Chapter 7

I nearly tripped over my own feet as my sister helped me out to the cab she had called to come and pick us up and I'm reluctant to say that I would have probably tripped and fallen many times if Cece wasn't there. It sucks to be blind and I'm starting to feel bad for the characters in my books that I made born blind or there was an accident that made them blind. It's like I'm stumbling through the dark trying to feel my way around, I mean I can't even make my way down the stairs without help.

Not only that but I'm pretty sure I need to see to read the note they are leaving us so if I lose my sight there is no hope for us to ever find Mimi. Also how the hell did he know we were in the hospital and what happened to my eyes, is he watching us, if so did he know that I had come here early because of Robert the doll's prank. Why didn't he try to contact me then, maybe he has a certain schedule he wants to go by, I don't know and all these questions are making my head hurt.

I was so focused on my thoughts that I didn't notice Cece was trying to help me into the car until I bumped my head.

" Ow! A little warning would have been nice ".

I felt her glare at me " I did warn you, you weren't paying attention as usual ".

I frowned " sorry I get lost in my thoughts sometimes ".

She sighed " I'm not sure you should be doing that anymore now that you are blind if you get lost in your thoughts you're going to run into someone or something, plus you get lost in your thoughts all the time ".

It was my turn to sigh " I know that's going to be hard though and now I can't read while wal- wait I CAN'T READ AT ALL "!

I could feel Cece wincing from my loud yelling " you probably will get your sight back before you want to read Bella I mean it's not the end of the world ".

I turned towards her voice and glared " and what if I don't it could take me months to learn how to read those blind books, what are they called "?

Cece was quiet for a moment before she started laughing making me glare at her once more.

" What's so funny, maybe I can laugh to ” I asked sarcastically.

" You, you're worried that you won't be able to read and not that you have gone blind ".

I rolled my eyes " alright how about if I can't see we probably won't find Mimi since I am the only one that can read the clues ".

That got her to stop laughing and we both fell into an awkward silence the only sounds being Cece telling the cab driver where he needed to go so I sat back in my chair and tried to get my mind off of being blind. So I started making a type of crime board in my head and got out my imaginary thumbtacks and decided to look at this from the beginning. First I got an anonymous call that I'm now sure was made by someone else but it couldn't have been Robert or any other ghost I met so far because I would have recognized the voice.

So let's see there should be at least three different colors one for to figure out later which should be blue another for stuff not related which will be gray and stuff related to Mimi should be green. So we will put the call on the board with a gray thumbtack then we will put the clue and a list of questions about the person up there with a green thumbtack. That leaves Nalic and I doubt he is any part of this so I will put him on the board with a gray thumbtack, I have a feeling this board will be filled by the end of this.

It wasn't long before we had arrived at the lookout or at least I thought we did since the car had stopped and of course Cece had to help me out of the car so she clasped my right arm and let me brace myself against her as I got out. Once she noticed that I was sturdy enough to stand where I was she told me to stay as she went to get whatever she had brought with her from her hotel room. It only took a couple of seconds but I knew that if I would of have had my sight I would have been part way up the stairs to the lookout, not having sight is a real disadvantage if you ask me.

Cece grabbed my arm as she said: " pick your foot up the step is right in front of you and please try to stay out of your head ".

She slowly guided me up the stairs making sure to catch me when I stumbled and though I hated that I had to rely on her to help with everything I can't help but be grateful for what she is doing for me. This is hard for me to admit in my head much less out loud, I mean me and Cece never really got along as kids but when we did we had fun, though I would always hate when she told me the endings of the books I was reading. She did that when I was reading the Divergent series, she had told me the endings of the rest of the books and to this day I have chosen to not read the rest of the series.

I have watched the movies made from the books though and I can honestly say they are better than the books from what Cece had told me, I mean who in their right mind kills off the main character. If you ask me, killing off the main character shouldn't be done though I'm not saying you need to give them a happily ever after books are not fairytales. But if you kill off the main character of a book it just isn't the same and I'm not saying you shouldn't kill anyone just the main character, I haven't killed off any of my characters in my books yet.

Of course, that could change with the different books I'm writing but it also could not, I don't like the idea of killing off any of my characters if you ask me but it all depends on the book. All characters care about the different characters in each book they create though the main characters are the main ones they care about. What I mean is have you ever read a book where one of your favorite characters had been killed, now imagine how that made you feel were you sad maybe hurt that the author would have killed that character.

Now put yourself in the author's shoes, each character is a part of the author even if they are not the main character so in the end, they would be killing off a piece of themselves. Now a reader will be sad no doubt but they won't feel what the author has felt it's unique to them, not even another author that is reading their book will feel the same. Yes they will be sad but no author will feel the same as the author that has read the book, I have read many books with characters that have died and I felt sad.

I'll even admit I cried, I'm sure every reader does when their favorite character dies in a book they were reading, they get so caught up in everything that the emotions come o-.

I was so caught in my thoughts that I didn't notice we were at the top until I tried to go up another step and ended up stumbling forward because there wasn't another step.

Cece caught my arm and was able to steady me as she snapped in irritation " will you pay attention neither of us needs you to get hurt ".

I glared in the direction of her voice but didn't argue with her as I asked.

" Is he here "?

" How the hell would I know I don't even know what the ghost looks like ".

" He looks like a shadow of a man," I told her.

She scoffed " it's night time all there are is shadows ".

I was about to sigh with annoyance when a voice asked " why are you looking for me "?

I turned in the direction of his voice before I said " can you tell me why the glasses made me blind or do you not know "?

He chuckled " you were using them to read weren't you "?

I glared at him " of course they are reading glasses plus I need them to read the clues from the person who took Mimi ".

" Ah yes your Grandmother I am sorry for my role in delaying you but as I said I owed Robert ".

