Audrey took Maya and Teddy to the Dupain mansion and Maya ran over to Mari who was in the garden with Teddy by her side. "Mari!"
Hearing Maya she stood up. "Maya?" Maya hugged her and she hugged back. "What a surprise I didn't expect you to come...did your dad bring you?" She asked with hope.
"No he left to the airport this morning. Grandma Audrey brought me." Maya replied seeing that Audrey was walking up to them.
At that moment Teddy started barking. "Is that Teddy?" Mari asked bending down to pet him.
Teddy walked away and Mari tried to find him with her hand not knowing that Audrey was looking at her. "What's wrong Mari?"
Mari quickly stood up hearing her voice. "Mrs. Audrey?"
Audrey waved a hand in front of Mari but Mari not seeing it didn't react. "Mari you're still blind."
"Who told you that Mrs. Audrey?" Mari asked acting clueless. "It's not true I can see now."
"I'm seeing it with my own eyes." Audrey replied. "You don't need to trick me like how you tricked Adrien. Why did you make Adrien believe that you weren't blind anymore?"
"Detective Kurtzberg just called me to let me know that Lila was transferred to a psychological hospital this morning." Tom told Sabine as she was folding some clothes.
"I wouldn't have wished for it to end like this but she has always treated Marinette badly." Sabine replied.
"Is Isabella her only family member?" Tom asked.
"I know that Isabella had sisters one of them has to be Lila's mom but I think they live in Italy. She was alone here with Isabella." Sabine replied.
"Lila can't count on Isabella since she's in jail...it seems that Lila is all alone now." Tom stated.
"I'll be locked up for 10 years and all because of Lila." Isabella mumbled. "10 years that I could fill with happiness without necessities or worries...all lost in prison. When I leave this place I'll be a destroyed old woman but at least the same thing will be happening to her since she'll be given at least double the time as me. Yes 20 years locked up without being able to enjoy her youth. She'll most likely be brought to this place. From me she'll only find my hatred for her. You'll pay for this Lila."
An officer walked over to her cell. "Hay you I was told to inform you that your niece Lila Rossi became completely crazy and she was taken to a psychological hospital." Isabella was shocked hearing that.
"Please don't tell him anything Mrs. Audrey." Mari begged now holding Teddy in her arms. "I have been able to act around Adrien and he hasn't noticed yet. He's sure that I can see now. Please don't tell him I beg you."
Ana walked over to them. "Mari Adrienne is awake and Mrs. Sabine wants to know if you want to help bathe her."
"Can I go!" Maya asked excitedly. "Can I help bathe her?"
"Of course Maya. Ana take Maya with you and I'll stay here talking to Mrs Audrey." Mari replied.
Ana nodded. "Of course Mari." Ana took Maya's hand and led her away to Mari's room.
"So will you keep the secret that I can't see Mrs. Audrey?" Mari asked.
"We'll talk about Adrien later Mari but first...first I want to ask you to forgive me Mari." Audrey said with sincerely. "To forgive me for every wrong doing I did to you. I behaved harsh strick and cruel to you. To you that didn't have the blame of what was going on in the house. Terrible thing had to happen especially with my daughter Chloe for me to understand all the errors I committed. It didn't help that I always put those that I believed lower than me in humiliation...life punished me in a cruel way but I deserve it for being that way." Audrey started to tear up.
"Well I'm glad that you realized your mistakes." Mari replied with a smile. "Especially if you're saying this from the heart since it means that you were nice from before you just lost your way."
"Look Mari I don't like to beg but I would if you ask me to." Audrey stated. "To show you that I'm completely honest with you. Can I count on your forgiveness Mari? What made me react was to know the kind of person that Chloe actually was. She was a bad person when I considered her as an angel."
Mari slowly walked over to Audrey. "Please don't cry Mrs. Audrey let all the bad times be left in the past so you can continue to live happily. Look that's why you have Maya with you and if you want to hear it more clearly I'll tell you. I forgive you with all my heart." She hugs her. "I don't even remember all the bad things you did to me."
"Thank you Mari." Audrey broke the hug. "Now let's stop talking about me and let's talk about you and Adrien."
Even on the plane Adrien couldn't stop thinking about Marinette and he sighs.
"Tell me Mari why have you been making Adrien believe that you can see when you obviously can't." Audrey stated. "In my opinion you're doing wrong but I need to know your reasons."
"Well I don't want him to get near me just because of pity." Mari replied.
"Do you really think that he hasn't been sincere with you about his love for you?" Audrey asked. "Right now Adrien is on the plane to his trip to go clear his feelings because he is still in love with you. He's trying to forget about you because you have told him that you don't love him anymore."
"Well he told me that everything between us is over." Mari replied. "That's why he was going far away and he might find a new love."
"If he told you that in a cruel way than he was wrong doing so but try to understand that Adrien is convince that you can see and that you don't need him anymore." Audrey stated. "He told me that you are the love of his life."
"Well he lied to you because he doesn't love me. He would only come to me because of pity if he finds out that I can't see." Mari replied. "You'll keep my secret from him right?"
