ess, Michael' s success growing in i

rogant, wealthy, the stru

her spirit rooted deep like t

apist, someone who spoke of m

r eyes began to lift, not with a sud

k into her world,

nurtured in the quiet hours Michael w

n, a week away to "focus on new sens

ve her out from underfoot, a constant reminde

eager to share the miracle, to perhaps reclaim a piece o

of their city apartment, the one h

a scent in the air that wasn't hers, a

t on the plush carpe

oom door

ly restored vision taking in

e her eyes, was entangled with a younger wom

bed, the intimacy

ealing her breath, but her vision

Michael' s late-night calls, supposedly with "th

ening, not in guilt, but in mom

d her. He hadn' t