Love Coming from the Least Expected

In the end, I did not heed Sabrina’s words and left Christopher. When I left, she cried bitterly and lightly punched my chest in protest. She swore that she would not care about me anymore after this. Then, she strongly said that I should not have let the man who loved me get away.

Yes, I’m an idiot. It was clear that Christopher’s heart was mine, and yet, I left him. It was cruel of me.

I begged Sabrina not to tell Christopher where I was going. She promised me through her tears and wanted to send me off, but I refused to let her. If Sabrina left too, Christopher would definitely become suspicious. He was a very perceptive man, and he would sense that something was wrong.

sea, full of beautiful, sun-kissed girls selling fishes and old

children’s voices reading out loud could be heard from the nearby school. It was a

was located beside a church. I was never really a believer, but after coming to this town, I went to the church to pray every single day. I prayed for the same things each time — that Christopher would

He always told me that as long I prayed piously, my prayers would be

priest said was actually true. After all, spiritual comfort was

face for his friends and family. Maybe he would sometimes think of me in the middle of the night when he had trouble sleeping, but he would be fine. The living would always find a

salty ocean breeze washing over me, I felt the vitality of the sea flowing

used to moving through the world with my other senses. Although the world was dark to me and

with a walking stick. Sometimes, I spent the day practicing braille or learning how to write again. Whenever I went out exploring,

life and gave me comfort and encouragement when I needed

a stranger on the grounds, they curiously gathered around me and began asking me questions. I bent down and gently ruffled their hair and gave them the candies that I had in