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Blinded By Faith

Chapter Eight

Explanations

The policeman tipped his hat to both Saeki and Sabrina as he stood up with his other partner. "Well, have a good day, ma'am. Please contact us if you have any more troubles." Saeki escorted both policemen to the door, wondering if they would actually catch Damian.

"Please contact us if you catch him." She asked, looking down at the carpet, not wanting to meet the searching eyes of both men.

There was a pause before a, "Of course, ma'am," broke the silence. Footsteps soon followed, and the front door was gently closed before the silence reigned again. Saeki sighed, wandering back to the living room full of people. Sabrina was trying to drink a cup of tea without spilling her tea, but she wasn't really succeeding. Kyo then came up and gently lifted the cup to her lips. She offered a small smile in return for the help.

"So," Hatori sat down in front of both women (Saeki and Sabrina). "Tell us what happened." This caused everyone to listen and stop what they're were doing.

Sabrina gazed around at all of them before slouching in her seat and sighing. "Well, I knew this was going to happen sooner or later..." Saeki gently grabbed one of her hands and squeezed it.

"It's okay, Rain-Chan, they probably deserve to know what happened after that episode earlier." Sabrina sighed, wondering where to start. "Where should I start?"

"How about you start with the accident?" Kyo looked at her, both mad and curious at the same time. He plopped down next to her, awaiting for the freakin' truth to come out. Sabrina frowned, seeming to look into the past with her unseeing eyes.

"It's not something that I would LIKE to remember, but yes, it is a good start Kyo..."

~Flashback~

It was close to the middle of the second semester. I remember because Hatori, Shigure, Ayame and I were going to celebrate my fifteenth birthday that came earlier that week. I was waiting for Ayame on the corner a couple of blocks around my house; don't you remember? I also remember having a really bad feeling that something was going to happen, something really bad. I was pondering this when I heard my name come up. I looked up and Ayame was running towards me, waving and smiling like there was no tomorrow.

It was a good day, shining brightly. I guess you could say that the day decided to match with Ayame's mood.

Ayame grinned, seemingly happy for what was going to happen. "So, ready to finally be officially fifteen?" I rolled my eyes at the gayness of Ayame at the time. "I've been fifteen for about a week now, Ayame," His persona seemed to kind of break at that. I grinned. "But I'm always up for a good birthday party!" Ayame's grin came back five times brighter than it was before.

"Of course you are!" He grabbed a hold of my arm and dragged me across the street, not really caring for the strange looks that we were getting. I smiled and just listened to him ramble on and on about the get-together party and what we were going to do etc, etc.

It was times like these that make me go back to the days of when I could see, when I could actually not constantly bump into things that weren't there. Anyways, we were almost there when my silver phone dropped out of my back pocket. It must've gotten loose or something, but I immediately stopped and bent over to pick it up.

I think that was the first mistake that I made that led up to what had happened.

I could hear a loud and close engine coming from the left of me. I looked to said side and then I couldn't really remember much. Only the pain, the immense pain, Ayame's shouts of my name, and complete and utter darkness.

Honestly, it wasn't the pain or Ayame's voice that kind of scarred me for life; it was the darkness. I could remember saying that I would rather loose my voice than anything so I can see the world as it was and listen to the music it created. It's ironic, really, seeing as the darkness opened up my eyes wider than they would've ever been.

I stayed in the hospital for who knows how long, falling in and out of sleep, rarely ever seeing anything when I did wake up. When I did wake up for good, I was informed that my eyesight was permenantly gone; they couldn't save it. The doctor said that some gasoline got into my eye and buried itself into the nerves and tissue in my eyeball. I cried for a week about it, so sad that I couldn't see what I loved to see anymore.

I think they offered me some eye surgeries that could restore my eyesight a bit, but I refused them everytime. Something about being blind just seemed... right, even though it was so wrong at the same time.

~End of Flashback~

Sabrina sighed, 'staring' down at the tea in front of her. "Once I got myself back together, I called my parents and told them, pleaded with them, actually, to move somewhere else before anyone else could find out that I was blind. I made Ayame swear that he wouldn't stay with me in the hospital and that he wouldn't tell anyone of the accident." She put her head in her hands, letting her mental age and stress shine through. "I honestly don't know what happened during those ten years that I was gone. I just seemed to float on my depression and anger, wondering when life would actually get a little bit better."

Saeki squirmed a bit, knowing what was going to come next, for she was told this same exact story several times before when she was younger. She didn't like it, but she knew that the others deserved to hear the truth.

