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Her Eyes, His Regret New Updating
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00:00I gave my eyes to the man I loved so he could see again.
00:03And how did he repay me?
00:04He locked me away in an abandoned house and left me there to rot.
00:08To him, I was nothing but a stand-in carrying another man's child.
00:12Two pink lines bloomed on the pregnancy test in my hand.
00:15I was going to be a mother.
00:18Babe, your hands are sweating.
00:19What's it?
00:21I parted my lips, ready to tell him.
00:25Lily, move!
00:26He shoved me out of the way.
00:27I hit the rough concrete hard.
00:29My knees scraping raw against the ground.
00:31Then came the sickening crash of metal.
00:33Blood streamed through the cracks in the gray asphalt until it pooled at my feet.
00:39I ran to him, gripping his ice-cold hand.
00:42He was blind.
00:44And he had no idea I was carrying his child.
00:47The brain bleed is severe.
00:49Even if he wakes up, he will be blind.
00:51The Carters have no use for a blind air.
00:53Pull the plug.
00:54Let him die.
00:55Use your private medical team.
00:57Take my corneas and give him back his sight.
00:59Then you'll still have the air you want.
01:00Just please, don't let him die.
01:04Fine.
01:06Sign this agreement.
01:08And from this moment on, you will be nothing to him.
01:11I grabbed the pen and signed.
01:13In exchange for his life, I signed myself into five years of hell.
01:19Cold metal clamps forced my eyelids open.
01:21They took my corn ears while I was still conscious.
01:24I had to watch the scalpel come down, wide awake.
01:27The pain was so unbearable that my whole body bucked against the restraints.
01:32Hold her still.
01:32Get the tube in her mouth.
01:34I won't have her biting through her tongue.
01:35The doctor jammed a rough plastic tube into my mouth.
01:38I felt something tear into my throat.
01:39Hot blood flooded my nose as my world went completely black.
01:42When it was over, my world was pitch black, and my voice was nothing but a bloody weed.
01:47Three days later, bodyguards dumped me onto the dusty floor of my old house.
01:51Wendy Carter just paid 30 million for you.
01:53You're marrying the Carter heir, the one who just got his sight back.
01:55I dropped to my knees, clutching my stomach, shaking my head frantically.
01:58I tried to beg her to spare my baby, but only a pathetic hiss scraped out of my throat.
02:02Change her clothes.
02:03Get her in the car.
02:05They forced me into a cheap wedding dress and shoved me into a black car.
02:10Then they dragged me into a large room.
02:14The carpet beneath my feet felt thick and soft.
02:17Miss Wendy did this on purpose.
02:19She bought a blind, mute, and pregnant woman for Lucas.
02:24He'd never touch her.
02:26He's been offering a fortune to find a woman named Lily.
02:31Lily.
02:32The moment I heard my name, my breath caught in my throat.
02:36Then the heavy scent of whiskey and cedar cologne wrapped around me.
02:39He was tearing the city apart to find me.
02:41Yet here I was, the blind, mute bride trembling at his feet.
02:45And he had no idea.
02:47I crawled toward the sound.
02:49I reached out and grabbed at his shoes.
02:51I looked up and pointed to my eyes, Aze.
02:57Get off me!
02:58Don't touch me with your filthy hands!
03:01He shoved me away like I was garbage,
03:03his heavy foot kicking me hard in the shoulder.
03:06I crashed onto the floor and instantly curled around my swollen belly,
03:10shielding it with both arms.
03:15Keep that bastard child away from me.
03:19You'd do anything for money.
03:21You'd disgust me.
03:23I shook my head over and over, tears spilling down my face.
03:27My hand trembled as I tried to trace my name with one finger.
03:31He turned away.
03:33His heel came down on my fingers,
03:35grinding hard enough to send agony through my bones.
03:38Take one more step toward me and I'll have you thrown to the dogs.
03:43The door slammed shut with a deafening crash.
03:46I lay motionless on the floor,
03:48biting my lower lip so hard it broke open.
03:51The sharp taste of blood filled my mouth.
03:54He could see again.
03:56The light had finally returned to his world.
03:59But he was using the very eyes I gave him
04:02to look at me with absolute disgust.
04:08The silver half-heart pendant was the only thing that could prove who I was.
04:14He had fastened it around my neck five years ago,
04:17back when he still loved me.
04:19I was in the courtyard, feeling my way forward in the sun.
04:23My collar had slipped open.
