Sensing Time Chapter 2
John pulled over to the side of the road and rushed over to the smashed car. He went to the driver's side and was shocked to see Tea passed out in the front seat.
Tea didn't look too good. From what John could see she had a nasty gash on the side of her face. John didn't want to move her in case there were internal injuries, but he had no choice, he could smell gas leaking and he had to get her as far away from the car before it exploded.
John managed to pry the door open. He wrapped Tea in his jacket and pulled her as carefully and as quickly as he could manage.
Once Tea was in his arms, John looked for a place that they might use for refuge from the pending explosion. There was nothing around, he held onto her as tight as he could and went back to his car. He started the car into drive and drove as fast as he could from the wreckage.
John watched as the car exploded in his rear view mirror. He drove Tea to the hospital.
Tea heard voices around her, but her vision was still gone, she felt completely vulnerable.
"You're awake; do you know where you are?" Tea heard somebody ask.
"What happened?" Tea asked.
"You were in a car accident?"
"Was anyone else hurt?"
"No, you were the only one that was hurt. Now I need to run a few tests on you and we'll probably keep you overnight for observation, but from what I can see you were really lucky that your friend John was there."
"John was there?"
"Yeah, he pulled you out of the car just in time. Right now I want you to follow my finger with your eyes."
"I want to see Dr. Greg, he's my physician and I would feel more comfortable if he was examining me?" Tea said hoping that she could contain the situation until her eyesight returned. She didn't want Dani to find out about her tumor, not yet anyways. Tea wanted to enjoy whatever normal experiences she could have with her daughter before they were taken away from her.
"Dr. Greg is off shift right now, but I'll see if I can get a hold of him," Tea heard somebody say. She listened for the footsteps and the sound of the door shutting.
When Tea thought that she was alone, she started to cry. It wasn't supposes to happen this fast, she was losing her control, everything was still dark and she feared that she would never see her beautiful daughter's face again.
John knew that something was terribly wrong with Tea. John had entered the room when the doctor had left and Tea hadn't said anything to him, it was as if he wasn't even there. Then she began to cry, John didn't know what to do or say. In the two years that he had known her he had never seen her cry once. She was the strongest, most fierce woman that he had ever met. He didn't always agree with Tea's methods, but he respected and admired her passion regarding the law. John went and sat by her bedside and grabbed her hand to comfort her.
Tea flinched when she felt someone grab her hand and she suddenly realized she wasn't alone. "Who's there?" Tea asked.
"Tea, it's me, it's John. Tea, can you see?" John asked as the sudden realization that she was blind hit him.
Tea was tired of lying and she could no longer keep up the pretenses. She knew that it was time that she told the truth. "No, I can't see anything. I've lost my eyesight and it's only a matter of time before I lose my life."