Later that day Audrey and Maya went back home. "Were you able to see Mari Mrs. Audrey?" Natalie asked.
"Yes Natalie and I found out that Mari is still blind." Audrey replied. "Has Adrien called yet?"
"No Mrs. Audrey." Natalie replied.
"When he does pass the phone to me immediately." Audrey stated. Natalie nodded before walking away.
"So why did she come?" Ana asked Mari as they were playing with Adrienne in her playroom.
"Well she had problems in her life in the past and now she regrets the way she treated me when she first met me." Mari replied. "So she came to ask me to forgive her. I felt that she was sincere so i did forgive her. She even brought Maya to see Adrienne."
"So why did you become so sad?" Ana asked.
"Well she also told me that Adrien did go on his trip." Mari replied. "I wish that I could stop thinking about him but I can't. I have only suffered because of him so I should stop thinking about him...but the only thing good I got from him was Adrienne."
"Who knows maybe you'll find a new love one day." Ana stated.
"No I don't need a new love I just need Adrienne." Mari replied.
At that moment there was a knock on the door and Plagg walked in. "Dr. Jake is here to see you Mari. He's in the main living room."
"Thank you Plagg I'll be there soon." Mari replied.
After unpacking his things Adrien laid on his bed and dialled his house number. "Hi Natalie how's everything going over there?"
"Very well sir. Actually a postcard from Mrs. Ruby just arrived. It says that she's having a great time in Italy." Natalie replied. "Oh Mrs Audrey wants to talk to you."
"Alright." He waits for awhile. "How are you Audrey?...yes I arrived fine. Natalie told me that you wanted to talk to me."
"Yes Adrien I went to Mari's house to see her." Audrey stated. "To ask her to forgive me for... well you know and I found out about something that you ignore. Mari hasn't gotten her sight back she's still blind. She pretended to be able to see so you wouldn't be with her just because of pity."
"I can't believe this she totally tricked me." Adrien said now pacing around his room. "She really is a great actress I don't even know how to feel right now. I need to analyze the situation how did your visit go?"
"The first thing I did was to ask her to forgive me for the way I treated her in the past." Audrey stated. "Fortunately she believed my honesty and she forgave me."
"I'm glad that you two finally made peace." Adrien replied. "In that sense I'm glad."
"I also took Maya with me. She was happy to see Adrienne again." Audrey stated. "She wants me to wish you a happy trip."
"You can't keep going like that Mari." Jake told Mari.
"Well what do you expect me to do?" Mari asked.
"You need to be checked by an ophthalmologist." Jake replied. "Enaugh time passed for you to be able to see by now. Maybe it's not as simple as what the doctors thought in the beginning. Don't quit so soon. You should be evaluated again. Don't forget that I'm an ophthalmologist Mari. I can evaluate you so we can know for sure if something can be done for you to get your vision back. You won't lose anything but may gain something. Do you want to get your sight back?"
"Of course that's what I desire the most especially to be able to see Adrienne again." Mari stated. "I can't bathe her change her diaper or even feed her. I can't see her smile or see how much she's growing...after all she's almost two. Though I was told that I would get my sight back soon."
"That's not what happened and you won't be blind for the rest of your life." Jake replied. "I actually got my clinic already and you can go be checked whenever you want so we can know for sure what's excidly going on. If you need to be operated than it will happen. Don't worry about the cost that's what friends are for."
"Thanks Jake but my parents can and will pay you." Mari stated. "Alright let's talk to my parents and if they agree I'll go to your clinic to be checked."
"Mari is still blind." Adrien said to himself. "How could I not notice everything makes so much more sense now. She hid her blindness from me just so I wouldn't feel pity for her...that's far from the truth...what am I doing here if she needs me." Adrien booked the fastest flight back to Paris and packed all of his things again.
"I agree with Jake." Sabine stated after Jake explained everything to her and Tom. "Mari's blindness was supposed to be temporary and that she would get her sight back at any moment but that didn't happen."
"I don't know anything about medicine but I imagine that enough time passed for Mari to be able to see by now." Tom added.
"That's right Mr. Tom by now Mari should have gotten her sight back." Jake replied. "It's best to evaluate Mari again as soon as possible. It's important that Mari gets her sight back if she needs an operation than the best ophthalmologist surgeon will be doing it."
"Well do you agree dear?" Sabine asked.
"Yes mom." Mari replied.
"Well there's nothing else to say we'll go to your clinic tomorrow Jake." Sabine stated.
The next day Mari went to the clinic of Jake's with her parents and Ana. Jake helped her sit down and he started doing some tests on her.
Soon Jake went to talk to her parents. "Like I imagined the cause doctors thought was the reason of her blindness isn't a problem anymore and Mari is still blind. It's normal for the first tests results to change overtime."
"So do you recommend an operation?" Sabine asked.
"That might be necessary but for now more tests need to be done on her." Jake replied.
"Well I'm willing to do anything for Adrienne." Mari stated determined.
Adrien went straight to the Dupain mansion as soon as he got to Paris and Sabine told him that she went with Fu and Ana to the church. He quickly went to the church and caught up to them just as they were leaving. "Mari!"
