Never the Way We Were
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The howling winter wind carried away his retreating silhouette.
After that, I never heard from him again.
One year passed, then another, and another.
Aside from the cane in my hand, my life as a blind person grew more and more second nature. I made more friends, all of them blind like me. I even found a job for myself, working as a phone counselor.
Day after day, I talked people through their worries on the other end of the line, until the day a familiar voice came through the receiver.
"My Elara can earn her own money now. That's so amazing."