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The moment we all get into the car, we drive away instantly. And I'm taking time to actually breathe. I can't believe that we escaped it.

I cannot even believe that I'm right here in this moment away from what I thought was going to consume, not just me but Victoria.

I cannot believe it. I feel as though something heavy as we put her off my shoulder, but I cannot still relax. There is still fear that all of this is not gone away, and that at any moment, it will fall back and consume me.

It is until Dane puts his hand on top of my hand I realized that I'm safe. I look behind to see if there are any cars following me or if there is anything that could possibly give the idea that I'm not safe, but there is nothing I'm safe.

I ask myself in my heart and this is only for me to answer. Dane reaches out to me and gives me a hug. I let his presence sink in and I let everything that I've been through from one moment to another just disappear.

It feels like the most tortured day of my lif