C- Coping

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"For a year you've had to come live with me because you were so broken from their death that you couldn't face your sister or her friends, and then you almost killed all four of them. Now, look, Naomi's back! What a fucking miracle! And you just ignore them? What's wrong with you?" Rania screams.
She doesn't get it.

So I tell her. "I didn't want this, Rania. I was just coming to terms with the fact that they were never coming back. And now they are. And what am I even supposed to do? They can't speak. How am I supposed to talk to them?" I can feel tears forming.

She still doesn't understand. "So, what, you're not going to try? They need you now more than ever! Suddenly losing your sight and ability to speak is a big deal, James! Did you wake up and decide 'oh, they're blind, I don't really like them anymore'? What is your problem?!"

Something clicks within me. "OF COURSE I FUCKING LIKE THEM! I LOVE THEM!"
Pitch darkness.
Light again.

-Cloudmill

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