The next day, I went back to work as always, though I carried a few of the painkillers with me. Everyone seemed freaked out by how I looked, and Susan looked like she was going to have a panic attack. It took me only a few minutes to calm her down, but she was extremely nervous and barely spoke to me. While I will say that it made me sad, I didn't pay much attention to it. I just went through work as always, taking a painkiller when needed, while making sure not to OD, and pretty much just ignored everyone's stares. It didn't matter to me what they thought, and I was just glad Phil didn't make some kind of remark about it. Come to think of it...I haven't seen Phil in a few days. Something had to be up...unless he was planning something. I didn't think much of it, though, since my cell phone went off during my lunch break. Thinking it was just Ty or something, I didn't glance at the caller ID before answering.

"Hello?"

"Hello...is this Victoria Creek?"

"Speaking...who is this...?"

"Ah, this is Dr. Crawford...from the hospital...I hate to be the one to say this, but...Well, I don't even know how to say this..."

"What is it? With all regard, Doctor, I am at work right now...I need this to be fast..."

"...there is a chance you will go blind in your right eye from the glass...if not all, then partially...but you will lose some vision..."He said quickly.

"...oh...well,thanks for telling me,Doctor..."I said, a bit shocked. I mean, I kind of guessed it...but to know it was defiantly going to happen...it kind of scared me. The doctor apologized again and again, and I hushed him, before I hung up. ~well...no sense in getting down about it...I mean, I should at least be thankful I'm alive...and Jack is in jail...~ I thought, sighing softly as I sat down at my desk again.

Once work was done, Tyler swung by to pick me up, with Jane tagging along. When I got in, Tyler took one look at me and must have known something had happened, because he point blank asked "Did something bad happen?"

Once I explained about the call from the hospital, he kind of sighed. "Well,thats lovely..."

"Well,at least the guy who did it is in jail...right?" Jane said,looking worriedly back at me.

"Yea,he is...and I'm going to make sure he stays there. He's not going to like it, but I have photos from the past three years of every bruise,burn,and cut he caused...it just seemed smart to take photos..."

"That was smart! You have proof!" Jane said, smiling and causing me to smile as well.

"Yea,I guess I do."

Carter was waiting for me at my apartment again, and Adam came over soon after I arrived home. We chatted like we used to, and Carter asked me how I was feeling. I had to admit, I wasn't sore...those painkillers were strong, or something, I guess. Adam smiled at this, and felt more comfortable giving me a quick, one-armed hug. While I usually hate those, I was just happy to get a hug of any kind from him. I wasn't about to say that, though, and Carter saved Adam from asking by asking if I had heard from the doctors about my eye yet. I wasn't really anxious to tell them about that, but since I hated hiding stuff from them, I told them about the phone call. Carter immediately moved to hug me, and Adam just sat next to me, tense as can be. After a few minutes, he relaxed,and sighed.

"*I really really want to kill him now..." he muttered.

"*Yea...I know..."I replied softly, though I smiled slightly. "*But it could always be worse..."

"*Yea...I guess you're right...he could have...killed you...or...raped you...or something like that..."

"*Yea..." I said, though mentally I was having a mini-panic attack. ~What am I going to do when Adam finds out Jack raped me in the past...? I don't want him to think I kept it from him because I don't trust him! I just...I hate admitting it...v.v I want to pretend it never happened...~

Fast AN, Adam was a bit OOC near the end if this chapter...sorry for that ^^;