Oh what the heck, why not another chapter. Enjoy guys.

Emma

Two days passed. Ruby was nice enough to take care of Henry for those past short days, but the only thing that she wasn't nice to do was to keep her mouth shut. But then again, when I'm with her, I have plenty of things to say, whether I want to or not.

Henry is in school now. Ruby came for a visit two hours ago. Apparently Granny was nice enough to cut her some slack, so she gave Rubes an absence from work.

She sat on a chair beside the bed. Dr. Harris advised me to remain in bed after I finish signing the papers for my discharge after lunch.

"So since Henry is gone, tell me everything."

"Rubes, please not now."

"Not now? Then when? Come on, Emma. I helped out, the least you can do is tell me the story."

I sighed. "Fine...Oh hell. Where should I begin?"

Ruby folded her hands excitedly. "Start from the part when you woke up from the hospital, was he there once you opened your eyes."

I opened my arms and reached for her hand. My eyes remained up in the front window, the sun beaming between the curtains.

"Emma, what's the matter?"

The words slipped out of my mouth slowly. "Ruby...He was there. But it wasn't Killian or Jefferson."

She gasped. "Y-you don't mean Bae, do you? Oh that little son-of-a -"

"Yes."I spoke quickly.

"Sweetie, how did you take it? Did you gave him a piece of your mind, to ease all that pain you went through all those years ago?"

I shook my head. "No...Rubes, my Bae is gone...He's gone." Tears fell down my eyes.

She started to pad my hand oddly. She doesn't usually see me react this way. She's usually the one crying or screaming her head off when she's pissed off, and I'm the one to comfort her. It's awkward and strange to change that pattern the other way around.

"What did that jerk do? What did he say?"

I can't speak. The lump is growing in my throat and tears are blinding my vision. I bit on my fist to silence the sobs.

"I can't believe that little bitch came back. After he walked away he's back. You know the only thing that hasn't changed is that he's still full of chicken shit to never bother to show his face a few years earlier. I mean, what gave him the idea that you and Henry can magically accept him back? Does he think that it's that easy? What is wrong with that asshole?...Oh I wish I was there, I can just give him a good punch in his –"

I dropped my fist. "Stop! Just stop!"

Ruby stopped. She is shocked by my reaction but also probably confused why I'm not agreeing on everything she's saying. I swallowed hard and took deep breaths. Stop crying Emma. Stop it. Stop crying. They do no good to you. No good.

When my tongue was able to work again, I grinded my teeth together to stop the trembling of my voice. I slowly opened my mouth. "He's not himself anymore, Rubes...Please. Please don't say those things about him to me again."

"Emma what do you mean he's different? Is he bald now? Did another woman walk in with him? Or is he gay now?"

"Rubes...Oh Ruby, Bae is blind."

Ruby stopped again, but this time she tightened the grip on my hand. "What?...You can't be serious, Emma. What do you mean he's blind? Bae is healthy as a horse, I knew that for a fact since the day I first met him. I still know that...I don't believe you. You must had been mistaken."

The sobs returned to me. I wiped away fresh drops of tears with my hands. "His eyes are gray...H-he told me that...He told me that he can't – he can n-n-never treat me the same way he did from the start. Oh gosh Ruby he's blind! He sacrificed his sight for money! To some rich old man! A stranger, Ruby! A complete stranger! I can't believe Bae would be so stupid to hurt himself like that!...How can he be thinking about me and Henry after everything he went through? That poor bastard should be thinking about himself. Ruby, I'm a terrible person. I really am."

Ruby folded her hand to mine tighter and pulled it close to her chest. I can feel her tears falling on my hand.

"Emma, calm down. It's not your fault."

I shook my head. I sniffled and more tears fell down wildly. "Yes...Yes it is my fault. All my fault. I should have never planned a future for us when we were fifteen. We should have never left after our graduation. I wished I listened to my mother, and understood the big picture once I left the house. How naïve I was to think that everything will come around once Bae and I start a family together. I never thought about money, or how we're ever going to confront our families again so easily after that. Now look what I caused. Look, Ruby. I made Bae blind. I made myself sick. I gave Henry a horrible, miserable life. I am the one who broke the hearts of two amazing men..."

Ruby shook her head. "Emma, get hold of yourself! Damn it. It's not your fault...Calm down. Please, you're scaring me."

"You know I'm scared of myself, Ruby. Anything I do, I cause pain and misery. I always thought I'm trying to make things right. Instead I'm just destroying everything."

Ruby stood up from her chair and crawled on the bed. She lied down beside me and wrapped her arms around me. I sobbed as she pressed me closer to her. She rubbed my back and whispered comforting words to my ears. But no matter how hard she tried, the guilty truth is still haunting me...I am the one who caused all this. What's going to happen to Henry now? How am I going to tell him about his father? What kind of person am I? I should have been there for Bae. Instead of sitting there on the floor, clearly lost and hurt when Bae left out the door with his suitcase, I should have ran after him and stopped him. Why wasn't I strong enough to stop that man? I could have saved the worst mistake he ever made in his life. He could be seeing me again, and the one city he fell in love with. I wouldn't be crying every night or forcing myself to hide my life from my own son and friends who care about me.

How painful it is that one mistake can cause such a large line of misery...What will happen now?