The Impervious Courier

Chapter 53.

Mara was seated on the floor, in the middle of the living room. Her legs were crossed over each other, and her eyelids were covering her eyes. It wasn't as though it was necessary to close her eyes. She had been told to do so.

Cory was kneeling down right in front of her. His eyes were closed, too. If you asked him, he had no idea why he had told her what he had just said.

But there was something deep inside of him that wanted the words to come into reality. This would be the best gift he could ever present to Mara.

He didn't know for how long she had been blind, but based on the fact that he met her when she was a little older than three, then it was safe to say that she was practically blind all her life.

How beautiful would it be then if she could see for once, if not again.

"Should I open?" Mara asked.

"No, silly." Cory snapped. "I've not even started yet."

Cory knew that he sounded dumb by what he had just said. He was the one who had promised to heal her eyes, but now he'