Love In The Darkness
CHAPTER 1
She Came HOME from her wanderings , but for how long ? ....
Moly returend from her journey in Italy and now she is going out of the airport ....
Moly Smith (FL)
" Finally i will go to my home , i missed it so much ...😊 "( happy )
When she reached her home , The whole family or nearly the whole family came out to welcome her ....
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
Darling ...
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
I missed you a lot ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Me too mom ... 😢😢
Moly Smith (FL)
( hugged her mother )
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
( hugged her back )
Moly Smith (FL)
( Then she hugged her young brother in turn )
Her father , tall and greying and with a permanent expression of wistfulness on his lined face , was the last to take her in his arms ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
Oh , my dear girl , how much i missed you ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Me too dad😢 ... ( tears in her eyes ) ( hugged him more tightly )
James Smith (FL Dad)
( caresses her hair )
James Smith (FL Dad)
You came to stay in home permanently this time ? .... ( hopefully ) ( break the hug )
Moly Smith (FL)
I don't know dad ... Perhaps ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Oh , Mum and Dad , it's so marvellous to see you😊 ...
Tommy Smith (FL Brother)
And me ....
Moly Smith (FL)
And you , my pet - I almost said little pet , but how you've grown ! ....
Moly Smith (FL)
I missed you too a looooot my dear little brother ....
Tommy Smith (FL Brother)
( run toward her and hugged her again )
Moly Smith (FL)
( hugged him , lifted him and spun him around ) ( laughing )
Tommy Smith (FL Brother)
( laughing happily )
After that They entered the house ; her mother went into the kitchen to make tea and her brother went off to finish his homework which Moly's arrival had interrupted ....
She and her father sat there for a while , talking about her job and her friends abroad and the places she had seen ....
After a moment of silence ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Lucinda ... she's ... they're living somewhere closer .... ( hesitantly )
Before her father had time to reply her mom appeared with the tea tray ....
You continue your talk with your Dad , while I go and prepare your bed . I haven't made it up , because you didn't say that you will come today . We expected you tomorrow ...
Moly Smith (FL)
Well , I didn't expect that all the job procedures will be finished more earlier ... ( smiled up at her mother )
Moly Smith (FL)
" She is just the same .... "
Moly Smith (FL)
" Her soft brown eyes ... and of course her voice .... "
It was always her mom's voice which no one can not noticed about her ... Something went wrong with her vocal chords ...
The doctor had once said , laughing . '''A mutation , but of the most attractive kind ...'''
Clear and low and sweet , like music ....
And her mom had passed that beautiful voice on to both her daughters but Her looks she had passed on to Moly only ...
Lucinda had her inheritance from her grandmother , in her youth a lovely young goddess with pale gold hair and eyes like cornflowers newly opened ....
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
I'll prepare your bed darling .... ( repeated )
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
You're in your own room , with Lucinda ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Lucinda ? ... ( face paled ) ( confused )
Moly Smith (FL)
They're not married yet ! ....
Her parents shot a glance at each other ...
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
I'll leave you to have your tea ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
But , dear - ....
Leila Smith (FL Mom)
You're much better at explaining than I .... ( put a hand on his shoulder )
And a moment later the door closed quietly behind her ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Father , what is it ? Is Lucinda still engaged to to Paul ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
She's engaged , but not to Paul .....
Moly Smith (FL)
( surprised )
Moly Smith (FL)
Tell me what happened ? Where's Paul ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
My girl .... ( sighed )
James Smith (FL Dad)
you've been away two years . You told us , No , you actually forbade us to send you any news of Lucinda and Paul ....
Moly Smith (FL)
You know why that was . I couldn't bear it ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Lucinda married ... Lucinda expecting a baby ... Paul a proud father ....
Moly Smith (FL)
( shook her head )
Moly Smith (FL)
No , I didn't want you and Mom to tell me about those things ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
And so we did as you requested , and never mentioned either of them ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
You see , child , they were out driving together and there was a dreadful and horrible accident ....
Moly Smith (FL)
An accident ... ( eyes dilated )
Moly Smith (FL)
He's he's ... dead ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
Not dead ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
( gave a deep sigh and looked at her )
James Smith (FL Dad)
You still love him ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
Surely , my Moly , you've got over it by now ?