I nodded " it's alright can you tell me what's going on now "?

It was quiet for a moment before I felt a brush of coldness against my eyelids " those glasses were made for you to be able to see ghosts only so as soon as you started reading with them you messed up your eyes ".

I winced " so will I stay blind "?

He huffed out a breath " I don't think so but there might be side effects that Robert might not like but other than that you should be good ".

I glared at him " I could care less what that stupid doll might or might not like ".

I could hear the frown in his voice as he said: " maybe so but there are quite a few that do including me since I am responsible for what has happened ".

I nodded " so is there anything you can do "?

He sighed " unfortunately no we will just have to wait and see what the side effects are, we won't be able to tell until you can see again ".

I was about to say something when Cece decided to speak " what are we going to do if we find a clue when she is still blind, she's the only one that can read them ".

He hummed " well unless you want me to give you a pair of glasses there's nothing I can do ".

She chuckled nervously " after what happened to Bella no thanks ".

" Well, then you are on your own ".

This probably would be the time she glares at the lookout ghost as she says " this happened because of your stupid glasses and there is NOTHING YOU CAN DO "!

Her voice had gone from calm to yelling at the top of her lungs at the ghost so I pressed my hand to her arm before I said.

" Cece it's fine I just want to go to my hotel room and sleep for as long as I can ".

She huffed out a breath of irritation " fine I'll call a cab ".

I shook my head but before I could protest she was already stalking away from me and since I was blind there is no way I can go after her so I just closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I heard the ghost chuckle so I turned and glared at the direction his voice came from really irritated that he finds me being blind funny.

" Actually that is not why I'm laughing, I'm laughing because you will need to speak to Robert because he is the only one that can help you ".

I frowned " why didn't you say this when my sister was here and why does it have to be Robert why not anyone else ".

" To answer the first question Robert only wants to meet you and to answer the second because Robert is in charge of everything in Key West, everything that happens goes through him but he knows little about what's happening with you two and your Grandma and he wants you to inform him ".

I nodded " how will I meet him without my sister also why didn't he just ask me after the lighthouse incident "?

The ghost chuckled again " he wanted you to calm down first and he will meet you in your hotel room after your sister drops you off, make sure no one else is there with you ".

I nodded waiting to see if he was going to say something else but before he could I heard Cece stalking towards me and I felt her grab my arm. Before I could ask her to slow down she was pulling me down the stairs so quickly that I ended up tripping and would have fell down the flight of stairs if Cece didn't have a hold of me. After that, she slowed down matching my pace to make sure I didn't trip again though I could still feel the anger coming off of her.

She got me down the stairs and into the cab where I told the driver the address to the hotel before I turned to her and asked.

" Are you ok Cece "?

She sighed " not really I'm worried that we would never find Mimi if you don't get your sight back ".

I winced " yeah I know but there's nothing I can or could do since I had to put the glasses on to read the clues and I might have to do it again ".

" I know Bella it's just hard not to worry I mean even if you get your site back what happens when you have to put those glasses back on, you could lose it again ".

I opened my mouth to say something, anything that would make this situation more positive but for some reason, I had nothing I really couldn't find anything positive about this situation. Cece sighed again before I could hear the sound of the game board king game that Cece plays all the time and I had a feeling she didn't want to talk. So for the rest of the ride, we sat in silence me thinking about what is going to happen with Robert the doll and Cece playing her game.

It didn't take long for the cab to get there and before I could tell Cece I would be fine walking to my door alone she was already out of the cab helping me out. She told the cab driver to wait for her as she helped me to my door before walking me up to the door and taking my keys out of my pocket. She unlocked the door for me and guided me inside and onto the bed before handing me the keys back and shutting the door as she left.

I felt something cold brush against my arm before a voice asked " what happened to you? Are you ok "?

It was Nalic and I was slightly surprised that I could still hear him without the glasses on but not entirely though, I mean a pair of reading glasses turned me blind nothing can surprise me more than that.

I turned to where I heard his voice coming from " hey Nalic I became blind from the reading glasses that they gave me which I guess is quite ironic since reading glasses are supposed to help you from going blind ".

I felt another brush of cold on my other arm and I think maybe he was sitting down next to me, wait I touched the ghost of that store owner at least I think I did and I'm pretty sure I never felt cold. But now whenever a ghost has touched me since I lost my sight I felt a cold brush, maybe this is one of the side effects. Not only that but I can now hear Nalic without the glasses, well I could hear the lookout ghost too but I could always hear him so that doesn't count.

I wonder what else I will be able to do, I mean what if I can see ghosts without the glasses, that would be both useful and freaky as hell but probably wouldn't be the worst thing that happens to me. I mean if you think about it, it would probably be a good thing that I can see ghosts because if I get my sight back the glasses could make me blind again. If I can see them without the glasses though I would be able to keep my sight, I guess what I'm saying is.

On one hand, you have you could go permanently blind if you put the glasses back on if you can't see the ghosts without them. On the other hand, you can see ghosts at all times, even the ones that look like the way they have died, which could be quite gruesome. Of course, I probably don't have a choice because if I can see ghosts when they take these things off my eyes then I'll have to live with that and if I can't well I'm not sure what I will do then.

I mean if I can't see ghosts then I have to put the glasses on again but as I said there is a likely possibility I will go blind if I do this and then we would be in this mess all over again. This is something I don't want because one I sure as hell don't want to be blind and two I need to see to read the clues. Not only that but I could go permanently blind from that and I don't think that would help us either so I guess I should hope that I can see ghosts after I get my sight back.

I took a deep breath pushing all those thoughts away and was about to ask Nalic something when a voice said.

" Hello, Isabella I see you are already getting yourself into difficult situations oh how do you do it "?