WINGLESS AND BEAUTIFUL: Episode 81 to The End

?WINGLESS AND BEAUTIFUL?

?EPISODE 81?

Alice’s Pov

I couldn’t find my voice. Tears rolled down my cheeks. Icouldn’t understand why or how it all happened. But thetruth was right before my eyes.Hunter slowly approached me.

The expression on his
face was soft and gentle. Gone was the look of disgust oranger that he usually wore whenever he saw me.

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“Hunter? You? You were the guy who always followed me home? You were the one who saved me from those potheads?”
He reached out to wipe my tears with his fingers. Then he nodded gently.

“How?”
He took a deep breath. “When I came back, the firstthing that I did was look for you. But you moved and didn’tleave a forwarding address.

I didn’t have your number. Ihave a faint idea how you look like. But other than that, Ihad no clue how to really find you.

“When Denise mentioned that she has a friend namedAlice and that she has a scar on her face, I knew she was talking about you. When she said that you were working at Alibri, I wasted no time to go there so I could see you.

”There was sadness in his voice when he added, “But when Iwent into the bookshop, I saw this beautiful girl with a scaron her cheek in between the shelves. She was with a boy, she didn’t notice my presence.

And then I saw him kiss her.”He sucked in a deep breath. “I thought you moved on withyour life… without me. I thought you didn’t wait for me.”

I scanned my brain for that incident. It was the nightwhen Chaise went to the bookshop and kissed me against my will. I did hear the bell chimes on the door. Once,signaling that somebody came inside the shop. But myhands were trapped in Chaise’s arms I couldn’t get away.

The chimes rang again after Chaise kissed me, signifying that whoever came in, immediately went out. God! The person who came out as fast as he came in pand saw me with Chaise was Hunter.

“But I didn’t kiss him.” I shook my head. “He stole a kiss from me.”

Hunter nodded. “I know that now. I read your diary.” Hesmiled at me ruefully. “That night after I walked out of the shop, I stayed in my car. I waited for you. I wanted to besure it was you.

Then I saw the guy leave without you and I thought your boyfriend was such a jerk. How could he leaveyou to walk home on your own?

“Even when I thought you were already with Anderson, Icouldn’t help worrying about you. So, I went to thebookshop every night, during closing time. I… walkedbehind you, watched you… made sure you got home safely.I told you I would get my eyesight back so I could protectyou, remember?”

My heart sang and broke at the same time. I couldn’thelp crying as I listened to him.

He reached up and wiped the tears on my cheeks again.Then he continued, “I figured if your douchebag boyfriend
couldn’t make sure you got home safely at nights… then Iwould. Even if I meant nothing to you anymore.”

I closed my eyes and shook my head. I wanted to tellhim that he meant the world to me then… he still means theworld to me now.

“I must be freaking you out. But I was hoping after acouple of nights, you’d figure out that I meant you no harm.Sometimes, I followed you while I was in the car, stoppingby corners so you wouldn’t notice me. Then one night…when I followed you in my car, I stopped by a corner andwaited for you to turn up. You didn’t. I panicked and retraced my route.

I found you in that street with two guys attackingyou. I saw… red. I know I would not be able to forgivemyself if something bad happened to you. I would die firstbefore I let them touch you.”

“Hunter…” I whimpered. “What you did was dangerousfor you. Those guys could have hit you in the head and thatwould damage your eyes again,” I said in between tears,unable to believe he really would risk everything for me.

“I didn’t care. You were the reason why I opted for atransplant. You were the reason why I wanted to see again. What was the point of seeing the world if you were gone?

Your safety… your life was more important to me thatnight.”
“You didn’t have to do that.”
“I did,” he said. “I was glad I did. If I get to save you inexchange for my eyesight… in exchange for my life… thenthat would be enough.”

But I would never forgive myself if something happenedto Hunter too. During those times, I was desperately waiting for him to come back to me. If he died saving my life… then what good was that life?
“Why didn’t you show yourself to me?” I asked.

“When those wackos ran off, I turned and found that youwere gone,” he replied. “I drove to the direction of yourhouse, hoping I would find you in the streets, but you weren’t there anymore. I was only able to breathe properly when I saw the lights inside your house, and I knew youwere safe.”

Hunter pushed a lock of stray hair away from my face. “Iwas gone for two weeks after that.

My father insisted that I go back to Boston, where I had my transplant done. The doctors were on me as soon as I got in. They ran tests and observed me for two weeks to ensure that the transplant was in place… that everything was fine.

While I was in the hospital, I was worried about how you were going homeevery night. I was worried that no one was protecting you.When I came back, I went to the shop again… and I saw youwith Anderson.

I was glad at least that after that night, hestepped up his game and made sure you were home safelyfrom then on.” He took a deep breath. “It was killing me tosee somebody else taking care of you.

I always thought youwere mine to take care of… mine to protect. And it breaksme to see some other guy doing the things I wanted to do.”

“Chaise asked me the next day if I was okay. That’swhen I thought for sure that he was the one who rescued me. Because… how else could he know about that night?”

Hunter took a deep breath and then he asked, “Did youspeak to him? Did he tell you the truth?”
I nodded. “He set it all up. He must have been justsitting there watching you rescue me.

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