“But I won’t help you avoid accountability either.”

He nodded.

At last, he appeared to understand the difference.

PART 15

I had believed that the most painful part of regaining my sight would be discovering what Colton had hidden.

Instead, the hardest part was noticing what the years had done to me.

I had forgotten the quiet satisfaction of making my own breakfast without someone hovering nearby.

I had forgotten that I liked the curtains open in the morning, even when the light was too bright to see comfortably.