Chapter 2 Episode 1

The Beginning...

If we could live in this moment.

And just hold.

Keep my head on your chest.

I'll never leave this bed.

The young woman laid flat on the cold tiled floor. Her long brunette hair spread out beautifully as her fingers gently traced the patterns on the tiles.

The flowers will be blooming.

The leaves will be turning.

And snow will be falling.

While we're making love.

Her eyes gently closed as the words echoed in her ears. The cold breeze of the night blew inside the open window causing her nightgown to blow up as she felt chills run down her spine.

And the sun will be shining.

The flowers still are blooming.

Then leaves will turn again.

But time will be frozen for us (ha, ha)

The song made her realized how much she longed to see a bloomed flower or the sun rising. She always felt like she was frozen in time. Things never seem to go forward in her life. It was always the same routine every day.

Cover the windows and come uncover me.

Let's forget the world even exists.

Cause nothing compares to this.

The feeling of love intrigued her although she never felt or been in love before. Although love was unknown to her, she was given or been told about love. Listening to audios of romantic novels or even listening to her best friend talk about her love life makes her wonder how she would feel to be in love.

The song came to end as she drifted off to sleep right there on the floor.

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3:45 a.m ⏰

Her body curled into a ball as it shivers, while cold sweat beaded on her forehead. A whimper left her trembling lips as memories over that tragic night flashed through her fragile mind.

"Mama, I can't see, what's happening to me?" The little girl asked as she sat in the back seat of her parent's car with red swollen eyes that watered continuously as she wiped them off with the back of her hands.

Her mother turned around with a worried look written on her face, "Don't worry, sweetheart, we're almost at the doctor's office," she said before removing the six-year-old hands from her eyes.

It was a stormy night, the rain was pouring heavily as the family made an emergency trip to their private doctor's office, "Mama, it burns," the little girl cried as her mother sighed sadly, "I know, baby, Papa is almost there," she said before turning to her husband, who looked in the review mirror, "Hang on in there, princess, we're almost there," he reassured before turning to his wife, who had tears in her eyes before gently taking her hand into his.

All of a sudden, the car began to skate across the road, "Peter, what's happening?" His wife asked in a panicked tone, "I don't know, but hold on Laura," he said trying to gain back control of the car until everything went wrong. The sounds of screams echoing in the flipping car seem to halt as the car stopped moving.

The rain was still pouring and approximately 5ft away from the crashed car was the little girl, who slowly stood up on her feet with her hands in front of her, "Mama! Papa!" She cried out but nothing came back to her as she continued to sob.

"MAMA! PAPA!"

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ALARM!!!! ⏰⏰⏰

Her weak sweaty body shot up as she breathes heavily. Her eyes were welled up with tears as her bottom lip trembled. She ran her hand through her hair as she closed her eyes. "It was just a nightmare," she thought as she took a deep breath.

More like a very realistic nightmare of her past. It was true, that very night was the night that she had lost everything, her parents and her sight.

Every night, that tragic accident would haunt her dreams. Ever since that night, depression began to slowly form in her fragile heart. She was later found by another driver, who was driving on the same road but in the opposite direction. The driver called the police, who was immediately on the scene. Her parents were announced dead instantly after the car had crashed.

She was later placed in foster care before her aunt on her mother's side adopted her. After she turned the age of eighteen, her aunt had given up on taking care of her and left, leaving her the apartment they lived in.

She was left with a lot of responsibilities like paying her apartment bills, getting food for herself, and finding a job. She had stopped attending school because of endless bullying and the frustration of teachers, who found it challenging to teach her.

It was very difficult for her to find a job, so she stopped looking and decided to do what she loves and does best, which was cooking. Using the money that her aunt left her, she sold food on the streets earning her income, which also led to her best friend. They both instantly clicked and soon they both started selling food on the streets until someone related to a famous chief found her and landed her a job in a famous restaurant.

From then till now, she has been working at a restaurant where more people were impressed by her cooking skills. At her new job, she met new people, made new friends, and even landed a secret lover. She didn't move out of the apartment her aunt had left her as it holds a lot of memories, but the landlord hated her and would often take advantage of her, but she paid no mind.

This was her life, this was the life of Autumn Alexis.

Autumn got up to perform her daily routine. She knew this apartment like the back of her hands. Being blind was very difficult for Autumn to live her life, but she learned and had help from her best friend, who was like a sister to her.

After her morning routine, Autumn gathered her things for work and her walking stick before leaving her apartment. The moment her door closed, the landlord of the building quickly caught up with her, "Hey, kid," she called out as Autumn sighed before putting on her best fake smiled, "Good morning, Miss Choi," she greeted as the short, middle-aged Asian woman hummed while crossing her arms, "Where are you heading, ?" She asked while checking her out, "Oh, nowhere, just work," she replied as Miss Choi nodded, "Good, then you could pay off the rent you owe," she said before walking away.

"I always owe you rent money," she mumbled before heading towards the stairs, "Welcome world, welcome to the life of Autumn Alexis, the blind girl."

TO BE CONTINUED ➡