Can You Hear Me?

Listen. Michelle Liew

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“Quit the drama, doc, I hear really well.” Susan scoffed, about to head out of the door. “No need to worry.”

Dr. Nisham wrung her hands. “If you ignore your tinnitus, it will—“

“Yes, yes, cost me my hearing. Scare tactics.The usual, coming from you.” She shook her head and walked out.

Weeks later, Susan laughed as she sped down the highway, blissfully unaware of the sound of the truck.

Then—harsh, and bleeding together.

Brakes screeched. Metal grated. Gas ignited. Smoke billowed.

Susan sat in the wreckage, her heart slowly coming to a stop.

The ringing was all that remained.

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