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Nor do I want to.
Hearing people have their own world, but hearing people like Sullivan?
They exist in their own galaxy.
I inhale a deep breath of the balmy air, recognizing the earthy tones rising from the ground. It’s going to rain soon.
I’ll get dunked.
Quickening my steps, I let the exertion push away all thoughts of Richard Sullivan except one—he can’t be allowed any closer to me.
I know who I am.
Yaya Williams.
Daughter.
Sister.
Model.
Deaf.
It’s all me. Ingrained. Immutable.
I wouldn’t want to change those things even if I could.
As a hearing person, Dare can never really understand me.
It just… is what it is.
A black object blurs in the corner of my eye and I turn my head slightly. A car is slowing down next to the sidewalk. The back window winds down and the man in the center of my thoughts is there, eyes glinting with mischief as he rocks his phone in invitation.
Slowing down my stride, I send a text.
Yaya: Have you never heard the words ‘breathing room’?
Dare: We’re going to the same place.
Yaya: But we’re not going in the same direction.
Dare: Then I’ll change directions.
I keep my eyes on my phone and my legs propelling me forward.
Yaya: I’d rather you didn’t.
‘You’re his property.’Henry’s warning echoes back to me.
Dare: It’s going to rain.
I quicken my steps.
Yaya: I know. Go away.
Dare: I will once you get in the car.
Yaya: Are we both using the English language right now? What part of go away do you not under…
