A Love That Sees

~One~ {ADELE} It was the same sound, the one that hunted all her dreams, only that it sometimes wasn’t a dream, it was a reality of a life and experience she had once lived. “Adele, Promise me!!”, Her mother shouted frantically, Tears streaming down her eyes and Her body hot, Adele couldn’t understand, she was scared, very scared, but her mother persisted holding her cold hands. “Promise Me !!!’. “I promise Mommy”. Adele Silently whispered, She was crying as well, She managed to look up ahead and her big eyes widened in fear, The car was moving funny and her mother seemed to have no control over what was happening, Her mother was Muttering prayers as the car swerved from left to right, something wasn’t right and even the little girl could tell. “Adele promise me you would fight, you would live and You would Live well, I..... I don’t think the two of us would see daddy again, but—” Her mother’s words were choked up, She held her chest and closed her eyes, It was like she was finally coming to terms with everything, and it was killing her inside, “I love you, I love you so so much, my child”. In that moment the little girl was engulfed in a hug, a very tight hug with her mother whispering something she would never understand, but after that everything went blank and she opened her eyes. Adele Sighed, She wasn’t breathing heavily or shocked, it was that time of the month when she missed her mother more than ever. “It is only a dream”, She would tell her self, till it became bearable. Her eyes were open, but it was dark, she could hear the faint sound of rain drops hitting the pavement, while a gust of wind blew through her side touching her face, she shivered, snuggling under her thick duvet. The wind blew again hitting her face, causing her body to feel colder. She scoffed irritated; the window had not been closed. She threw the duvet away, sitting up on the bed, she turned her body to the side, dropped herself from the high bed while her feet found the floor in seconds. Slowly she began walking forward, a step at a time, Her hands outstretched flapping its way through the air as she searched for her stick. She walked sideways, till she hit the wall on her side, she began feeling it as she kept walking forward, her hands following the smooth wallpaper till she came towards a wooden object, she grabbed a hold of it using her left hand, she felt it’s fine lines, realizing Immediately that it was her stick. She grabbed it tightly and then started walking all over her room, her stick leading the way, but her brain already mapping out a vivid image of where she was. Adele followed the direction of the wind which came from the south as it blew through her silk night gown and her long red hair that reached her hips. It made her shiver, but she kept walking forward till she came in front of the window. The rain had increased severely as it continuously hit the cemented ground with no remorse. Standing in front of the huge windows, Adele’s nose took a whiff of the scent of wet leaves which gave her a feeling of relaxation, that brought a smile to her face. She felt her anger passing away, but not fully leaving, she could enjoy this. Still standing with the windows open, she felt white light on her face, though her eyes could not see it, she knew it was the moon, the big, beautiful moon she adored as a child. Thinking about it Brought a sad smile which immediately turned to a frown as she bent her face away from the light, now avoiding it. She listened to the rain for a while before closing the window and bolting it, she picked up her stick again and began finding her way back to her bed, she tapped her stick a few times as she kept searching for the bed, she felt her stick hit something hard, making her crouch down to feel it, it felt soft. She then felt her way to the tip of her duvet pulling it forward, she dropped her stick on the floor gently, then she sat on the bed tucking her legs into the duvet before laying down on her pillows, she covered herself with the duvet Laying for a while, she tried to listen to the sound of the rain in the distance as her eyes closed, to be met with familiar darkness. 7AM The gentle tap on her head was enough to wake her up. It always was, Adele wasn’t a deep sleeper, she knew she had to be alert at all times, she didn’t have enough senses to be more fragile than she already was. She took no time in opening her eyes, She rubbed it gently for a while before removing the duvet from her legs, she sat upright on the bed, before turning to her side where she felt a presence. “ Anita?”. She asked her eyes static on the dark spot where she waited for an answer. “Yes, Miss Adele”. A loud voice spoke, almost like the girl was about to shout but restrained her voice at the end. “First hand my stick over to me”, Adele turned fully outstretching her hand as her legs hanged in the air from the bed above the ground. She waited for a bit, listening to the fast movements of the lady who was picking her stick up from the ground, she heard her feet as she scrubbed against the ground, something She was fun of doing that irritated Adele by a long shot. There was a small silence before she felt the fine wood on her fingers. She tapped the wood on the floor drawing her slides close to her feet, she came down slightly, fitting her legs into the slides, until it was fitted. She got up to her feet, stretched her stick forwards and began walking as she tapped it on the floor finding her direction, she kept walking forward till she met an obstruction, she tapped on it twice and heard shuffling behind her back, she waited till she heard a click and proceeded to walk toward. When she felt the warmness around the room completely engulf her, she spoke up again. “The Sunflower dress and the yellow heels”. She instructed, she heard the lady hurry forward, before hearing hanger clicks, when she felt that she had picked the right dress, she spoke again. “Also pack my black pointe shoes and my bucket hat, today would be a sunny day “. She stated tapping the stick slightly on the floor to rid herself of the boredom she felt. She heard some hangers click again before heading out of the room. Soon she heard feet shuffling against someone as Anita walked up behind her again gently closing the door. “Lay them on the sofa, accordingly, so I can put them on myself.” Adele said curtly. “But why Ma’am?, You have to take your bath first Miss Adele so-“. “Today will be your last day here”. Adele cut her short not ready for an emotional speech. “But Miss-“. “Ill ask once”, Adele began, “Did you leave the window open yesterday?”. Adele asked turning her head slightly to where she felt Anita’s presence. She waited for a response and after a brief silence, Anita spoke up in a voice of defeat. “Yes Ma’am,”. “That’ll be all.” She said finally as she turned her stick and began walking forward, Adele heard the shuffling of feet again and a loud bang from the door, Deduction of salary?, She thought to herself, now annoyed by the girls tardiness.