I'm Not Blind Anymore!

e insisted we atte

d said. "We need to show everyone that w

she needed a stage

stunning red dress that I had paid for, was on my arm. Ryan joined us at o

d ask, his voice full of false conc

oe's hand rested on Ryan's thigh under the table. I saw the way he leaned in to whisper in he

y weren't just betraying me in private; they wer

tance of mine, Mr. Harris

bout," he said warmly. "I was so

I said. "I'm taking

clapping me on the shoulder

ugh for the whole table to hear. "I'll be your eyes tonight. Make s

g joke disguised as lighthearted banter. I could

errible!" she said, slapping his arm playfully. "He's jus

g him. The two of them were a unit

ttle. I turned my head in Chloe's

notice things you never did before. You hear the little things in people's voices. You feel the

eyes before she masked it. I f

quickly, her voice a little too bright

d to change the subj

room. "They have that champagne you love. Rya

man they were so thoroughly deceiving. Ryan swaggered off to

I didn't want to be there. I

ading, replaced by a cold, hard numbness. It was like watching a movie of my own life, a

the lies forming on her lips before she even spoke them. I could see the greed in her eyes as sh

ds were a comfort,

last, fading echoes of a love t