"But that was before I met Damoin." Her eyes glazed even more, jumping back into a memory that was created three years ago.

~Flashback~

It was a bright sunny day, and I was using it to lounge around at the park that was nearby. The feeling of the sun on my skin and unseeing eyes was great! I came to accept the fact that I was blind and it would never return, and that made life a bit better. Mom and Dad continued to save money and teach me how to read brail so I could return to reading the books that I always loved to read. They also taught me how to walk around without bumping into too many things. Even though they couldn't watch over me during the day or get anyone else to help take care of me, they loved me and had faith in God that I would be alright.

Anyways, you see, I was about to leave when I bumped into someone. That someone happened to be Damoin Charles. He was just relaxing that day from his day off of work. He was only a co-manager at the time of the establishment that his father owned, which was growing larger every year.

He helped me up from the ground an apologized for bumping into me. I only said thank you and continued to stumble on, using the trees and sidewalks as directions back home. I felt someone help me walk straight.

I couldn't see who he really was at the time, he cloaked his soul really well from me at that moment in time. From that day on, it seemed like we bumped into each other everywhere; the grocery store, the theatre, the bookstore. It almost seemed like he was stalking me, but he was always there on business; the grocery store to find out which type of food would work best with his mother's cooking, the theatre to think up new ideas and runway designs, and the bookstore for his dying grandmother.

He was really sweet when we started talking. About three months later, he asked me out; I said yes. Damoin was sweet the rest of the year; he led me to some of the most high-end restraunts, took me out randomly, and then let me meet his family on one weird occassion.

Damoin then asked me to marry him on the beach on one of his vacations. He just walked me out onto the beach and gave me a small black box. I opened it up to reveal the ring that you see on my finger right now. I remember it being one of the most happiest moments in my life; someone loving and marrying me despite the disability that I had.

It was after that that he showed me who he really was. His soul seemed to strip away the glamour that he used and showed me a tall, black monster that I didn't like seeing.

He abused me mentally in the first year, making me seem like a fool in front of others just because I was blind. Then he started to physically abuse me when I... met Saeki Ryuuzaki. He got drunk most of the time, but I made sure that she didn't get hurt.

~End of Flashback~

"I never really went anywhere, but he gave me the internet access to be connected to the outside world. Dragon here is my only outside connection since she goes to school and reads to me most of the time. I was extremely caged in for the past ten years of my life." Sabrina smiled, wrapping her arms around herself. "It was the greatest thing in my life to be in your shop, Ayame, and to meet my nephew again after all of these years." Sabrina's voice started to crumble when she started talking about the shop and Kyo, which resulted in her breaking down; completely.

"It's okay, Aunt Rain, everything will be okay." Both Kyo and Saeki whispered to her. They gave each other strange looks, but dismissed it at the moment.

Hatori sat back and sighed through his nose, kind of glad that Sabrina was alright; well, as alright as she would ever be. That, and the appearence of Saeki was... strange, at the least. Was she her child? And if she was, who's the father?

Ayame, on the other hand, instantly knew that this kind of guilt would completely kill him. Yes, he tried to search for her after being attained in the hospital, but she only showed up three years ago in the newspaper as 'The New Damoin Woman,' which, to him, was a dispicable name for someone as beautiful as the rose that was weeping in front of him. He sighed and leaned forward, wondering exactly when her hell began and when it would end. It didn't seem like it would anytime soon.

Shigure smiled slightly and leaned forward. "We're just glad you're alright, Princess." He said, laying a hand on her shoulder from behind. Sabrina wiped her eyes of her tears, glad that they didn't hate her for anything; not for the lies, not for the secrets, and not for the disappearing for ten freakin' years.

"I'm just glad to be home again."


Hey guys! Okay, this took a while, but I do hope you guys like it :) I have no internet access at my house, so I'm using a friend's at the current moment. I'll try and update a story a day, but I'm coming out with three new stories soon, and one of them is part of a contest, so the others may have to wait. Also, some of my stories are going to be deleted then rewritten in a totally new storyline. Like I said, hope you guys don't mind!

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BurningMoon Yes she did, yes she did :) Hope she was in character!

Okay, seriously guys? You all love the rest of my chapters, but not seven? What the hell!

Still love you guys anyways :) Do give me reviews and ideas! Also, I need to know if Sabrina is going to be with Ayame or Hitori! It's freaking important to the storyline! Adios, me amigos!