Blind devotion

2.

It wasn't long until they were pulling to a stop somewhere in Georgia. As she exited the car Sadi could hear the sounds of men and women scurrying around while a director shouted cut.

"Does anyone know where Andy is?" The man she assumed was the director yelled.

"He is picking up our special guests." A voice answered him and she swore it was the voice of Norman Reedus himself.

"Come on before Greg has heart failure." Andy said as he grabbed hold of her arm, "I'm here Greg." He replied back to the man

"Thank god; where have you been? We need you in makeup and wardrobe stat." He said as Andy's arm was pulled from her own. Leaving her stood there in confusion as she didn't know where she was going.

"It's ok I've got you." An American accent said in her ear before calloused hands took her arm. She tried not to swoon when she realized her favorite star had hold of her arm.

"Thank you." She said breathlessly

"I like your dog." He replied as Dixon pushed himself into her while a vehicle drove past them.

"Thank you. If I didn't have Dixon I'd be lost." She replied and flushed.

"Dixon that's a good, solid name." He said before she felt him turning to Candace behind her. "You coming?" She heard a giggle from Candace before they began walking away from where the hustle and bustle of the set was.

"Where are we going?" She asked her companion as he guided her around different people who were too preoccupied to notice her and her seeing-eye dog.

"Canteen. I need food. Plus it is a bit quieter so we can talk more." He said as he helped her sit at a seat. "Can I get you or Dixon anything?" He asked her.

"Anything with meat in will be fine. And maybe a couple of sausages and water for Dixon." As she heard him walk away once Candace told him what she wanted. Candace squealed beside her.

"Oh my god, Sadi. Norman Reedus just helped you. How do you feel?" Her friend asked as she laid a hand on her shoulder.

"Honestly, when he spoke to me and grabbed my arm I thought I was going to faint." She said with a giggle. "So how do you know Andy. And how did you keep that quiet?"

"Well, my car broke down on the highway about 6 months ago. I had no cell service and this pick-up truck turned up just as I was ready to cry at my bad luck." She took a breath, "imagine my surprise when Andrew Lincoln got out of the truck to make sure I was ok."

"That was lucky," Sadi said,

"Yeah, he let me use his phone and paid for the repairs on my car." She sighed, "We've been friends ever since. So when I told him about you and your accident he helped pay for the airfares and got the backstage passes for you."

Suddenly Dixon started whining and she knew someone was heading back our way

"Here you go; sausage, creamed potatoes, and peas for Sadi. And sausages for Dixon." She heard the sound of plates being placed down before a fork was put in her hand, while the other was placed around the bowl.

"Thank you."

There was silence for a few minutes as they all ate before the man next to her cleared his throat.

"If you don't mind me asked, were you born blind or did it happen later on?" Norman said from her side.

"I could see up until three years ago..." she began placing her fork onto the table.

"I was in a bad accident at work. One of our chemicals for too warm and the beaker it was in exploded. Even though I had safety goggles on the glass pierced the lenses and went into my eyes. It was believed to have been a faulty batch of goggles." She said. Her work had disciplined her and fired her before the investigation was complete. She hadn't even had a letter of apology from them.

"Did you get some kind of compo from them?" He asked as she felt him moving closer to her,

"Nope. Instead, they disciplined me and fired my arse." Shrugging she used her hand to find the plate before she continued to eat.

"That's not good." He said as she finished her food. "You should sue them?" Sighing she pushed the plate away,

"I tried and my case got thrown out. The company said because it was a supplier fault of the goggles that there was nothing they could've done. When I went to the supplier they had been shut down."

"So what do you do now?" He asked casually,

"Try to live my life as best I can. There is a procedure that will help with the scarred corneas, but our health system won't cover it and I cannot afford to do it privately." She said as Dixon placed his head on her lap, he always knew when she was feeling anxious. "So I'm stuck living my life without being able to see the sky again."

"Surely there must be some help you can get?" But she just shook her head,

"Nope. I've tried every avenue and nothing."