04:24Then I heard the sharp click of high heels on stone coming straight towards me.
04:29Where did you get that?
04:30Who are you?
04:32Wait!
04:33Lily?
04:34Is that you?
04:35I clutched the pen at my throat with both hands.
04:38You didn't die?
04:40You're the blind woman they brought here?
04:42Wendy shoved me hard in the shoulder.
04:44I fell backward,
04:45the back of my head slamming hard against the stone floor.
04:49She grabbed the pendant and violently ripped it from my neck.
04:53The silver pendant hit the ground with a sharp clatter.
04:56Her red heels stomped right onto it.
04:59I heard the sickening crunch of breaking glass and metal.
05:03I dropped to the ground and groped across the rough stone,
05:07searching for the pieces.
05:08Sharp shards of glass sliced deep into my fingertips,
05:12but I didn't stop.
05:14Blood ran down my shaking hands as I tried to piece my only hope back together.
05:18Then a sudden pain tore through my belly.
05:23My water broke.
05:26Warm fluid ran down my thighs and soaked through the white skirt of my dress.
05:30I curled into a ball in agony,
05:32my fingernails scraping helpfully against the stone.
05:36I could hear the maids walking past in the nearby hallway.
05:40Not one of them stopped.
05:41I just lay there in a pool of blood,
05:45listening to their footsteps fade away into the cold.
05:50The agony lasted five long hours.
05:53In total darkness,
05:54I gave birth to my daughter on a hospital bed.
05:57A faint cry filled the room,
05:59answering the screams I could never voice.
06:01Then the door swung open.
06:03Lucas walked in and stopped at my bedside.
06:06She's tougher than I thought.
06:08Lucas, can't you see it?
06:10She's trying to use that bastard child to trap you.
06:13With a trembling finger,
06:14I pointed at the incubator,
06:15silently begging him to look into her eyes.
06:18Please, Lucas,
06:19just one glance.
06:20Look into her eyes and you'll know.
06:22She is your daughter.
06:23They are never to set foot in the main house again.
06:26From this day on,
06:27they will receive nothing from the Carter family.
06:30I slowly lowered my trembling hand.
06:32Tears streamed down my face,
06:34soaking the pillow beneath me.
06:36One sentence.
06:37No hesitation.
06:38He had just sentenced his own newborn to death.
06:40They dumped my fragile baby into my arms
06:42and rolled us straight out of the hospital.
06:44It was snowing heavily outside.
06:46The wind cut across my face like a knife.
06:48It was bitterly cold,
06:50but my heart was colder.
06:51Five years.
06:52I endured five long years in that freezing,
06:55run-down house,
06:56raising Stella on my own.
06:58There was no heat in the dead of winter
07:00and no relief from the scorching summer.
07:03Since I was blind,
07:05I had to feel my way through
07:07even the smallest tasks,
07:09just to pour Stella a cup of water.
07:12Once,
07:13a rusty kettle tipped,
07:15splashing boiling water
07:17straight onto my wrist.
07:19I felt the skin instantly blister and peel.
07:23But hearing Stella's little footsteps approaching,
07:26I bit deep into my lower lip,
07:28swallowing my silent scream along with the blood.
07:32Just a blind freak
07:34and a little bastard.
07:36You two can rot right here in the dirt.
07:40Wendy's heels crushed the tiny vegetable sprouts.
07:43I had fought so hard to grow,
07:46shielding Stedella in my arms.
07:48Stella was five now.
07:49She had inherited Lucas's exact blue eyes
07:52and slightly wavy hair.
07:54Mommy,
07:55I wiped the table clean
07:56and I got the water ready.
07:58I gently stroked her hair.
08:00With trembling fingers,
08:02I reached into my pocket
08:03and pulled out the shattered pendant,
08:05carefully wrapped in an old handkerchief.
08:08Daddy has one just like this.
08:10He's gonna come take us home soon.
08:12I said nothing.
08:13How could I tell her?
08:14The man who left us here to freeze and starve
08:17was the very father she waited for every single day.
08:21The bodyguards hadn't closed it properly,
08:23leaving a narrow gap.
08:24Stella slipped out while the guards were changing shifts.
08:28She wandered into the red rose garden.
08:30The sunlight was harsh and blinding.
08:32Then Stella spotted a tall man in a white shirt,
08:35standing with his back to her.
08:37Mister?
08:38Lucas turned around and looked down.
