Melody maderstood Jeremy’s words. She lowered her gaze, book out her bearing aid, and placed it on the table. She then pushed it slowly toward him.
Melody had only ever used two pairs of hearing aids over the years of dealing with her hearing impairment. Each one typically lasted between five to eight years.
The first had been a gift from Jeremy, and she load carefully fucked it away in her small keepsake box.
The second was a reward from Andrew when she got into pembina School of Medicine. She had been using it for nearly seven years now.
jeremy picked up the devier and examined it, ensuring that there were no issors with it.
four then, his brows funowed slightly as he shot Melody a sharp gaze,
Melody, sitting on the small sofa, sent himat
(WhatsApp)
for hearing aid is fine. Dr. Jangeer said it’s nerve–related, stimulated by stress,”
jeremy glanced at his phone before hitting his gaze again. “Why didn’t you come upstairs with me this afternoon?”
Melody Judn’t expected that question. Herlashies thattered as she lowered her head and typed on her phone.
few seconds, she deleted what she had written. She didn’t know how to explain things to Jeremy.
Should she tell him that she had nearly collided with a hospital bed and gotten scared?
She hit her lip, hyped again, and then erased it once more, she didn’t want to appear weak in front of him.
Despite this, Jeremy showed no impatience even as the silence stretched on. His deep gaze simply remained fixed on Melody, as it he was determined to wait for an
The longer he stated, the more nervous Melody became. Her fingers tightened around her phone, unsure of what to do.
Then, jeremy’s phone suddenly rang – the hospital was calling.
He picked up his phone, glanced at her briefly, and said in a detached tone, “Forget it. I won’t force you If you don’t want to say it.”
With that, he walked into his study
Melody finally jet out the breath of relief. She rubbed her ear lightly before picking up the hearing aid..
After a moment of hesitation, she tried putting it back on
but once again, she heard nothing.
She took it off and carefully put it away. Then, she sa
con il sofa, staring out at the night skyline, lost in thought.
Tonly her heating wasn’t a problem.
“That night, Jeremy remained in his study and didn’t come out once.
As for Mraudy, slaid barely slept.
The erwhelming silence she was experiencing felt almost deafening in its own way
cand sleep far out of reach, Melody got up and pulled out bersmaļi keepsake box.
quadilirongivits contents and laid out the Hems inside one by one–necklace and bracelet from Cheryl, a pair of butterfly hair pins they’d bought
sin, and a sığall, palm sized teddy bear.
lear was an unarmarkalde shade of gray, logging a heart–shaped patch with a large logo stamped on it. It was a linted–edition design from a high–end brand gift teman Jeremy soplaer satrentlibditliday.
That brand was tharryl’s absolute favorite, which meant that Melody had ended up with quite a few pleces from it as well.
camripped the Buddenetampartment on the bear’s back and revealed tis storage punchi
Juside it were countless folded paper modes
he polla di normal that had yellowed with age and carefully unfolded it carefully. The handwriting was faded but stili Cainillar.
ward to be worlat beryl anal jervang Inteven.”
That had been Melody’s sixteenth birtheday widi.
nere flæri, slue’d write down a new bitlulay wish and toit Inside the pouch
Melody len tea bird for Har purwest cor
thylt, she had written, “I lepe Jereing lives a peaceful and ye
