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Оглавление“The more we work together, the quicker you will learn.
Kyle must learn to face you and enunciate when he speaks.”
“Enough what when he speaks?”
“E-nun-ci-ate. To say something clearly.”
Eli nodded, flustered he’d misunderstood Miriam.
She touched his face. Startled, he froze.
“Eli, do not be embarrassed. Even people with perfect hearing miss words.”
Was his pain emblazoned there? The last thing he wanted was her pity.
He realized how he’d misread her when she said, “Your hearing loss is nothing to be ashamed of.”
“I know.”
“You say that. But you do not act that way. It will get easier.” She smiled as if he were one of her scholars.
Was that how she saw him? That was what he was, but when she touched him on his arm to get his attention, he couldn’t think of her as anything other than a charming woman.
She was his teacher—and his neighbor. Nothing else. He was being a fool. He wasn’t going to invite more pain into his life. Not when he’d come to Harmony Creek to start over.
