Love In The Darkness CHAPTER 2

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 .....

To Be Continued ....