Love Began with the First Meeting

That goes without saying that the first day of school is always the most exciting, especially for Mark. He was a teeny bit nervous and scared knowing that his mom and dad wouldn't be there but of course, eventually, he made new friends - they talked about a lot of things and played new games. He was looking forward to his mom and dad picking him up because he was excited to tell them about his day but to his disappointment, they didn't show up.

Both Brian and Molly's hearts broke at the sound of Mark's upset voice. They knew that they had let Mark down and they knew that Mark would always remember that. "Mark, we're sorry we weren't able to pick you up. We know how important this day was to you. It's just that your mommy's eyes started to hurt again so we went to see the doctor," Brian explained in a light voice, "I'm sure you understand that, right?" he said.

"Mommy's eyes? How is she now?" Mark asked, worried, suddenly forgetting his own disappointment.

Brian turned to look at Molly who was glaring at him. She couldn't believe how easily he was lying to his own son - not a trace of guilt. But Brian ignored her. He lifted his eyebrows and continued, "I'm not sure. The doctor's still checking up on her. Mark, can you stay there until mommy's check up is done? And then we can come pick you up and we can have dinner together. You can think about where you'd like to eat, okay?" he said.

"Okay," Mark said. Mark told Brian to take care of Molly then they both hung up. He was such a mature boy who was already worrying about his mom. He was indeed very sweet and sensible.

"I can't believe you just lied to our son," Molly accused.

"I did not," Brian replied absently. He glanced up at Molly with a blank look on his face then continued driving.

not right, you're his dad!, ' she grumbled to herself. Her eyes widened in surprise when she

of course, Brian showed none of this on his face, he maintained his

to come back to this place because all she had here were terrible memories. It was in this place that she discovered a lot of things that changed her life - she couldn't even count how many times she had cried in this place. She really didn't want to look back to those memories either and she

what he knew, he found it difficult to believe that Brian would fall in love with someone like Molly. When he was almost done examining her eyes, he even asked her dryly, "Miss Xia, I know

haven't had a good night's sleep in a while. There's so much discharge in your eyes," he observed. He specifically avoided telling Molly that she had been crying too much. "I'm going to give you some eye drops to help with your eye infection.

because she had had them for four years now so if there were complications, she would have had them years ago. What she really didn't want to mention was how her old eyes

done, Molly stepped out and walked towards the hospital lounge. Brian didn't follow her inside the room. He just waited by the door - there had always been an unspoken uneasiness whenever

way to the lounge. Her head lowered and just kept her eyes on the floor, thinking about how she was missing her own eyes. Suddenly, she felt something hit her feet followed by a loud shrill. Molly snapped out of her trance and looked up. It was a little girl with a guiding stick in her hand. She was just about to fall on the ground on her back because she was losing balance. Molly instantly

Molly apologized, "Are you alright?" she asked

and smiled at her after just collecting herself from the panic of the supposed fall. "I'm fine! Don't worry, it was my fault. I have severe amblyopia and I wasn't able to see you clearly at first, and that's why I ran into you. I'm sorry, how about you? Are

only then did she notice that her eyes were wide but had no any sort of gloss or luster, only hollowness and looking aimlessly at her. "You-you couldn't see, I'm so sorry, I