He Thought I Was Deaf, I Heard Everything novel · Chapter 17 of 24
Chapter 17: The Lake House
The lake house stood at the end of a gravel road, with black water behind it and no other lights for a mile.
Tobias carried our bags up the porch steps himself.
He had been charming for three days.
He talked to me out loud now, in the warm voice from our first year, and said how happy he was to hear me answer.
I answered him.
I said yes and thank you and what time is dinner, and every ordinary word made his shoulders loosen a little.
At the door I sent a text to a number saved as Lab Supplies.
Here. Dark.
The reply came before I had put the phone away.
Ten minutes behind. Lights off.
I slid the key ring into my coat pocket with the fob under my thumb.
Inside, Tobias lit the fire and uncorked a red wine, and talked about the old days.
He told the story of the night he first waited outside my lab, in the snow, with a flower he had bought for a dollar.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of He Thought I Was Deaf, I Heard Everything are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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