"Weren't you on a trip?" Mari asked.
"Yes but I came back to look for you." Adrien replied. "We have a lot to talk about."
"You might have to talk to me but I have nothing to say to you." Mari stated. "How many times do I need to tell you that I want nothing to do with you."
Adrien led Mari away. "No Mari we have a lot to talk about. You need to listen to me. I know the truth that you're still blind. That's why I came back."
"We have nothing to talk about because you left far away without Adrienne or I since you don't love us." Mari said sternly. "I don't know who gave you the lie that I'm still blind but you only came back because of pity right."
"No it wasn't because of pity. It was because I love you." Adrien replied.
"Well I want nothing to do with you. You have been the one to harm me the most. First that night you were drunk then you stayed quiet knowing that it was me and you let me marry you. Then you pushed me aside when your first wife came back alive. Then you left Adrienne and I alone so just let me go!" Mari pushed Adrien away and walked away.
Adrien tried to grab her arm since she was heading to the street but it was too late she was bumped into a car as glass broke and she fell to the ground. "Mari!" Adrien ran to her and tried to wake her up but she didn't. At that point a whole crowd started to form.
"Adrien there's a clinic near by. You should take her quickly." Father Carlos stated.
Adrien nodded picking Mari up bridal style and ran to the clinic. "She can't die because of me I shouldn't have let her go." She was quickly taken to a room to be checked once Adrien got to the clinic. "How is she doctor?"
"Well based on her head she has a recent injury and with the hit of the car...other consequences might occur." The doctor replied.
Adrien took a depressed Fu back home as Ana stayed in the clinic with Mari. "Please call Tom immediately." Adrien told Plagg and he nodded before walking away. "Fu please stay with Adrienne so the Dupain can come with me."
Soon Tom and Sabine walked over to them. "What's going on Adrien?" Tom asked.
"You guys need to come with me to a clinic." Adrien replied. "A car ran Mari over and it's all my fault."
"Why do you say that it's your fault? What happened?" Sabine asked.
"This isn't time for explorations we need to go to the clinic quickly. Father Carlos and her friend Ana are with her right now." Adrien replied. They quickly went to the clinic. "Doctor these are the Dupain Tom and Sabine the parents of Mari."
"Nice to meet you right now a specialist is checking on her please follow me." The doctor led them to Mari's room. The doctors talked to each other and they decided that for now they would give Mari medicine and wait until she wakes up.
Tom walked over to Adrien. "Can we talk now? What did you have to do with Mari's accident?"
"We should talk outside." Adrien stated and Tom nodded before they leave the room.
"How did the accident happen and why do you say that it's your fault?" Tom asked.
"I came back to Paris for Mari. I found out by Audrey that Mari was still blind and she hid it from me so I wouldn't get close to her only because of pity." Adrien stated. "I went to your house to talk to her but Sabine told me that she came to the neighborhood so I came as quickly as I could. I found her I begged her to talk but Mari didn't want to listen to me. I tried to tell her that nothing would separate us again but she pushed me away and walked away. I tried to stop her since she was headed to the street but it was too late a car bumped into her and she fell unconscious. It was my fault for not stopping her in time."
"Yes Adrien you're right. You're to blame for everything that happens to Mari now and in the past." Tom said sternly. "Mari thinks that you are the person that harmed her the most in her life so leave her alone let her live her life and live your own life. The only happiness you gave her was Adrienne so let her live that happiness with Sabine and I."
"Tom I love her and I wouldn't have left if I knew that she was still blind." Adrien replied.
"No Adrien you're wrong. You came back to harm her even more than what you already have." Tom stated. "Leave Mari alone and forget that she even exists. I'll force you to if I have to. Leave right now!"
"I'm not going anywhere Judge Dupain. I want to fight for her life." Adrien replied.
"With what right?" Tom asked.
"You know with what right. Mari was my wife and we have a daughter together. Most importantly I love her." Adrien replied.
"Well I'll protect her from you." Tom stated.
"I understand how you feel but don't waste your time because nothing or no one will separate me from Mari right now." Adrien replied.
"Fine I don't have right over her eventhough she's my daughter. I'll let Mari decide if she wants you by her side or not when she wakes up." Tom stated.
Hours passed and Adrien was in the waiting room with Father Carlos and Ana as Sabine and Tom were in the room with Mari. "I'll never forgive myself if she dies. I love her more than my own life. I wanted to solve all our problems and this happened."
In the room Mari was slowly waking up and the doctors quickly started to check on her. Everything seemed to be normal so Tom and Sabine happily waited for her to fully wake up. "Mom...dad...where are you?"
"Right here dear." Sabine replied.
"Please don't leave my side...what happened to me?" Mari asked though she suddenly remembered what happened. "Nevermind I remember...it was Adrien's fault." She starts to tear up. "Where's Adrienne?"
"At the house with Fu." Sabine replied.
"Is Adrien here?" Mari asked.
"Not in the room but he's outside waiting to hear news about how you're doing." Sabine replied.
"Don't let him in I don't want him near me. I don't even want to know if he exists." Mari stated.
