A devastating fire consumed everything I had when I was eighteen, including my eyesight. It was Jack, my neighbor, who rushed into the inferno to save me. He even performed the surgery himself. Unfortunately, he couldn’t save my eyes. From that day on, he voluntarily became my crutch, the starlight illuminating my dark world. He even defied everyone’s objections and married me, making me Mrs. Thompson. Later, with the help of my best friend, Anna, I successfully received a cornea transplant. I didn’t tell Jack, secretly returning home to surprise him. What I never expected was to find three voluntary cornea donation agreements on our coffee table. The donor was Emily. My hands trembled uncontrollably. Jack had always lied to me, saying there were no suitable corneas, but he had found three for Emily! The earliest agreement was signed just a month after my failed surgery! I wanted to confront Jack, but I saw him entangled with his stepsister Emily on our marital bed, their clothes disheveled. I hid behind the door, overhearing their conversation. “If she hadn’t urgently needed a cornea, why would I have saved her?” ······ “I merely stole her eyes, but I’ve compensated her with my entire life!” Hearing this, my heart stopped. I remembered when I had just been rescued. Jack personally prepared a surgery for me, but unfortunately, I still couldn’t regain my sight afterward. Could it be that my corneas weren’t actually damaged, just temporarily blind? That surgery wasn’t to help me restore my vision, but to extract my corneas for Emily! I clutched my aching heart, collapsing outside the door. Inside, Jack exhaled a smoke ring, his arm around Emily’s waist. “Emily, I can’t bear to see you suffer, not even for a moment!” “I, Jack Thompson, would rather betray the world than betray you!” Emily giggled, clinging to Jack: “Brother, I knew you cared for me the most!” “By the way, have you prepared the backup corneas for me?” “Don’t worry, I’ve prepared three sets. I’ll never let anything happen to you again!” Jack passionately kissed Emily, his eyes filled with a tenderness I had never seen before. “Emily, you’ve sacrificed so much for me. Your corneas were donated to me, causing your blindness. You even agreed to marry that old man for my sake. I’ll never let you down in this lifetime!” Emily pushed Jack away, pouting: “But brother, you already have a legal wife. You haven’t really fallen in love with her, have you? After all, you’ve wronged her too, haven’t you?” “How could I? Sarah was temporarily blinded by a cabinet falling on her, causing intracranial hemorrhage. Although it could have been cured, I sacrificed my life to get her eyes, didn’t I? I’ve already given her the title of Mrs. Thompson, enough compensation for that pair of corneas! We’re even now!” “But what I owe you can never be repaid!” I covered my chest, my hands trembling uncontrollably. Jack, can you really compensate for my life? What I lost wasn’t just a pair of corneas. I lost six years of youth that should have been the most vibrant. I lost my dream of becoming a surgeon. The acceptance letter from Johns Hopkins Medical School had already arrived in my hands, but because of this accident, I completely lost the opportunity to become a doctor! Jack, you can’t compensate for this, and I don’t want to be entangled with you anymore! I recorded the intertwined figures of the two on my phone and retreated from the room, feeling lost. I was an orphan. The fire that year burned everything, leaving only my grandmother in the countryside and me. When I woke up in the hospital then, I really thought I had been abandoned by the whole world. In the darkness, it was Jack who held my hand. He whispered tenderly in my ear: “Sarah, don’t be afraid. From now on, I’ll be your eyes.” He hugged me, tears falling on my hand, his voice still choked with sobs: “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. If it weren’t for my poor medical skills, you wouldn’t… From now on, I’ll take good care of you! I’ll never let you down, for life!” At that time, I thought that apology was remorse after trying his best in vain. Now I understand, it was all my own wishful thinking. That apology wasn’t meant for me to hear, it was for his uneasy conscience. I originally thought he was the redemption of my dark life, the starlight I held in my palm. But I never expected that he was the culprit who plunged me into eternal darkness! I left that house, wandering like a lost soul to the cemetery where my parents and grandmother were buried. Grandmother’s grave was newly built last year when I still hadn’t regained my sight. Since the accident at home, grandmother had moved to the city to take care of me personally. She was my last living relative. When grandmother passed away, I lay on her gradually cooling body, repeatedly stroking her face. How I wished I could see