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Chapter 8

作者: Jellyfish
One rainy day, I heard a set of footsteps stop outside the door when I was testing a child's sensitivity toward light and securing a veil around his eyes.

I looked up and saw William standing in the rain.

His clothes hung loosely on his frame. Rain dripped from the tips of his hair and soaked into his collar.

William stood outside the door and didn't come in. He didn't call out to me either. He simply stood rooted to the spot and watched me wrap the veil around the child's eyes.

"Who's that,
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  • Playing Blind While I Bled for Him   Chapter 10

    A snowstorm swept through the border that winter, blocking the mountain paths.Many villages in the mountains were trapped. My eye medicines couldn't be delivered to them.William stood outside the door as my apprentices and I packed the medicines. Snow piled up on his shoulders, but he didn't bother to brush it off."I'll deliver the medicines," he said.My hands paused over the bags of medicine."The mountain path is treacherous," I said."I know my way around snowy paths," he said. "You led me through them many times in the past."I fell silent for a moment before offering a cane to him, saying, "You'll have to traverse the path by yourself if you can see.""I will," he said, taking the cane from me.…My face was battered by snow as we hiked up the mountain.I led the way and didn't help William.Several stretches of the path were buried under piling snow.William had already slipped on the path twice. He braced his hands against the ground and pushed himself back up t

  • Playing Blind While I Bled for Him   Chapter 9

    William stumbled backward, his boots splashing muddy water everywhere."I wanted Will to believe that you were ruthless," Nancy choked out. "I wanted him to think that I'm the only one who didn't force him to do anything. I never planned to actually send you to your death."I didn't interrupt her."Were you the one who ordered Holly to buy the red ink?""Yes.""Were you the one who switched the dosage of the medicine?""Yes.""Did you take something to make yourself vomit blood that night?"Nancy bit her lip.I stared at her. "Answer my question."Nancy closed her eyes and answered, "Yes."The onlookers began to criticize her."How despicable!""She ruined Dr. Juleson's reputation, and now she has the nerve to beg for help. How shameless.""Her heart is rotten to the core!"Nancy covered her ears and shrieked. "I just wanted to live! I saved Will. He's obliged to protect me!"William suddenly walked to my side. He ignored Nancy as he faced me and slowly sank to his knee

  • Playing Blind While I Bled for Him   Chapter 8

    One rainy day, I heard a set of footsteps stop outside the door when I was testing a child's sensitivity toward light and securing a veil around his eyes.I looked up and saw William standing in the rain.His clothes hung loosely on his frame. Rain dripped from the tips of his hair and soaked into his collar.William stood outside the door and didn't come in. He didn't call out to me either. He simply stood rooted to the spot and watched me wrap the veil around the child's eyes."Who's that, Dr. Juleson?" the child asked.I washed my hands and answered, "A patient."William's mouth fell open, but he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.I approached the entrance of the clinic."Are you here for a diagnosis, Mr. Yore? Or are you here to catch your wife who ran away from you?" I asked.William tightened his grip around a torn page. "Julia…""There's no Julia here," I said while looking at him. "There's only Carmen Juleson.""I understand," he mumbled in a low

  • Playing Blind While I Bled for Him   Chapter 7

    William looked at Nancy. "Funeral preparations?" he asked.Tears clung to Nancy's lashes as she looked up. "Julia misunderstood me before she passed away. I was thinking that I could atone by taking charge of her funeral preparations."Olivia sighed and said, "You're so thoughtful, Ms. Jennings."The corners of William's lips pulled down into a frown. His eyes were completely devoid of mirth."Bring the account books."Nancy was briefly stunned.One of the household staff members entered the front hall, carrying a stack of account books with her.William flipped one open and said, "Nancy Jennings has spent 1,300 dollars on medicinal herbs and 670 dollars on clothes and accessories after joining Yore Manor three years ago. "Her purchased items include a premium bed with down bedding, silver accessories, and pearl jewelry. All items were paid for with Mrs. Yore's dowry."Nancy curled her hands into fists as she braced herself against the floor.William looked up and said, "You

  • Playing Blind While I Bled for Him   Chapter 6

    I was on a cargo ship that was heading south when I regained consciousness.The boatwoman informed me that I had been unconscious for two days."You're quite lucky that you managed to grab onto a withered tree under the cliff, miss. You would have been swept away by the river a long time ago if you didn't."I raised my hand and brushed my fingers against my hair.The emerald hairpin had snapped, and I had left my bloody shirt under the cliff.Julia Camerson had died that night.I changed my name to Carmen Juleson.A snowstorm had blocked off the mountain path when the boat reached the south border. The dilapidated church on the outskirts of the city was packed with blind children and injured soldiers.I set up a medical tent at the church and treated their eyes.Someone asked me where I came from."The north," I said."Do you have any family left?""No," I answered as I prepared the medicine.…Meanwhile, in the north, nobody in Yore Manor dared to raise their voice when

  • Playing Blind While I Bled for Him   Chapter 5

    I had written a single sentence on the note. "I won't be your eyes anymore, William."William gripped the note tightly.James sank to his knees and exclaimed, "Mr. Yore!"William didn't look up. Instead, he flipped through the stack of medicine test records."March 7th: Ingested Sagevine. Experienced aching eyes, tinnitus, and slight tremors in the right hand."March 19th: Tried Ivoryroot. Vomited in the middle of the night. Kept it hidden."April 3rd: The light has returned to William's eyes. He didn't give me an answer when I questioned him. I'll wait for him to tell me."William crumpled the paper as he stared at the last sentence. He suddenly recalled how I had stopped reading the official document that day even though I was only halfway done."Why did you stop?" he'd asked."The light's too dim," I'd replied with a smile.The papers crumpled under his tightening grip."She already knew…" he whispered."Ms. Julia said that she'll believe you if you were willing to tel

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