Loud and Clear

Loud and Clear (2016) Aidan Wayne

He turned on the light in his car and squinted. Those were letters, all right. Probably there was even a sentence. Caleb had written something on the receipt. Huh. Curious, Jaxon bent over the words, trying to sound them out. Caleb’s handwriting wasn’t messy or anything, but Jaxon had trouble with letters even if they were typed. Most handwriting tended to make things harder.

Sucks. Sucked. Had to hand over the presentation, clients thought he was stupid and he wasn’t, had worked so freaking hard, not his fucking fault that sometimes he just couldn’t talk. Not his fucking— He wasn’t stupid,

“Yeah,” Jaxon averted his eyes. “I know, okay? But there it is. Dumb as a brick.” Caleb scowled so hard that Jaxon actually jerked back a little.

“I-if yo-you a-a-are du-du-d-d-dumb f-f-for th-th-that, h-how do yo-y-you think I f-f-feel?” he spat, quick and choppy.

This man had started learning ASL for their first date. And he was good at it.

And he thought he was stupid?

Publisher: Riptide

Rating: 9.5/10

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