her one last time! But I couldn’t even see her for the last time. I cried for three days and three nights, unable to close my eyes, while Jack watched by my side. Watching me cry heartbrokenly, watching me not eat or drink, watching me become increasingly depressed behind closed doors. Watching me develop depression and repeatedly self-harm with a small knife, watching my arms covered with scars, yet never revealing the truth. He had found corneas long before grandmother passed away, but he refused to give them to me, letting me see grandmother one last time! Jack, I really want to cut open your heart to see if it’s made of stone! I knelt before the graves of my parents and grandmother, telling them the good news that I had regained my sight. Telling them that I would retake the college entrance exam and reclaim my dream of becoming a doctor. Just then, my phone rang. It was Jack, but I ignored it. He kept calling. I put my phone on silent, no longer paying attention. In an instant, there were more than a dozen missed calls on my phone. Along with a barrage of voice messages on WhatsApp. “Sarah, where are you?” “Sarah, I’m sorry I forgot the time and didn’t come to pick you up. Are you angry?” “Sarah, why aren’t you answering my calls? Are you upset?” “Sarah, are you alright? Sarah!” ······ Soon after, I heard hurried footsteps approaching from behind. It was Jack. He came over and hugged me, his eyes full of anxiety: “Sarah, where have you been? Do you know how worried I was when I couldn’t pick you up at the airport and you weren’t answering your phone? I was going crazy!” I turned my head and saw the dense hickeys on his neck, seemingly mocking me silently. Because I was blind, he didn’t even bother to pretend anymore. Performing a show of deep affection in front of me with another woman’s kiss marks. I pretended not to see and gently pushed him away: “It’s nothing, I just missed them!” At this moment, Jack flashed a smile at me, knowing I couldn’t see. He took my hand and repeatedly stroked the white chrysanthemums in front of grandmother’s grave. “I was negligent. Yesterday was grandmother’s death anniversary. I should have guessed you would come to see her when you returned home today.” “Yesterday, I had something at the hospital and couldn’t come to see grandmother personally, so I arranged for someone to send fresh flowers to grandmother early in the morning, burned some joss paper, and even left a stack of grandmother’s favorite osmanthus cakes.” He then placed my hand on the stack of osmanthus cakes: “Can you feel it? I also left a box for you at home. It’s not as good as grandmother’s cooking, but it’s about 80% similar.” I turned to look at this man, at his ingratiating expression. A wave of bitterness welled up in my heart. He was still so attentive and thoughtful. Anyone who saw would praise him for being a deeply affectionate good husband and a considerate grandson-in-law. But the hickeys on his body and that faintly sweet perfume smell were silently accusing him of the fact of his infidelity. Jack, what exactly is true and what is false! I forced a smile at the corner of my mouth: “Thank you, that’s thoughtful of you.” “Let’s go home!” As I said this, I was about to walk down the steps. At this moment, Jack steadied me: “Sarah, where’s your cane? The mountain is so high, and your family’s grave is on the hillside. How did you walk up here without a cane?” Seeing that I could no longer hide the fact that I had regained my sight, I quickly found an excuse: “I left it in the taxi on the way here. The staff here helped me up.” He nodded, gently reminding me to watch my step. He then said softly: “See? You can’t manage without your husband, can you? Next time, don’t go out alone. I really worry about you!” As he spoke, he held my hand, moving in perfect sync with me. Even if I closed my eyes now, I could easily walk down the steps. This was the tacit understanding we had developed over six years. I would raise my hand or stretch my foot, and he could predict my next move. There was no one in this world who knew me better than he did. Just as my thoughts were wandering, a phone call brought me back to reality. I clearly glimpsed the caller ID on the phone screen: “My love Emily” But he nervously explained: “It’s a call from the hospital. There’s a patient who needs emergency surgery! Sarah, I have to go now!” He left me on the steps, running towards Emily without looking back. This cemetery was built on a mountain, with good feng shui, but it was also difficult to climb. He never thought about how a blind person like me would get down the mountain? I remember when I first lost my sight, I wasn’t resigned to being useless and insisted on practicing walking alone. As a result, my knees were scraped, and Jack found me covered in blood.
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