08:40The moment he saw the little girl in ragged clothes,
08:42his breath caught in his throat.
08:44A straight nose and slightly wavy hair.
08:48She looked exactly like him when he was a child.
08:51What's your name?
08:52My name is Stella.
08:54My mommy's name is Lily.
08:56Lucas froze.
08:57His fingers began to tremble uncontrollably
08:59and reached towards Stella.
09:01Suddenly, he plucked a few strands of hair from her head,
09:03clenching them tightly in his palm.
09:05He didn't say another word.
09:09The real blood and hair samples were destroyed
09:12before they ever reached the lab.
09:15Wendy had paid off the head doctor with a massive bribe.
09:19Lucas waited for three grueling hours.
09:22Then the door opened.
09:24Zero percent match.
09:26Wendy tossed a white sheet of paper onto the black wooden desk.
09:31Lucas snatched up the report at once.
09:33That mute is playing you.
09:35She had the kid's face altered to look exactly like yours.
09:40She just wants the Carter war chin.
09:43Lucas clenched his fists with brutal force.
09:46He crushed the white report into a ball,
09:50tore it to shreds, tore it to shreds,
09:52and hurled the scraps to the floor.
09:56Tell the guards, no food, no heat, no power for that house.
10:01Not even a single drop of water.
10:04He pulled open the blinds.
10:06The blinding sunlight struck his face.
10:08With a voice divide of any warmth,
10:10he completely sealed our death sentence.
10:13At that moment, he felt not a shred of pity
10:16for the little girl who had his eyes.
10:18The temperature dropped to ten below zero.
10:20There was no food in the old house.
10:22No medicine.
10:23Even the water pipes had frozen and burst.
10:26Stella was running a high fever.
10:28Her skin was burning hot,
10:29and her breathing grew short and ragged.
10:31Holding her in my arms,
10:33I dragged myself to the locked door and collapsed.
10:35My forehead hit the freezing concrete and split open.
10:38Blood flowed into my eyes.
10:40I desperately begged the guards outside
10:42for a single sip of warm water.
10:44No one answered.
10:47Mommy, I'm not hungry.
10:51I'll go find Daddy.
10:53If I show him the pendant, he'll save us.
10:56She took the old handkerchief wrapping the shards from my arms.
11:00She pushed open the door of the shed.
11:03Outside, a freezing rainstorm was pouring down.
11:08Drounced in freezing mud,
11:10Stella rushed into the main mansion.
11:13She tightly hugged the leg of Lucas' suit pants
11:16just as he came downstairs.
11:18The black fabric was instantly stained with yellow mud.
11:23Mister, please save Mommy.
11:26She has a really bad fever.
11:28Lucas looked at her with disgust
11:30and coldly pulled his leg away.
11:32Stella lost her strength and fell hard onto the floor.
11:35The handkerchief clenched in her fist came loose.
11:38They landed right at Lucas' feet.
11:41The silver metal and glass shards
11:43hit the white marble floor with a sharp clink.
11:46Lucas froze.
11:47He reached into his shirt
11:49and pulled out the half pendant around his own neck.
11:52He dropped to one knee
11:54and in the same motion
11:55snatched the right half of the heart pendant from the floor.
11:57With the right half still clenched in his fist,
11:59he leaned toward Stella,
12:01who lay trembling on the floor.
12:02Her face turned weakly toward him
12:04and he pressed the right half
12:05against the broken edge of his own left half.
12:08Your mommy?
12:09What's her name?
12:12My mommy's name is Lily.
12:15Mommy can't see
12:17and she can't speak,
12:19but she had the exact same pendant.
12:23Find out everything!
12:25Get me her medical files from five years ago right now!
12:30And drag Wendy in here.
12:33Ten minutes later,
12:34a white, top-secret file was placed on the black desk.
12:38Surgical report,
12:39living donor cornoneal extraction
12:41and irreversible vocal cord trauma.
12:44In the signature box at the bottom right corner
12:46was one name,
12:47Lily.
12:49The blind woman in the mud,
12:51the shameless mute.
12:53She was the Lily he had been desperately searching
12:55for these past five years.
12:57Every curve lined up.
13:00He finally knew the truth.
13:03With his own hands,
13:05he had shoved the love of his life
13:07and his own flesh and blood
13:09into a living hell
13:11for five long years.
13:13I heard frantic footsteps
13:14splashing through the rain.
