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“No way!” Kate suddenly stood up, clearly shocked. “Professor Fernandez. said he felt fine yesterday!”
Of course, he felt fine.
Helena glared at her and snapped, “Are you saying I made it up?”
Kate quickly shook her head. “No, no, that’s not what I meant. Ms. Ziegler, maybe there was a misunderstanding? The session went well yesterday. If we stay on track for another six months, there should be real progress. And we communicate well…”
Six months? Smooth communication?
Helena sneered inwardly. Was she supposed to sit back and watch her husband fool around with another woman for half a year?
Losing patience, she called out to Dorothy. “Get Ms. Sullivan out of
here.”
“No!” Kate clutched the history book in her arms and stood her ground. “I won’t leave unless Professor Fernandez dismisses me himself.”
Helena was about to ring for security when her eyes caught the Braille history book Kate was holding.
It looked far too familiar. Even the dried brown bloodstains on the cover were identical.
Her heart skipped a beat. She asked without thinking, “Where did you get that book?”
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“Professor Fernandez gave it to me,” Kate answered.
A sharp ache hit Helena’s chest. She lowered her eyes, holding back the tears. “He… gave that to you?”
“Yes.” Kate frowned, confused by Helena’s reaction.
It felt like something deep inside Helena had suddenly collapsed.
Back when Calvin was kidnapped for two weeks, the captors tortured him in horrible ways. They even poured filthy, rotten water into his eyes. He screamed inside that elevator in humiliation. When he was finally saved, he couldn’t see for a long time.
After that, he barely spoke, his eyes dull and lifeless like his spirit had
vanished.
To help him reconnect with the world, Helena forced herself to learn Braille and tried teaching him little by little, even though he never responded.
She wanted to catch his attention, so she hand–engraved history articles. into a Braille book. It took her a month. Her fingers bled countless times. from the pen’s needle, and the bloodstains were startling.
Thankfully, Calvin finally responded.
He had once won a national prize for young historians. He loyed history. While blind, he used to touch that Braille book every day.
Helena thought that the Braille book meant something deep between them. Whenever Calvin held it, he looked gentle and calm.
But now…
She stared at the book in Kate’s hands. Her eyes burned, but she didn’t blink.
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That book she thought held their memories was just something Calvin used to charm a woman he slept with.
Suddenly overwhelmed, Helena lunged forward to grab it. Kate instinctively held tight, but Helena shoved her aside.
Kate stumbled backward, falling as her tight dress tore.
Right then, someone rushed up and pushed Helena away. He went straight to Kate and held her close.
Helena hit the floor hard. Everything went dark for a second. When her vision came back, she was kneeling and saw Calvin holding Kate tightly like he was protecting her. His eyes were cold as he stared at Helena.
Moments later, he looked down at Kate and finally said hoarsely, “Don’t be scared of her… I’m here.”
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