Deanna felt excruciating pain in the back of her head and a slight chill in her body from the wind and rain.
Rain? Deanna wondered in her mind, why did she get rained on? Shouldn't she be in the old house in the forest?
After taking a deep breath, Deanna was sure she was not currently in the old house or trapped in the deep forest.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"Seeing this girl's condition, is she unconscious?"
"Why is this girl sleeping in the middle of the road?"
"Could she be drunk?"
"Hey, this is so dangerous, this girl really doesn't value her life."
Deanna listened to the surrounding voices coming in quickly, then slowly opened her eyelids. Even though she looked unfocused, she could still see the surrounding people. She had been blind for so many years. How could she possibly see like this?
'Am I dreaming? I have to get up now!'
Thinking like that, Deanna regained consciousness.
*
After Deanna regained consciousness, she came home from the hospital. She was currently leaning on the bed, staring at the room that felt familiar in her memory and squinting as the sunlight streamed in through the window. After she couldn't see for a long time, Deanna realized that having healthy eyes was incredibly beautiful.
Deanna couldn't imagine herself waiting for sixteen springs, summers, autumns, and winters and for the chance to be born again. And now she had returned to a time when it was not too late.
When she woke up in the hospital yesterday, she became convinced that this moment was not a dream, and she immediately cried for an hour and a half. The nurses thought she had body aches and immediately called the doctor for a re-examination.
While Deanna was feeling the joy of being able to see again, the bedroom door slowly opened from the outside. The girl turned her head and immediately felt a rage, as if someone had tightly strangled her neck, making it difficult for her to breathe.
"Deanna, are you okay?" Clara asked Deanna, her face looking worried.
Deanna looked at the young woman in front of her blankly, not answering the question.
"I got a call from my mom who was going to America to catch up. When I heard that you were almost hit by a car and admitted to the hospital, I felt like I had a heart attack and rushed back early."
Clara walked slowly to Deanna's bed and sat down, observing Deanna's expression and then asking with interest. "How are you feeling now? Do you still feel pain?"
Deanna, who heard that held back hatred and anger, then slowly shook her head in response.
"Good, as long as you are okay."
Clara sighed and continued, "Why are you being so careless? You almost got hit by a car on your birthday. Where's Austin? Why didn't he accompany you?"
When Clara finished, Austin pushed open the door and entered the room. He glanced at Clara first before looking at Deanna with a sullen expression.
"How old are you? How can you run around and lie in the middle of the road like that? I have things to do, so I can't be with you for a little while on your birthday. You should be able to withstand that temper."
"She just came back from the hospital and must still be feeling uncomfortable, can't you have a nice talk with her?" said Clara.
Clara looked a little angry, looked at Austin, and said again, "Didn't I tell you before I left the country that you should spend some time celebrating Deanna's birthday? Why do you have other businesses? If you were with her, Deanna wouldn't have experienced that."
"I wanted to celebrate my birthday with Deanna, but my grandfather suddenly called and said he was having a family gathering. Even my uncle didn't dare not to come, so I also had to attend. And I told her I'd give her more time the next day to celebrate. Who knew that Deanna would be so angry that she chose to lie in the middle of the road like that."
Austin glanced at Deanna with an annoyed expression, "Birthdays come every year, not celebrating together just once is no big deal."
Seeing the slightly unpleasant condition, Clara looked at Deanna and said, "Deanna, since Austin didn't mean to do that, don't be angry. I'm having a birthday in a few days, we can celebrate a birthday together, how about it?"
"I'll throw a great party and invite your other friends." Austin said as he looked at Deanna and added, "Are you happy?"
Deanna, who heard that sneered inwardly, thinking that the two of them had a good time when it came to lying. Their acting is like famous actors and actresses.
She didn't need to concentrate. Just breathing normally, Deanna could smell the same soap and shampoo from both. The two must have come from the hotel together and pretended to go into his room separately.
"I'm tired and want to rest. You two can go and get on with your business." Deanna said weakly, pretending to look tired, and then lay down with her eyes closed.
Clara glanced at Austin, stood up, and said, "Then get some rest. Tell me if you need anything, and I'll help."
After Clara finished speaking, she saw that Deanna seemed to have fallen asleep because she didn't respond, and there was a steady sound of breathing. Clara glanced at Austin again, and the two exited the room together.