Moly Smith (FL)
Tell me about the accident ....
The tea became forgotten in this intense conversation ....
Moly Smith (FL)
If he isn't dead , then why aren't they married ? ...
Moly Smith (FL)
How can she be engaged to someone else ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
He's blind , Moly ....
Moly Smith (FL)
( stared at her dad ) ( shocked )
Moly was unable to take it in and believe what she just heard ...
Paul , so perfect in body , so proud and self possessed , with the superior confidence of some Greek tyrant , became blind ...
Moly Smith (FL)
( shook her head )
Moly Smith (FL)
No no , he can't be ...
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CHAPTER 2
Moly Smith (FL)
No , no he can't be ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
Blind without any cure , as a result of the accident ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
So , Lucinda gave up on him ....
Moly Smith (FL)
( half rose in her chair and then sat down again )
Moly Smith (FL)
" This isn't true ! Lucinda had cared too much about him ... "
Moly Smith (FL)
They were madly in love dad , how is that possible?! ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
( shook his head )
James Smith (FL Dad)
One sided , as it turned out ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
We were all angry and disgusted with Lucinda at that time , but after a while we gave up and surrened to her action ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
And perhaps it was asking too much to expect her to be bound to a blind man for the rest of her life . She thinks that she is so beautiful to let that happen to her ....
Beautiful , yes , and Moly herself was so ordinary ....
That was why , after he had met Lucinda , Paul had eyes for no one else ....
Moly Smith (FL)
What exactly happened ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
It's just a year ago now . The car overturned . Paul was driving too fast ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Paul never drove fast ; he was a very careful driver ! ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
This time he was apparently driving too fast ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
( paused and a frown )
James Smith (FL Dad)
Lucinda wouldn't say much at all . But she did insist he was driving too fast ....
Moly Smith (FL)
(Thinking )
Moly Smith (FL)
" Lucinda wouldn't lie , and yet .... "
The Moly recalled the night she had met Paul ....
The night that had changed her whole life and brought untold misery in it ....
Paul had offered her a lift home , and she had mentally noted his care on the road and the safe speed at which he drove ....
Moly Smith (FL)
The car overturned , you say ? Lucinda wasn't hurt , apparently ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
She was Thrown outside the car with little wounds , Then The car burst into flames and Paul was badly burned ....
Moly Smith (FL)
His face ? ...
James Smith (FL Dad)
No , strangely nothing but his hands ....
Moly Smith (FL)
But his sight ? ...
James Smith (FL Dad)
Shock , so they said , It appears a severe shock can cause blindness ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Shock ? .... ( surprised )
Somehow Moly felt there was something wrong , but although she questioned her father she learned no more ....
for as he had said , Lucinda was reticent and silent about the accident when it happened and even until now ...
Moly Smith (FL)
It's definitely permanent ? ...
Moly Smith (FL)
Blindness resulting from shock could often be cured ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
Paul's a wealthy man , as you know , and every famous doctor was called in , He had a period of treatment in hospital , but it proved fruitless ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
All the doctors were saying the same thing ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
That there's no cure ....
Moly Smith (FL)
And so Lucinda threw him over , abandoning him ? ....
Moly said almost to herself ....
Her father's face clouded , but he made no reply ....
And Moly went on to ask where Paul was now ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Does he still have his flat in London ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
No , he went away somewhere to live on a Greek island , I think ....
Moly Smith (FL)
A Greek island ? Which one ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
I couldn't say ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
( glanced anxiously at her )
James Smith (FL Dad)
Forget him , my girl , Find yourself a nice young man and settle down ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
As things have turned out , Paul is not for either of you ....
Moly Smith (FL)
( looked into her cup , a sigh escaping her )
Moly Smith (FL)
Lucinda's now engaged again , you say ? ...
James Smith (FL Dad)
To a very nice boy well , he's not a boy exactly , He's a year older than Lucinda twenty seven , He adores her ....
Everyone adored Lucinda , with her pale beauty and that ability to appear so sweet and unsophisticated ....
Moly Smith (FL)
They're to be married soon ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
In June ...