13:16The shabby wooden door of the shed
13:18was smashed open.
13:21I sat on the broken wooden chair.
13:23Severe starvation.
13:25My fingers were so stiff
13:26I couldn't even bend them
13:28and the freezing cold
13:29had completely nummied my body.
13:31He collapsed right in front of me,
13:33his knees slamming hard
13:34into the muddy water.
13:36Lily.
13:37He gripped her hands desperately.
13:39His hot tears fell onto
13:40the icy back of her hands.
13:43I was wrong.
13:45Lily, I was wrong.
13:47It's me, Lucas.
13:51Wendy lied to me.
13:54The DNA report was fake.
13:58At the sound of that name,
14:01every muscle in my body
14:03instantly went redded.
14:04I wrenched my hands away from his.
14:07Holding onto the chair,
14:09I slowly stood up.
14:11Only a dry, broken rash
14:13came from my throat.
14:15I didn't cry.
14:16I simply raised my right hand
14:19and pointed towards the door,
14:20towards the pouring rain.
14:22Every tear I had cried
14:24in the dead of night.
14:25Every searing burn.
14:27Every ounce of spare
14:29I felt when he called me shameless.
14:31All of it was in that single gesture.
14:33Lily, please.
14:35Be angry at me.
14:37Hate me if you want.
14:39Just don't shut me out.
14:40He clung to my legs desperately,
14:42locking both arms around my calves
14:44and burying his face
14:45against my knees as he sobbed.
14:47Tears spilled from my eyes.
14:49I forced the corners of my mouth
14:50into a stiff, unnatural smile.
14:52I bent down and shoved him away hard.
14:55I pointed at the bandages over my eyes,
14:57then at the ugly surgical scar
14:59across my throat.
15:00I signed it so wildly
15:01that my nails tore the skin
15:03on the backs of my hands,
15:04drawing thin streaks of blood.
15:06The lily you knew five years ago
15:08is dead.
15:08You killed her with your own hands.
15:11Stella clutched my shirt in fear.
15:14I picked up my daughter
15:15and stepped back.
15:16I slammed the wooden door shut.
15:19The metal bolt slid into place
15:20with a harsh clank.
15:22I left him outside
15:22in the freezing rain.
15:24He pounded on the door
15:25like a madman,
15:26but I ignored him.
15:30Daddy, where is daddy?
15:32Delirious with fever,
15:33Stella gripped my hand
15:35and asked for her daddy.
15:36I stroked her hair
15:37and said nothing.
15:38Wendy came to kill me.
15:39Lily, I'll kill you!
15:41I put her knife in her hand,
15:42driving it straight at my chest.
15:43Lucas lunged in from the side
15:45and threw himself in front of me
15:47without a second's hesitation.
15:49He shot out his right hand.
15:50Blood streamed through his fingers.
15:52Heavy drops hitting the muddy ground
15:55one after another.
15:56The blade sank deep into his flesh.
15:58Wendy, you've gone too far.
16:01He lashed out
16:02and sent Wendy flying
16:03with one brutal kick.
16:04She slammed hard against the wall
16:06and dropped into the mud.
16:07Call the police.
16:08Take her away.
16:11The police snapped cold metal handcuffs
16:14around Wendy's wrists
16:15and shoved her into the squad car.
16:18The sirens gradually faded
16:20into the distance.
16:22In the yard,
16:23the only sound left
16:24was blood dripping
16:25into the muddy water.
16:26Lucas stood there,
16:27his right hand still bleeding.
16:29His eyes fixed on me.
16:30I never looked back at him.
16:31He didn't go to the hospital
16:32to have his wound bandaged.
16:34He stayed in the old house
16:35and lived like a servant.
16:36He sat directly
16:37on the mud-soaked threshold
16:39of the side court,
16:40making a fire
16:40and simmering porridge.
16:42Sparks landed
16:42on the back of his hand,
16:44raising angry red blusters.
16:45He was always one step ahead,
16:47pouring a cup of warm water
16:49and pressing it into my hands.
16:50It was always
16:51the right temperature.
16:52Daddy, we'll wash your dress for you.
16:54Go play with air
16:55for a little while.
16:57He never touched me.
16:58He only kept his head lowered
17:00and spoke to Stella.
17:01Late at night,
17:02he looked at the frostbite scars
17:03on Stella's wrist.
17:05Then he raised his left hand
17:06and slapped himself hard
17:08across the face.
