“Why blurry then?” But the fear in her voice betrayed her.
Few a days now she had been awake and hasn’t felt something like this.
Doesn’t that mean it might be some kind of complications?
Sonia had several thoughts rage through her mind yet she couldn’t understand any.
Kelvin sighed.
“Why do I get the feeling that you are anxious to go blind?”
Sonia snorted.
“You think it is a good thing…to be led by others?”
“Oh! I get it but for you…it makes no difference whether you are physically blind or not.” Kelvin muttered as he pushed the trolley away from the bedside.
“As far as I could recall…you’ve always been blind…”
“You..,” She began.
“But that’s just the truth…otherwise…” He paused but the rest of the sentence he completed in his heart.
“How would you have been in this state?”
He felt both anger and helplessness towards Sonia’s trust trait.
If anything, she trusted too much for her own good.
And the result she had been plotted against and her life crushed in the hand of another person.
Sonia shook her head tiredly.
“Forget it, I’ve already gotten to this point…there’s no need to talk about it that way.”
“You are right…there’s no need but…” Kelvin paused lightly to gauge her expression.
“You don’t have to say it out so loud…” she swiftly cut in.
“I understand what you meant but I am more worried about…now.”
As for the rest, that would be handled later.
Kelvin raised a brow.
“About now?”
Sonia rocked her head a few times in affirmation even though she couldn’t see his expression clearly.
“Kelvin,” she began.
“Tell me the truth, am I really going blind?” Her voice firm as though she had accepted her fate about the blurry eyesight.
And was beginning to plan for an escape route.
Kelvin pulled a chair over and sank leisurely.
At least this moment, he would savour the rare privilege of looking at her without being glared at.
Silence fell in the room.
For Sonia she was fighting hard to hold herself from falling apart but Kelvin only stared at her in daze.
His eyes fell on a few strands of hair that fell across her face, Kelvin stretched his hand and tucked it behind her ear.
Feeling his fingertip graze past her skin, Sonia froze…her lips parted to speak but the words seemed to have evaporated into the thin air.
Her heart beat wildly.
She swallowed hard.
“Kelvin…” she called softly.
“Don’t hide anything from me…I am way stronger than you think.”
How much she wished he would believe her, believe that she is really strong and could handle it well.
But she had this feeling that Kelvin doesn’t believe her.
That alone was more frustrating to think of than her predicament.
Sonia held her breath waiting for his response.
Kelvin smiled before he set his hand down.
“Don’t worry…Even if you not only go blind but also become crippled…I’ve got you covered.”
Sonia’s face twitched.
“Kelvin Thorne…are you cursing me?”
“I dare not. But come to think about it?” He leaned forward, his breath brushed against her skin.
“I think you are better this way…so, drop the gloomy look.” Kelvin smirked.
Sonia’s fist clenched.
Better?
Gloomy?
Sonia’s chest rose and fell on fury.
Others might not just be gloomy but turn practically mad to wake to a blurry sight yet she was here trying to understand the situation and he is just waving it off.
Calling her gloomy?
Is he for real?
Who wouldn’t be gloomy and scared when their sight is threatened with unclear reason.
Or does Alex want her blind since he didn’t succeed in killing her?
As much as she thought about it, she still can’t believe Kelvin would think she was better as a blind lady.
“Do you hate me so much to wish me that…” she finally asked.
Kelvin chuckled, “Common, who dares hate you…I am just angry at you.”
Sonia clicked her tongue.
Finally admitted it, huh?
“But one can’t stay angry with you for long…” Kelvin continued.
“About the eyes…”
Sonia fist slowly clenched on the bed as she waited for the verdict but Kelvin covered her hand with
His touch was so warm and gentle that Sonia unconsciously unclenched her fist.
Her heart thumped, she was really afraid but had to put up that bold front…already dead and soon to be buried.
How could she lose her sight now?
With scores to settle…she can’t.
She really can’t.
“About what?”
“I will know when the test results are out.”
“Does that mean…I will…” Sonia asked, anxious creeping into her voice.
“You don’t have to get agitated…Six months in a coma doesn’t leave the brain untouched. Some parts of it are still waking up… and they don’t all come back at once.”
“Let’s say, your brain still needs time to readjust just like the partial memory loss…but the blurry sight was mainly triggered because you had a fever.”
“Fever, why didn’t I know?”
Kelvin flicked her forehead.
“You ask too many questions.”
She pulled her hand away and touched her forehead slightly, her lips curled up softly as relief washed over her.
At least she isn’t going blind.
That’s great.
Then came a flash of an unfamiliar memory.
A curious little girl sat beside an elegant lady, dressed beautiful.
The girl seemed curious and asked about everything.
Then the woman flicked her forehead.
Then came the gentle,hearty laugh.
Sonia couldn’t place the scenario properly.
That should be the memory of my mother surfacing.
Did they believe she was dead?
They must have felt sad.
“Your meal is getting cold…” Kelvin’s voice snapped through her thoughts then the sound of clinking metals as he set up the meal.
Sonia’s brow furrowed, there’s a meal but why didn’t she perceive the aroma…had her nostrils conditioned only to the smell antiseptic.
“You cooked or…”Sonia began.
“What matters is that you had a meal waiting for you?”
Sonia nodded and touched her stomach with the free hand.
Now that he mentioned it, she suddenly felt hungry.
To think that she had survived only fluids for a few days now…
“With my vision this way, how do I eat?” She asked.
Kelvin said nothing, he refilled a glass with warm water and brought it to her lips, his other hand placed at the back of head.
“Drink in slow sips.” He warned gently.
By the time he took the cup away.
Sonia exhaled with relief.
“Thank you.” She muttered softly.