"Maybe so...it wouldn't surprise me if this was meant to happen, or if there really was a reason for things happening the way they did. I should be grateful, ne? It could've been much worse."

Much worse; Amber had worried the day she had seen the news about the church. Though the investigators attributed the crime scene as a murder-suicide (with no mention of anyone present that night), Amber still felt guilty about it. Yes, they were terrible people but she was not the one to judge them.

And yet...with all my heart...I killed them.

Breaking the second rift of silence, Amber smiled and in the cheerful way that her own mother usually did, she gave him a brief and spirited hug. Apparently she was back to her happy self again!

"Either way, I'm grateful for the outcome of it all. I hope those kids are home safe and sound. Ah..are you sure you don't want me to repay you?"