Chapter Fifty-five

''What really happened?'' Elena asked.

She had cleaned off most of the blood that had clogged on his body and had given him a warm bath which had him sighing in relief. The stress of the past few hours had weighed heavily on him and Elena could see the stress lines in his eyes which was testament to the fact that he had been through a lot in those few hours.

''There's a lot I need to tell you but I want to do that when I've talked to Vaness. I need to explain to her that none of this would ever happen again. I know she's scared and she needs the reassurance that nothing like this would ever happen again.'' he sighed.

Elena placed her hand on his shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze as she silently assured him that everything would be alright. She knew how much pain he had passed through and he didn't even wish that for her worst enemy.

''Yes, I think that's a good idea. Vanessa needs to know that none of this would ever happen again. She needs some form of certainty and it's only you