Through These Eyes by N.R. Walker

Author:N.R. Walker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

Isaac was quiet al afternoon. I suggested going to

the outdoor store and letting him buy me new boots, hoping

it would cheer him up, so we could go hiking, but he shook

his head. "Another time," he said softly.

He was on the sofa reading through what looked like

the papers Joshua had given him. I fed the dogs, tidied up

after dinner and final y sat down beside him. "Are you

okay?"

His fingers stil ed on the page. "Yeah, I'm okay."

"It was a little confronting at the police station today,

wasn't it?"

Isaac nodded. "In more ways than one."

"What do you mean?"

"Wel , firstly, I wasn't expecting that man to be there,

that Maxwel Krabanski. As soon as I heard Brady growling,

I knew something was wrong… and then he spoke. I

remembered his voice," he said quietly. "I won't ever forget

it."

I slid my hand onto Isaac's leg. "Brady was

incredible today."

He nodded, and quietly agreed. "Yeah, he was."

"You know, that Maxwel guy didn't look like how I’d

pictured him," I said. "He was tal and thin, and older than

what I thought. That's what surprised me the most. He'd

have to be in his late-forties. I don't know why I envisaged

some young asshole."

Isaac shrugged indifferently. "Oh, was he?"

He was quiet for a while again, seemingly

distracted, so I prompted him. "Babe, you said 'firstly'. Was

there a secondly?"

"Detective Zinberg," he replied with a sigh. "How he

said in the beginning that everything I told them before was

basical y useless because I can't see. That my account of

what happened doesn’t count because I’m blind." He

shrugged indifferently. "That kind of stigma real y gets me

down."

I rubbed his back and pul ed him against my chest

and lay back against the armrest of the sofa. "I know it

does. Though it wasn't his personal opinion, more of how

he knew some lawyer would twist it around in the legal

system."

His voice was quiet. "Does that make it any better?

Does that make it right?"

"No. No, it doesn't."

He nodded, took his sunglasses off and scrubbed

his hands over his face. "I just hate having to defend myself

like I'm some second-rate citizen, like my opinions don't

count because I'm fucking blind. I'm a fucking human being

with rights like everyone else."

I tightened my hold on him. "You're an amazing

fucking human being, Isaac. Don't let those assholes get

you down. They don't know you like I do."

He sat up, looking suddenly nervous. He fidgeted in

his seat and turned his face toward me. "I want to see,

Carter."

I blinked, surprised. Not that what he said was

surprising, just how he said it. "I know you do."

"No, I real y want to see."

I shook my head. "Isaac…"

"What if I told you there might be a way?"

"Might be a way for what?"

"For me to see."

His phone buzzed, making me jump. The cal er ID

voice activation told us it was Hannah cal ing.

Isaac sat unmoving for a long second, obviously not

wanting to stop this conversation.

Hannah, Hannah… the phone's synthetic speech

said until Isaac growled and answered. "Yes?... sorry," he

said, I presumed to Hannah for the tone in which he

answered the phone. "It went okay," he said next. "Wel ,

probably better than okay.

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