Curtains Close; Take a bow. I think we fooled all of them now.

Hanley's POV

When we got home, I went straight to my bedroom and grabbed as many books as I could carry and bought them into the nursery for Sienna. She was wrapped in pink sheets and blubbering away, reaching her hands out in front of her. I sat down beside her crib and opened up a book.

"Hello Sienna!" I smiled. "I'm sorry that you can't see me. But I thought I would read to you, so then you will hear my voice." I quietly opened up the book and started reading it to her.

Mommy and Daddy had been downstairs, talking to the strange man who said he knew my uncle. I didn't really understand because he said he loved my uncle. But a boy can't love another boy, can they? Maybe he loved him in a friendly way, like I loved daddy.

Who was my uncle? I didn't know I had one. And who was he related to, mommy or daddy? I didn't know. They had never told me I had an uncle before. I would love to meet him someday. I loved our little family, but sometimes it felt a bit too small. Especially when mommy was so sick. I have always wanted some grandparents and some cousins to play with. But we lived in the middle of nowhere, and I had never seen another family member for the whole of my life. Not until now. Now i had a sister!

Her eyes darted back and forth, but she never looked at anything. She just seemed to be moving them around, but not actually looking through them. I felt bad for her. She would never know what I looked like. Or what she looked like. Or see colors or anything pretty. I started to cry for her. It was sad. Why would anyone have to be born this way? Its so cruel. How could she ever be happy?

I leaned over the crib. Her eyes were a beautiful light blue. Why have such pretty eyes if they did not work? And she had lots of hair. Dark brown hair that seemed to messily cover her patchy head. "I can't wait until you are bigger, Sienna." I whispered. "Then we can play together. I'll show you my hiding spaces, my favorite toys, we can read books together and we can watch a movie..." I paused. "Well... You could listen to a movie with me." Despite her blindness, I loved her company. I didn't fell alone anymore. I had a little version of me to look after.

I could hear someone crying downstairs. I peered over the railing and looked into the kitchen. It was the strange man. He was crying and hugging my daddy. Something bad had happened. But I was frightened to find out, so I stayed with Sienna.

"Sienna. Did you know, we have an uncle?" I leaned over the crib again. "I didn't know that until a few days ago."

She rolled onto her side and stretched out her fingers.

"I hope you make mommy feel better." I whispered. "She was very sick. But now you're here, she looks better."

Sienna turned to face me and reacted to my voice.

"Hello." I said to her. "I'm you're brother. My name is Hanley." I told her.

She gurgled below me and didn't respond. My anticipation was fading. She was too little to play with me, but it didn't mean I couldn't talk to her. Tell her about everything in the world. The pretty flowers and the fruits that grow on trees in the spring. The hot summers days on the grass and the refreshing cold lemonade. She was going to do everything I had done, but she would do it in darkness. And I wanted to make sure that in the dark, she didn't feel alone.

Notes

How cute. Hanley likes Sienna :)