sit up but I winced with pain which was shooting from my hip.

"Carefully. " He said worriedly holding me to stay laying. " It is a long story. I will tell you when the doctor examines you. " Only then I noticed we were not alone in the room.

"If you excuse us Your Highness." The doctor said from behind Henry.

"I will stay here." Henry didn't even look at the doctor as he said that flatly. The doctor looked at me helplessly.

"Please let him stay." I asked him. I don't want to let Henry out of my sight so quickly after I thought I will never see him again. I didn't know this doctor. He was in his mid fifties I would say. I looked around the room this time to find out if it was familiar to me. But the walls and windows were different color then in the hospital I worked at. I definitely wasn't in the Knight's National .

"All right. You can stay." He said to Henry and he proceeded to examine me.

"Well it looks like your wound is healing nicely. It is possible there will be some scar after the unprofessional attempt to sew it." He said after he checked my ripped hip.

"I counted with it. The man who tried to stich it wasn't very skilled." I replied surpressing my bulch in my throat. I am not going to cry anymore.

"You have also two broken ribs." He continued

"Yes I thought so too." I replied and the memory of the moment they got broke flashed through my mind.

"And I would say from the x-rays that you had broken ribs before." He said

"Yes I did have." I replied remembering my stay at the hospital in Madrid. Henry squeezed my hand and when I looked at him he was watching the doctor with clenched teeth. There was a silence in the room for a few seconds.

"However thankfully there was no internal demage." He finally said.

"When can she go home?" Henry asked him.

"Well Your Highness, we will have to have her here for monitoring for a day so I think tomorrow or the day after tomorrow she could go home if she will be careful and taking care of herself. We don't want the wound to get some infection."

"Don't worry. I will take care of her." He said looking at me more like telling that to me than to the doctor. My heart skipped a beat. We were looking into each others eyes.

"Well. I think that is everything from me. If you don't have any other questions of course."

"No. Thank you Doctor." Henry said and we were finally left alone.

When the door closed he reached quickly to kiss me. His lips were so passionate. I kissed him back with as much passion as he did. His touches were so rash. He was caressing me everywhere. He rested his forehead on mine and breathed heavily.

"I thought I lost you." He whispered. His desperation was breaking my heart.

"I love you." I said looking him straight to the eyes. "Please don't ever think otherwise. " I breathed. "I love you so much." I repeated one more time emphasizing the words. He needs to know that. He pressed his lips on mine again.

"I love you." He whispered as he caressed my neck. Then his eyes darkened when his eyes stopped at my neck and his teeth clenched. "That bastard." he said through his teeth.

"I am so sorry you had to went through all that terrible things." He furrowed and I closed my eyes.

"I will never let anyone hurt you again." He said when I opened my eyes. His look full of determination.

"How did you find out?" I finally asked him even though I didn't wanted to hear that. He looked at the ground.

"It turned out our relationship wasn't much of a secret in front of my father." He said apologetically. "But the bizzare thing is if he didn't put his fingers were he shouldn't I wouldn't find you and we would not be having this conversation right now."

"I don't understand." I said confused.

"Long story short. He got you investigated." He said and I shut my eyes in disbelief.

"I suppose he wasn't very pleased with what he found out." I said and Henry just shook his head.

"I don't care what he thinks." He said and continued talking." David later informed me about the prison break." My stomach clenched when he mentioned Pablo.

"What actually happened in the hotel room? Where is he now?" I looked at him trying to hide my fear.

"Don't worry." He gripped my hand. "He will never heart you again." He was silence for a while.

"I want to hear everything." I said determined.

"Where to start." He said to himself and took a deep breath.

"We tracked you down thanks to your neighbor Lucy. When we came to your flat she told us she saw him caring you out into the car and she wrote down the plate number. David informed the Police and after few minutes we got the location of the car."

"Wait what were you doing in my flat?" I asked him and he grimaced.

"After getting a phone call about my stupidity from Emma, David informed me about everything and I wanted to make sure you were safe. Unfotunately when we got to your flat there was a nightmare waiting for me." He paused." I thought I lost you." He whispered.

"After the police told us your location we went straight there. Two police patrols were already waiting in front of the building waiting for back up. But I couldn't wait. I couldn't let you in his hands for so long. We went for you with them. When we got into the hotel room that bastard started shooting at us. One of the police man shot him." He said pausing. "He is dead." I looked at him shocked. "I didn't get a chance to get my hands on him. He got away the easiest way possible." He said disgusted.

I was lying there in disbelief. I felt relieved. I know I shouldn't be happy because he was dead. I felt so guilty because of it but I really felt relief.

"Is it really over?" I asked him with my eyes watering. He just shook his head.

"It is over." He replied and the tears flood my cheeks. The man who hurt me so much. The man because of I had to leave my home and family. The man who ruined my life will never hurt me anymore. He is dead. For a while I was lying there in silence absorbing all that happened. Henry slowly got up to my bed and carefully took me to his arms. I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Is it okay? Do I hurt you?" He asked me worriedly. "Because if I do.." he didn't finished as I quickly interupted him.

"No." I smiled. "This is perfect." I replied. We lied there for a while in silence.

"What happens now?" he asked me. "Are you going back to Spain?" I looked up at him and saw the worried look on his face.

"Yes I will." I said and he stiffened. "But only for a visit. I really want to see my brother and abuela. I miss them very much." I said.

"You don't want to go back to live there?" He asked me searching my face for an answer.

"I don't have a very good memories from there. My life is here now. I have the job of my dreams and great friends here." I said and looked him straight to his beautiful eyes. " But most of all. I have you." I said and I felt his body relax. He smiled and slowly kissed me.

"Good. Because I am not going to let you go anymore." he smiled.

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