Every couple has a song, whether it be rap, hip-hop, country, rock, or any other genre out there... every couple has a song.
What happens when a mistake is made, when a sickness takes the senses of a newborn child in such a way that it changes their lives forever?
A deaf boy isn't wanted in a world of song. The voice of a lover is a healer, but if the healing can't be heard, then there is no use for the lover anyway.
Logic in these situations always win. A boy who can't hear, should never be wanted in a world of music, and songs.
Ethan Nestor is deaf, and has been since birth. He's used to be cast out due to his differential issue. Ethan has never known the feeling of friendship, but has acquired a few skills from being alone, watching the conversations of others his whole life.
Ethan has learned to read lips.
When his family decides to move to L.A, Ethan decides that he is going to finally make some friends, by not letting anyone find out his secret about his hearing disability. His plans were to be known as a mute, not a fuck up, but what happens when a boy in his class causes Ethan to do a double take, and even further, what will happen when the boy begins to ask questions?
"If you love me, you won't leave me."
Jessie has believed those words from her boyfriend, Josh, since senior year of high school. She loves him and doesn't want to leave him. Not even when he shouts at her and hits her. Jessie's best friend, Kolleen, can't stand seeing her in that situation.
With a bit of convincing - and the worst beating she'd ever received - Jessie agrees to move into an apartment with Kolleen. But not long after, Jessie is scared the worst of her nightmares will soon become a reality. Josh goes missing, and suddenly Jessie would swear she's being followed. One night changes everything, and one person soon changes Jessie's outlook.
A responding officer from that fateful night begins to seek her out, at first claiming it's part of his job. As she spends time with her new friend outside of his job, she starts realizing that her feelings are evolving. After being abused for over a year, Jessie is terrified she's falling in love. What's even more terrifying is that he might be, too.
She isn't ready for love. Not yet. She makes up her mind that if he is falling, and if he does love her, he'll wait for her to be ready, and if she loves him, she won't let herself hurt him.
Can the words that used to cage her in really be the key to her freedom?
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