Mixed Messages
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Alyssa Singh has never gotten over her first love; maybe it was because of how he simply smiled off her confession as his family drove away. Three years later, he's back with a girlfriend, and the news that's he has always been deaf in his right ear all along. Shaken by the news, Alyssa wonders if she has the right to even think she was his friend since she never noticed. But unable to let her feelings subside, she decides it’s time to get her message across, even if it means dealing with the pain of rejection again.
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