Brian had a degenerative disease that, in time would cause him to lose his vision. The treatments could postpone it but not avoid that he became blind.

Some days he had to use eye drops and rest in his room even if it was day time. His mother would shut the window and put on some soft music to distract him during these long hours of waiting. Brian didn´t complain because he was afraid to become blind and did everything he could to follow the doctor´s recommendations.

In these occasions he missed Steph and she made it clear that she missed him too.

“Brian, why can´t I sit with you while you rest your eyes? I miss you bad, you know?”

“Steph, I miss you too. But the drops make me so sleepy that you would get very bored.”

And then they had to endure it. Brian was now ten years old and Steph was nine. The doctor told his mother that he has already lost twenty per cent of his capacity to see and he was wearing gl