1990 Once More with Guests (Part 2)

If it wasn't just another attempt of his mind to create a fake reality to escape from the pain of the torture.

It was the reason Raaz liked the Greenhouse so much. The smell of the earth was so familiar to him that it washed away the illusion of blood. The weight of the farming tools allowed him to make sure he wore no chains.

Now, however, he felt like he had taken a step out of the invisible cage he had been trapped in for so long. The marriage was real. The pain of the young woman between his arms was real. The child growing in Elina's womb was real.

His offer to fill in for Kamila's father was but a small gesture, but to him, it meant to stop watching life from the sidelines and be more than a cracked vase everyone was afraid to touch.

It meant having finally found the strength to face his demons in order to help the people he loved.