Brothers Ink Tattoo (Complete Box Set #1-4) by Nicole James

Author:Nicole James [James, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nicole James
Published: 2019-11-05T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirty-Six

Max, Malee, her mother, and sister sat in the audiologist’s office. Max felt it was important that her family be here for this day—the day Malee’s implants would be turned on, and she would be able to hear for the first time.

Although her father had basically disowned her, Malee’s mother and sister still kept a relationship with her. Max knew it caused tension at the restaurant, but he was happy they stood up to him in this matter and came. Keit stayed behind to help with the restaurant, but her mother and sister insisted on coming, even if it was going to cause the restaurant to be closed for a day. This was too important of a day.

The audiologist was a sweet young woman named Stacy, who was great with her patients. Malee sat near her, and Max sat in a chair a few feet away. Max’s eyes moved over his wife whom he loved so much. She wore a lavender tank that dipped at the neckline to reveal a black tube top underneath, jeans, and flip-flops, her legs crossed at the ankles, one foot bouncing nervously. Her purse sat on the tile floor at her feet. There was a cord attached to her ear from the computer that the audiologist worked at as they mapped out the device.

“Our voices will sound very loud to her, like we’re shouting, so talk softly.” Stacy signed as she talked so that Malee could understand her until the device started working. She spoke very slowly, one word at a time. “Okay. So, Malee, I’m going to turn the volume up and up until you hear my voice.”

She nodded, then jumped and made a face like it was painfully too loud, like a squelch in her ear. “Loud.”

“Hang on. Hang on.” She made some adjustments. “Can you hear me now?”

“Loud squeaking is all I hear.”

“Do you hear me talking?” she said, signing as well.

Malee shook her head, and the audiologist made some adjustments on her computer.

“How about right there?”

“Yeah.”

“You can hear me talking?”

Malee nodded, smiling. She pointed at Stacy, an excited look on her face.

“Can you hear my voice?”

She nodded and laughed.

“You can? Okay.”

Malee’s face scrunched up, and she wiped tears off her cheeks.

The audiologist grabbed a box of tissues off her desk. “Okay. I’m going to pass these around because I think we’re all going to need them.”

Malee, her mother, and sister all took one.

“Okay, Malee. How about right there?”

“Yeah.” Her eyes got big. “I hear myself, too.”

“Great! Does my voice sound really squeaky?”

“Yes,” she replied, nodding and rubbing her leg nervously.

“Do you hear anything else?”

“A sh-sh-sh.” Malee pointed at the ceiling fan and the overhead lighting. “The fan maybe. And the lights make noise. A humming. I didn’t know the lights made noise.”

“Can you hear out of both sides?”

“Yes.”

“How does it sound?”

“It sounds very high.”

Stacy smiled. “It will sound high at first. It won’t always sound that way. Your brain will start to adjust it for you.”

Malee nodded.

“I’m going to say the months of the year.

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