17:09The sharp crack of it
17:10echoed through the night.
17:11Mommy,
17:12Daddy is crying.
17:14Should we forgive him?
17:16I sat in the darkness
17:17without saying a word.
17:18Even when flesh heals,
17:20it leaves a scar.
17:21Some things never fully fade.
17:23Every night,
17:24he kept watch outside the door.
17:26I could hear his muffled coughs
17:28and the sharp hiss of pain
17:29as he tended to his wounds.
17:31He thought that by doing this,
17:33he could somehow wipe away
17:34five years of our agony
17:36with a few days
17:36of his own suffering.
17:38Lucas stood close
17:39in front of me.
17:39I couldn't see him,
17:40but I could smell
17:41the sharp scent
17:42of medicinal ointment.
17:43He looked at me
17:43with a strange expression.
17:45Lily,
17:46I know I don't deserve
17:47your forgiveness.
17:47I'm not asking for it.
17:48I've signed everything
17:49over to you and Stella.
17:51Everything.
17:52And the specialists
17:52for your vision
17:53and your voice,
17:54they'll be here
17:55tomorrow morning.
17:56He pressed a thick set
17:57of documents into my hands.
17:59My fingers traced
18:00the rough edges
18:01of the pages.
18:02A thin,
18:03broken breath
18:04escaped my throat.
18:05Money won't erase
18:07those five years.
18:08It won't erase
18:09the hunger,
18:10the cold,
18:11the filthy squald
18:12they made me drink.
18:13It won't erase
18:14the times I knelled
18:15on that freezing floor,
18:16begging until I broke.
18:18None of it!
18:19He lowered his head.
18:21His hands clenched
18:22so tightly at his sides
18:23that I gave him
18:24no response.
18:25He gave me
18:25everything he had.
18:26He was trying
18:27to wash away his sins
18:28by losing everything.
18:29But I threw the documents
18:31to the ground,
18:31turned around,
18:32refusing to give him
18:33another zim second
18:34of my time.
18:35For Stella's sake,
18:37so she could live
18:38a normal life,
18:39I lay down on that
18:40stark white operating table.
18:44Two months later,
18:46a sterile white hospital room.
18:48The doctor slipped the gauze,
18:50unwinding the bandage
18:51from my eyes,
18:52layer by layer.
18:56Harsh white light
18:57flooded my vision.
18:58The blur slowly sharpened
19:00into focus.
19:02The first thing I saw
19:03was Stella.
19:05Then I saw Lucas.
19:08He stood in the far corner
19:09of the room,
19:10trembling all over.
19:11His hands were clenched
19:12into tight fists.
19:13The knife scar
19:14on his right hand
19:15and the burns
19:16on the back of it
19:17were impossible to miss.
19:19The hair at his Thames
19:20had gone completely white.
19:22In just five years,
19:24he looked like
19:24he'd aged a decade.
19:27I opened my mouth
19:28and forced out
19:29a dry,
19:30hoary sound.
19:31The surgery on my throat
19:33had just barely allowed
19:35my vocal cords
19:36to vibrate again.
19:37His head snapped up.
19:39Tears spilled
19:39from his eyes instantly.
19:41His legs seemed
19:42nailed to the floor.
19:43He did not dare
19:44move a single step
19:45closer to me.
19:46He was terrified
19:47of looking into my eyes
19:49and seeing his own cruelty
19:51reflected back at him.
19:52We returned to the crossroads
19:54where the crash happened
19:55five years ago.
19:56At dusk,
19:57on a New York street,
19:59five years ago,
20:00he had pushed me
20:01toward the curb here.
20:03Five years later,
20:04we stood on the same square
20:05of rough,
20:06gray pavement.
20:08Lily.
20:09He stood behind me,
20:11exactly three paces away.
20:14The wind ruffled
20:15his stark white hair.
20:17Everything I own
20:18has been transferred
20:19to you and Stella.
20:20The keys to the main house
20:21are on the table.
20:23As long as the two of you
20:24are safe,
20:26I'll disappear.
20:30You will never have
20:31to see me again.
20:32He took a step back,
20:33his leather shoes
20:34scraped against
20:35the gray pavement.
20:37He turned around,
20:38no hesitation.
20:40His silhouette
20:41dissolved into the flow
20:42of people crossing
20:43the street
20:44as he walked away
20:45into the crowd.
20:46He didn't look back,
20:48not even once.
