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"You're doing this tonight?" my mother asked.
"It looks that way." I pulled away from Bayne to focus on my family, even though all I wanted was for him to hold me and help take away my fear.
"Here?" my father asked.
"I promise we have the medical facilities for such a surgery and our doctor is a wonderful surgeon. He'll be assisting Dr. Gordon, who is a successful ophthalmologist. Brett will have the best care," Kurt promised them.
"You weren't going to tell us?" My mom sounded hurt.
"I didn't want you to be let down if it didn't work. It might not. You have to be ready for that. If it doesn't, I'm blind. There are no other options." I wanted them to be prepared for anything.
"But it's a chance, right?" My mother sounded so hopeful. "I'm glad we are here for this."
"Why don't you finish eating and I'll show you to your room so you can freshen up. I'm sure Bayne and Brett want to go get a room set up for them to use tonight while he's recovering," Kurt said.
"I can take care of Janice and Phil," Corta said from beside me. "Brett, I hope this works. I'm here if you need anything." She kissed my cheek.
"Thanks, Corta, and thanks for seeing to my parents. I know this is all unplanned." I tried to smile.
"Think nothing of it. Now you and your mate go get ready. I'll make sure your parents are comfortable and know what is going on," Corta said.
Bayne stood, taking my arm.
I stood with him. "Mom, Dad, I'll talk to you before the surgery, I promise. I'm sorry to toss this at you the moment you get into town. I promise once it's over I'll spend as much time as you want with you."
"Baby." My mom was suddenly at my side. "You go do what you need to do. We'll be fine. Don't even worry about us." She kissed my cheek. "I love you, and I'm so glad we are here for you right now." She hugged me tightly before stepping back.
"We'll be waiting for you, Son." My father gripped my shoulder.
"Thanks." I took a deep breath as I let Bayne lead me out of the kitchen to one of the bedrooms.
Once Bayne shut the door, I stopped trying to be brave. "What am I going to do? I don't think he'll shift. He hasn't even tried in the last week and look at the ways we've tried to tempt him."
Bayne pulled me into his arms. "He has to know this is for your sight. I refuse to believe he wants you to remain blind if there is a chance you can get your sight back."
"But what if?" I pulled away, moving across the room to find the bed. "Bayne, this is my one chance."
"And we are going to take it. I swear I'll find a way to make you shift. I don't know how, but I'll beg, plead, and threaten your wolf if I have to." Bayne sat down beside me. "Brett, you have to stay calm. Get too worked up and Cohen might not let you do the surgery. Cohen knows about your wolf. We'll figure it out. You can't worry about it. Let us do that. You focus on staying calm and doing what they need you to do."
"Which is shift." I couldn't stop worrying about it.
"Hey, we don't know. This could work without shifting. All shifting does is heal you faster. The doctor still has to connect everything the same way. If you have to heal like a human, then that's what we'll do." Bayne sent wave after wave of love to me through our link, almost as if he was trying to smother me in it so I wouldn't panic.
"What if it doesn't work?" I couldn't stand the thought of living this way forever. In the last few weeks it had been so hard to do anything on my own. I was dependent on Bayne for almost everything. I knew blind people learned to adapt, but what if I wasn't able to? It was so fucking hard.
"We will do whatever we have to. Together we will get through this. I love you whether you can see or not. It changes nothing. You're strong, Brett. You can face whatever happens. If the surgery doesn't work, then we make new plans, find new ways. You don't have to go through this alone. I'm here, your parents are here, the whole pack is here and will support you." Bayne grabbed both of my hands. "We have to meet Cohen at the medical room. Do you need to use the bathroom and stuff before surgery?"
I nodded. "I better." I leaned in and kissed him. "I love you. No matter what, I love you more than anything else in this world. Please know that."
"I know it. I feel it. Nothing is going to happen." He brushed his hand down my cheek. "Go get ready." He kissed me softly then stood.
I got up and made my way to the bathroom and got myself as ready as I could. Nothing would calm the nervousness in my stomach. I'd know sometime today if I would be living my life blind or not. This was it. My one chance.
Leaning on the bathroom sink, I looked up as if I was going to look in the mirror. Today where only darkness was in front of me, I hoped that tomorrow I'd see my face.
"You okay?" Bayne knocked on the door.
I reached over, finding the knob, and opened it. "Yeah, just needed a minute." I moved toward him, glad when he wrapped his arms around me.
