PLUTO English Translation

SPECIAL CHAPTER 2 (METAVEE)

Many people understand that I became blind as a result of a car accident in which I drove off the side of the road. No one knows the truth aside from me. Actually, I had problems with my eyes prior to the accident. Due to my extreme nearsightedness, I have a condition known as retinal detachment. I see black specks floating everywhere. It got worse after the Batman case (That's a name given by the reporters). My vision became blurry and deteriorated quickly. I decided that it was time to take it seriously.

I was wearing my glasses the day of the accident because the condition of my eyes had worsened, and I didn't want to use my contact lenses. There was a shadow in the vision of my right eye. I was seriously scared of becoming blind. As I was driving to the hospital, a motorcycle gang drove alongside me, challenging me. I remember swerving my car side to side to avoid hitting them, and my glasses fell to the floor near the accelerator... Yes... It was a terrible day.

I'm very shortsighted. So, without my glasses, it was like I was blind. And my retina happened to detach at that moment, causing me to suddenly lose all vision in my right eye. I was pretty much blind. Without my vision, I couldn't control my car, so I drove off the road.

People thought that the accident caused me to become blind.

I knew later on that that motorcycle gang was friends with the person my client almost killed when he hit someone with his car. I understood why they held a grudge. The victim's family members were old and had no power. Yet they had to be responsible for what they didn't do, only because they never knew that their son was a nuisance to society. And my client believed that what he did was right without listening to any reasoning.

Yes... I felt guilty. It seemed like the victim would be crippled for the rest of his life. I should have made my client compensate him more, at least in the millions, not only 300,000 baht... That wasn't enough.

Only Dr. Ton and I knew that my retina had detached at the time of the accident. Moreover, my left eye was functioning normally, and I only needed to wear a contact lens on that side. Yet I concealed the fact that I could see, asking Dr. Ton to comply with me. I wanted it to be like that. Part of it was because when my parents found out, they seemed to care more about me. That made me feel important. And Aobe Aum took better care of me too.

Yes... I asked for her tenderness and liked it that way. It felt like I was being cared for, eyes are important in my line of work. And my condition would take time to heal. So, I requested time off from work, claiming that I had been injured in the accident. My company provided me with special compensation as well as shares. It was because the owner's son was the offender in the Batman case, and I was able to reduce his punishment to only a suspended sentence.

Good... I can retire while I'm still young and beautiful.

"You really didn't have to leave your job."

Dr. Ton said that to me when we were alone together. I give the person who is trying to approach me the cold shoulder. Why did he have to give his opinion when that was what I wanted?

"You want someone who can barely see to go to court?"

"You haven't completely lost your vision. It's a lost opportunity."

"This is how I want it to be."

When I retaliated angrily, he nodded and avoided making any further casual conversation with me, sensing that I was attempting to maintain some distance between us.

"Okay"

"Please don't talk about my condition to anyone."

"Okay."

Actually, what Dr. Ton said was true. I could go about my life normally. I just couldn't see as clearly as other people, I learned how to live as a blind person so that I could act like one and ask for tenderness from those around me, especially Aobe Aum. I was happy that I was a priority.