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Hope slowly opened her eyes and glanced around. She had watched everything through Gina's eyes, but she was still confused about what all led up to this point. Then she remembered why she fought so hard to come back. "Shawn!" She quickly pushed herself to her feet, noticing they were shaky at first.

"Hope? Is that you?" A voice asked behind her. She spun around, surprised to see Rafe there, along with Roman, John, and Marlena.

Hope nodded. "It's me. I.. I need to get to Shawn.." She turned away and hastily started towards a building that was on fire. Roman and Rafe pushed past her, as Marlena pulled her back.

"Hope, don't worry.. they will get him out of there." She promised her. "Come with me." She led her over to a bench where they could watch from and where Hope could rest. "Are you okay..?"

Hope slowly nodded. "But I'm worried about Shawn.. he'll know I was the one who tried to kill him.."

Marlena shook her head. "He was the first one who discovered that you was Princess Gina, I mean, everybody knew about your odd behavior, but no one else could figure out that you weren't you. Shawn did, after one conversation with you."

Hope glanced at her. "Really? He figured it out first?"

Rafe was the first to get to him. "Shawn? Can you hear me?" He knelt down beside him, quickly checking his neck for a pulse. He gave a sigh of relief, then pulled his jacket off and put it over the wound to stop the bleeding. "We have to get him out of here now."

Roman nodded in agreement, then hurried over to help Rafe while John went outside to call for an ambulance.

A little while later, Hope was in the hospital waiting room and was pacing around waiting for any news. She pulled out her phone and dialed numbers on it. But it went to voicemail. "I'm sorry, Ciara, if it seemed like I have been ignoring you this past year," she spoke into the phone. "I was hoping to talk to you in person, but your brother is in the hospital." She told her where they were. "If you get this, then please meet me here. And I promise I will explain everything to you then. If not, I'll see you later and explain everything then. Bye now, love you baby." She hung up.

Marlena stood up from where she was sitting, then walked over to join her. "Want to talk about it?"

Hope glanced at her. "I put my son in the hospital.. what kind of mother am I?" Tears started streaming down her face as she wrapped her arms around Marlena's neck, pulling her into a hug. "I hope he forgives me for this."

Marlena shook her head. "There's nothing to forgive. You wasn't yourself, and Shawn knew what he was doing when he went up against Princess Gina. You didn't hurt him, she did."

Rafe, Roman, and John had decided to keep searching for Stefano.

The doctor had come out a moment later to talk to them. Hope was relieved when the doctor said that he would be okay. She would see if she could get him transferred to Salem Hospital.

Hope was relieved when they had gotten back to Salem a few days later. She was sitting in the hospital room with him, but Kayla was keeping him on pain meds so he kept drifting in and out of consciousness.

The door opened and Ciara hurried in. "Mom! I am so sorry that I'm late!"

Hope stood up and gave her a tight hug. "Its okay, sweetie."

Ciara walked slowly over to Shawn, sliding her hand in his. "What happened?" She asked, pulling her gaze away from her brother toward her mom.

Hope took a deep breath, then told her the whole story of what had happened. "So I did this. I hurt my own son, can you believe that?"

Ciara shook her head as tears slid down her cheek. "No you didn't."

Hope sighed. "Can you stay here with him? I need to go for a quick walk."

Ciara nodded. "Of course." When Hope left, Ciara sat down in the chair. Before coming here, she had dropped Ben off at Dimera. She pulled out her phone to text him and to tell him what's going on. She wondered if Hope had remembered to call Belle or not.

"Please don't call her," a sleepy voice spoke up which caused her to jump.

"Shawn, you're awake!" But then it dawned on her what he had said. "I was thinking out loud, wasn't I?" She gave his hand a gentle squeeze. "Why don't you want Belle to know?" She asked curiously.

Shawn glanced at her. "I just don't want to worry her."

Ciara sighed. "Is something going on between you two? Did she sleep with Phillip again?" She asked. "Should I go to Hong Kong and beat her up?"

He flashed her a weak smile, chuckling.

Then Kayla walked into the room. "Are we having a sibling party in here?" She paused beside the bed. "And it's good to see you awake and alert." She quickly checkchecked his vitals. "Everything looks good so far. Keep this up and you can go home in a few days."

Ciara wrapped her arms around him. "I'm so glad your okay!"

"Sorry about Ben," Kayla mouthed to her, in which she just nodded in acknowledgement.

"Shawn was just about to tell me what's going on between him and Belle," Ciara spoke up in which earned her a glare from Shawn.

Kayla frowned, "I didn't know you two were having problems."

Hope came back in at that moment. "Whose having problems?" She smiled when she noticed that he was finally awake. "How are you feeling? You know, we never got a chance to talk." She glanced at Kayla and Ciara, then back at him. "I'm sorry for what I did to you," she apologized.

Shawn shook his head. "You didn't do anything, Princess Gina did."

Ciara nodded in agreement. "Mom, Shawn's right. You didn't do anything. You would never hurt us. Or anyone that you love."

Hope smiled. "I love you two."

Ciara pulled her in a hug. "Now if you will excuse me, I have to go." She glanced back at Shawn. "And we are not done talking about it." She walked out of the room.

"And I need to check on my other patients," she followed her out.

Hope sat back down in the chair. "So what were you and Ciara talking about?" She asked curiously.

"We were talking about Belle," he answered after a moment of silence. "Ciara thinks something happened between us since I didn't want anyone to call her."

"Speaking of which, I could hear some things when you was talking to Gina," Hope said. "And I believe you said that you and Belle was getting divorced? Want to talk about it?"

"And I also told you that Ciara's boyfriend was on death row," he countered. "She needs you more than I do."

"I will talk to her," she promised. "But I can also be here for you at the same time, just talk to me." She slipped her hand into his. "How is this then, I will let you rest tonight, but we are talking about this tomorrow, alright?" She stood up, then leaned over and kissed his forehead. "Get some rest." Without waiting for an answer, she walked out of the room.

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