Married To The Gateman

9: Ray Of Hope

The light went off in a flash and Mujaheed quickly turned his eyes, what happened? Maybe the generator had gone out of gas? He wondered. She was still crying, which was evident to him that she didn't notice about the power out. "The light has goes off, I'll go and turn the generator, will you be okay alone?" He asked with a soft voice, the bright moon illuminating its light through the hut and when she looked up at him with wet cheeks, the moon glowed on her face.

"I'm afraid, what's wrong with the light?" She was suddenly back into her senses, looking around, even though she couldn't see, she would have seen the light bulbs illumination in her eyes. "I can even see where you're seated at, Mujaheed." Her voice quivered as she spoke and brought her legs down, she was afraid.

"I'm sitting opposite you, Fareeda, where's your glass so you can go back to your room? I need to go and check, maybe the generator went out of gas, probably." He said as she stood up, turning the flashlight of his phone and she caught a blurry vision of it.

"I've left it in my room." She said sadly and clenched her fist, afraid of what might happen to her if she wanted to go back to her room now. And for him to leave her here alone was out of it, because there was no way she would've stayed.

"How did you come here without your glass? Someone brought you?" She closed her eyes and sighed. How would she begin to explain it to him?

"You see, I can get blurry visions without my glass, especially light bulbs, so I found my way here because I've known the way with my heart. But going back while the lights are off, I can't do that." She really can't, and there was no point arguing to that.

"Then can you wait for me here to go and turn it back on?" He asked, staring at the way her body softly shook with her fear. She didn't have to tell him that she was afraid to be left alone for him to understand, he had seen that on her facial expression. "Or maybe I can take you back to your room, if you can't stay here alone." She quickly nodded her head.

"Yes, that will be it. Shall we go?" She asked while her eyes blindly turned to look at him even though all she could see was pitch darkness.

"Can you walk out of the hut? Can you walk around without some help?" He tenderly asked, he didn't know why it always touched him whenever he saw her battling so hard to see what was right in front of her. She looked so innocent for someone that seemed to be in so much pain like she did, it made him feel bad and so sorry for what she was silently going through.

"Yes, I can." She said out of feign bravado and walked a few feet toward the place her heart was telling her had the exit of the hut but before she moved further, she left as Mujaheed quickly pulled her aside.

"That's not the way, Fareeda, you're going to hurt yourself." He said calmly and held her wrist, "Can I take you to your room? If not, you might kill yourself before we reach there." He knew holding her this way wasn't right, but this was a matter of her health, she might be hurt if she walked alone without any support.

"Why do you have to make it sound as if I'm totally blind? Yes, I know..." he didn't wait for her to finish her sentence when he started walking with his hand firmly holding her right wrist. Fareeda went mute and meticulously walked behind him. She would nearly stumble on something and without turning his head, he would speak.

"Be careful, I'm taking the safest way for you."

Fareeda scrunched up her face and groaned, "You're walking so fast, Mujaheed! I can't keep up with your pace without stumbling on my feet. Can you walk slower?" When he turned to look at her, she had a pout on her lips and her now bloodshot eyes were involuntarily giving him a puppy expression even though she didn't know where he was standing.