Austin didn't go straight home but instead went to Deanna's room. After entering the room, Clara said with a guilty expression, "I grew up with Deanna. I know her character well. Her anger came and went quickly. Even though she was angry, she would feel good again soon. The quieter she was, the sadder Deanna was. We can't do this kind of thing on her birthday. And since she wants to celebrate your birthday with you, you must fulfill her wish."
"I don't even want to be with her right now. Every time I eat with her, I only think of you. I really love you right now, not Deanna. It's because of her that we can't be together openly. I think we've had enough to respect her feelings, we don't need to feel guilty about her anymore. I will tell her to break up as soon as possible, then we can be together openly and continue to be friends with her in the future." Said Austin.
"I've tried to code for her many times, but she really loves you and won't easily agree to break up." Holding her forehead, Clara said with a bit of helplessness, "After all, we have wronged her from the start, we should try to minimize her anger."
"Hey, I just dated her, not married. Even if I'm married, I can get a divorce if there are no feelings at all. Now that I want to break up with her, can't we still break up even if she doesn't agree?" Austin's voice sounded angry and frustrated.
"Don't you care about my feelings? And your own feelings too. Can't you be a little selfish and not think about other people all the time?" said Austin again.
"Of course, I care about your feelings, but now…."
Holding Austin's right hand, Clara leaned her head on the man's shoulder and said, "This isn't the best time for you to break up with her. Wait a little longer."
"I can't wait any longer. I need to clarify my relationship with her as soon as possible." Austin said with a firm expression.
"I don't want to hide with you anymore. I want everyone to know that I love you."
"But, even if you break up with Deanna now, we can't openly get together right away. Otherwise, with Deanna's temper, we don't know what she will do." Clara looked at Austin with pleading eyes.
"Just for me, wait at least another year or two, then break up with her. When I'm about to graduate, we can announce our relationship. By then, her feelings for you must have disappeared, and she could accept that we were together, so she wouldn't feel betrayed. Isn't that good for everyone?" said Clara.
After Austin and Clara had looked at each other for a while, Austin hugged her tightly and said in frustration, "You really know how to torture me, and you know I would do anything for you."
"Thank you." Clara touched Austin's face and kissed him.
After kissing for a while, the two began to undress each other.
*
Deanna closed her eyes and recalled what had happened in her previous life.
She fell in love with Austin at first sight and aggressively pursued him. After meeting and interacting a few times, Austin liked her, so the two immediately started dating.
Clara Brown is the daughter of Deanna's stepmother and ex-husband. After Deanna's parents divorced, her father married Clara's mother. The two grew up together, and their relationship is quite good. While Deanna was dating Austin, Clara met the man. But Deanna doesn't know that Clara is in love with Austin too.
At first, because of Clara's kinship, she drifted away from Austin. But in the end, the woman could not control her feelings and then had an affair with Austin.
Deanna Foster has a gentle and beautiful face but has a bad character and temperament. Clara wasn't as attractive as Deanna, but she was still pretty. But fortunately, Clara has a good temper.
Clara is very good with words and able to understand the feelings of others. Austin Johnson felt that if Deanna's face and Clara's personality were combined, they would make the perfect lover.
At first, it was difficult for Austin to choose between the two because they each had their advantages. But gradually, Austin felt that he had fallen in love with Clara and thought they were destined to be together.
So, while Deanna and Clara were in their sophomore year of university, Austin dumped Deanna. But Deanna disagrees and tries various ways to get back together.
At that time, Austin and Clara decided to be together openly, and she overheard the conversation between her father and stepmother. She just found out that Austin and Clara had been in a relationship for a long time. This emerging betrayal makes Deanna decide to stand against them.
Many things happened in the middle of it all, but the result was that Austin had the heart to poison Deanna to cover up the mistakes Clara had set her up for. And after thinking she was dead, Austin had his men throw her body into a ravine in the deep forest.
After being thrown into a ravine, Deanna did not die because a large tree saved her. But because of the poison, she had to spend sixteen springs, summers, autumns, and winters alone, deaf, blind, and mute.
At that moment, it was as painful as struggling to live in hell. Only her hatred and anticipation for someone who had helped made Deanna not want to die just like that. Then, she got used to that kind of life and started to master how to survive. But she lived like a female beast.
Since God had given her a chance to return, she would return all the pain she had been through all this time.