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cold beer,” said Mitchell.
    “That was my old life,” said Luc, wishing they’d
chosen to stay in a hotel overnight rather than with him. He loved his two buddies,
but everyone was getting so fucking irritating, he was considering kicking
their asses out the door. Well, that was if his boot could find their butts.
    “I know what it’s like,” said Mitchell. “How I was
with my leg, hiding from everyone, but it’s not worth being miserable and making
everyone else’s life hell along with your own.”
    “Oh, I’m sorry if I’m not being great company, but maybe
the two of you should book into a hotel with a nightclub for the evening. Or
better yet, drive home.”
    Luc felt a strong grip on his shoulder but didn’t
know if it was Mitchell or Jake.
    “You’re pissed as hell and we both get it. Mitchell
had his injury and surgery, and I had my wife’s death to cope with, but none of
this pain lasts forever,” said Jake. His vise-like grip turned to a friendly
pat.
    “Blindness is forever,” said Luc.
    “You can have an operation,” said Mitchell.
    “I don’t want the fucking surgery, okay? And if
someone else ever mentions it I’ll do my best to find something to throw at
them.” He stood and tried to make his way out of the room but forgot where the
coffee table was and fell face down onto the carpet.
    He stayed there, waiting for one or both of them to
pick him up, but they didn’t. Instead the dog licked his face. At least you
could always count on an animal for support.
    Luc patted his head. “And what am I going to do with
this furry creature?”
    “He’s going to be your best buddy,” said Jake.
    “How am I supposed to look after a dog when I fall
on my ass just walking out of a room?”
    “That’s why I asked Katey to help you. By the way, she’s very pretty.”
    He was betting that Jake and Mitchell had exchanged
glances after that last comment. He knew his two army pals pretty well.
    And Jake’s comment had confirmed what he’d thought:
that she was, in fact, pretty. Like any guy, he’d always had an eye for an
attractive female, but now he couldn’t even appreciate a woman’s beauty.
    “And you tell me this because, what, you want to torment
me?” asked Luc, struggling to his feet.
    “No, because you might want to take her out
sometime, like on a date,” said Jake.
    “Yeah, right, like a pretty girl, or any girl for
that matter, would want to date a blind man?”
    “You do remember what a great-looking guy you are,
or is your memory that short?” asked Mitchell.
    He’d heard enough. Luc felt his way over to the door
and was relieved when he found himself finally out in the hallway.
    “Hope you’re going to your room to get ready to hit
the town,” Jake called after him.
    “You guys you just won’t give up, will you?” Luc
shouted back.
    “Nope … so hurry up, because I’m starving,” said
Mitchell.
    Luc couldn’t fight them any longer. He’d go and get
it over with. They meant well, he knew that, but meaning well wasn’t enough
anymore. He wanted his full sight back, along with his old life, and nothing
less would ever do.
     
     

 
     
    Chapter
Four
     
    Katey had
gone straight to her room as soon as she’d gotten home. She knew her step-mother
hated that Katey been forced to move back home and
steal some of her father’s attention. She didn’t like it any more than Ruth did.
When her father wasn’t around to defuse the tension between her and her
stepmom, she mostly retreated to her room until she heard her dad’s car pulling
into the garage.
    She sat on her bed and reached over to the cabinet
for the mystery she was halfway through. She began reading, but for some reason
couldn’t concentrate.
    That was a lie. She knew perfectly well why she
couldn’t focus on the book, or anything else, for that matter. Since she’d left
his house, all she’d been able to think about was Luc.
      He’d looked
sad, but she couldn’t blame him for that. Katey