James Smith (FL Dad)
( shook his head at her )
James Smith (FL Dad)
You should have let us give you the news , my girl ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Yes , I should , But you see , I thought they'd have been married long ago ....
Moly Smith (FL)
This Greek island , Have you no idea at all which one it is ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
No , i don't know , It might not even be a Greek island but it's definitely an island ....
Moly Smith (FL)
( frowned )
James Smith (FL Dad)
Why this urge to know where Paul was ? ...
What had he done to her in those few brief hours two years ago ? A happy , carefree girl she had been until that fateful evening when he had entered into her life .....
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CHAPTER 3
Moly Smith (FL)
Is there no way of finding out about this island ? ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
Moly Darling , forget him , You'll marry a nice - ....
Moly Smith (FL)
Father .... ( break in her voice )
Moly Smith (FL)
I'll never marry ....
James Smith (FL Dad)
This isn't a good decision Moly , you - ....
But her father's words were cut when the door opened and Lucinda walked in ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
That car whose is it ? ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
( Noticed Moly )
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
Oh , Moly , how good to see you And how brown you became from the sun , it makes you look quite attractive ...
Lots of questions , heartwarming smiles and much hand waving and yet Lucinda had never taken the trouble to call her one time in those two years .....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
( suddenly stopped speaking )
Lucinda and her father glanced at one another and Moly sensed a tensed atmosphere ....
But no more was said about Paul until the two girls were in their bedroom .....
Lucinda getting ready for her date with Gerald , and Moly changing in preparation for a visit to one of Paul's friends ......
She had rung joe earlier and made the date to meet him ....
Her parents had previously arranged to attend a concert , and her brother was going with them ....
It suited her to have the evening free , for she had an irrepressible desire to find out where Paul was living ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
( put on her dress )( busy with her hair )
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
I expect they told you all about it ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
They kept it from you because you said you didn't want to hear anything about Paul and me ....
Moly Smith (FL)
" Yes , as It would hurt me too much .... "
Moly Smith (FL)
( watched her sister combing her hair )
Moly Smith (FL)
The accident Father didn't seem to know what had happened ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
Because I couldn't tell them very much . I was unconscious .....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
Paul is blind , Father told you that i think ....
Moly flinched at the casual manner in which Lucinda spoke of Paul's tragic misfortune ....
Moly Smith (FL)
How could you abandon him like that .....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
For heaven's sake don't continue ! I had enough of that from Mum and Dad ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
You'd all have had me marry him , but I'd have been the one to suffer ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
Just imagine spending your life with a man who can't see you ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
( look at herself in the mirror )
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
What's the use of looking like this if you can't be seen ? ....
Moly Smith (FL)
" Yes , so very beautiful ... "
Moly Smith (FL)
" No wonder Paul had never spared a glance for me from the moment i had introduced him to my sister ..... "
Moly Smith (FL)
( sit beside Lucinda )
Moly faced herself in the mirror and took a dispassionate assessment of her looks ....
A mouth the same size and shape as Lucinda's ....
yet lacking some indefinable thing that made all the difference to its appearance ....
But her eyes were widely spaced and honest ....
With a tender and kindness light in their soft brown depths that never seen in the eyes of her sister Lucinda .....
And Moly did have lovely hair ....
The colour of deepest honey , with tints of copper and gold , it fell in half waves on to her shoulders .....
No she isn't ordinary but beautiful , but by comparison to Lucinda she is ordinary ...
It was no wonder the boys passed Moly by when her beautiful sister happened to be around ....
Moly Smith (FL)
I still don't understand how you could give up on him ....
Moly Smith (FL)
He's still the same man , even though he's blind ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
( turned angrily )
Moly Smith (FL)
( stepped back , away from the mirror )
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
I had no intention of being tied to a blind man all my life , and that's all there is to it ! .....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
Besides , there were his hands ...
Moly Smith (FL)
Were they badly burned ? ....
Moly said with difficulty ...
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
Terribly oh , they must be so hideous I've never seen them , because they were bandaged , but I can't bear to think about them ....
Lucinda Smith (FL Sister)
And I could never bear him to touch me ! .... ( disgusted )
Moly Smith (FL)
( Tears welled up in her eyes )
But she brushed them away before her sister could see ....
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