20:49He left the choice
20:50entirely in my hands
20:52and carrying sins
20:53he could never wash away.
20:55He walked towards
20:56a lifetime of solitude.
21:00Mom,
21:01is dad leaving?
21:02Stella gripped
21:03my right hand tightly.
21:05Heavy tears splashed
21:06onto the concrete.
21:07I looked up.
21:09Lucas' figure
21:10was unmistakable
21:11in the crowd.
21:12He was walking slowly,
21:14his shoulders
21:15slightly hunched.
21:16Vivid images
21:17flashed through my mind,
21:19his knees sinking
21:20into the muddy water
21:20of the courtyard,
21:21the blood dripping
21:22into the dirt
21:23as he caught the blade
21:24with his bare hands,
21:25the raw blisters
21:26on his skin
21:27from building that fire,
21:28his hair
21:29completely drained
21:30of color.
21:31He was ruthlessly cruel
21:32and hopelessly foolish.
21:34But during that crash,
21:36he really did trade
21:37his life for mine.
21:42and when the knife fell,
21:43he really did put
21:44his bare hand
21:45in its path.
21:46I took a deep breath.
21:48Cold air filled
21:49my lungs.
21:51I gently let go
21:52of Stella's hand.
21:56I stepped forward.
21:58This wasn't forgiveness.
22:00I just didn't want
22:01Stella to spend
22:01the rest of her life
22:02feeling she was
22:03missing a father.
22:05Stop.
22:05Ten paces away,
22:07Lucas' back
22:07immediately went ridgic.
22:09He spun around.
22:10His eyes were wide,
22:11his lips trembling
22:13uncontrollably.
22:14Lucas,
22:14I hate you.
22:15The fragile Ligel
22:17light in his eyes
22:18died completely.
22:19His posture crumbled
22:20like a man
22:21who had just
22:22lost his soul.
22:23But Stella needs
22:23a father,
22:24so this is your sentence.
22:25You can spend
22:26the rest of your life
22:27doing our dishes.
22:29Hot tears welled up
22:30and spilled
22:31from his bloodshot eyes.
22:32He ran toward us.
22:33His footsteps
22:34came fast and sharp
22:36against the gray pavement.
22:37He threw his arms
22:38around us,
22:39pulling Stella
22:40and me fiercely
22:40into his embrace.
22:41I'll wash them
22:42every single day,
22:44I swear.
22:45My life is yours now,
22:47both of you.
22:47His muscles
22:48were completely tunt.
22:49He held us so tight
22:50my ribs ached
22:51but I didn't pull away.
22:52I could smell
22:53the cold wind
22:54and the bitter salt
22:55of his tears.
22:56He fell to his knees,
22:57wrapping his arms
22:59around my waist.
23:00He buried his face
23:01against me
23:02and sobbed uncontrollably,
23:03his tears soaking
23:04straight through my clothes.
23:06One year later,
23:07the ruins of the
23:08old courtyard
23:09were gone.
23:11Rich black soil
23:12lay beneath
23:13a blanket
23:14of deep red roses,
23:16in the evening.
23:17Lucas stood
23:18at the stove,
23:18a gray cotton apron
23:20tied around his waist.
23:21He diced tomatoes
23:22with his left hand,
23:23stirring a heavy iron pot
23:25with his right.
23:25Under the warm kitchen light,
23:27the long, jagged scar
23:28across his right hand
23:30was impossible to miss.
23:32Stella sat perched
23:33on his shoulders.
23:35Her hands were tangled
23:36in his snow-white hair,
23:38her clear laughter
23:39ringing through the house.
23:41Later that night,
23:42the bedroom lay in darkness,
23:43the ceiling light
23:44switched off.
23:45Lucas wrapped his arms
23:46around me from behind.
23:47I could feel his breath
23:48against my ear.
23:49He lowered his head,
23:50pressing his lips
23:51against the raised
23:52surgical scar
23:53on the side of my neck.
23:54He languished there
23:55for ten seconds.
23:57Lily,
23:58thank you.
24:00I gazed out
24:01at the moonlight
24:02spilling through the window.
24:04I didn't say a word.
24:06I simply lifted
24:07my right hand,
24:08reaching back
24:09to gently clasp his left.
24:11The scars will always be there.
24:13No matter how many years
24:14wash over us,
24:15the echoes of that pain
24:16will never fade.
24:18But our long walk
24:19through the abyss
24:20has finally reached its end.
24:23And life goes on.
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