Ten minutester, Landon brought Lauren to the ENT department. The doctor quickly did a series of


    checkups on Lauren while Landon and Angeline waited anxiously to the side.


    “Will she be okay, doctor?” Landon finally asked.


    “Some external trauma appears to have caused her eardrum to rupture,” the doctor replied truthfully.


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    long-


    term tinnitus.”


    Landon and Angelica’s expressions fell as they feared for Lauren’s health.


    “Is full recovery possible, doctor?” Angelica asked worriedly, as if she was Lauren’s sister.


    “Yes. The perforation isn’t too big, and you sent her here without a moment’s dy, so it seems full


    recovery should….”


    “Should?” Landon gritted out.


    “It will! Full recovery will ur! All that’s needed is surgery and proper care afterward.” The doctor


    quickly


    corrected himself, frightened by Landon’s threatening re.


    “That had better be the case.” Landon held Lauren in his arms protectively, warning the doctor, “Or this


    will be thest case you ever take on in your life.”


    The ENT doctor nodded frantically.


    Landon gently stroked Lauren’s back to calm her down, murmuring close to her right ear, “Don’t be


    afraid.


    I’m here. I’ll make sure you’re okay.”


    Angelica blushed just the slightest upon seeing this.


    “I heard something about surgery, Landon?” Lauren whispered. She was shivering with fear as shel


    hugged Landon’s waist.


    Landon’s tone softened. “Yes. Just a tiny one. It won’t hurt.”


    “But I don’t want to have surgery! I don’t want to stay in the hospital! I don’t want to!” Lauren cried,


    shaking her head.


    Landon swallowed tensely, her movements causing a warm sensation to pool down south.


    Landon cursed himself. This was not the time for him to dwell on those thoughts!


    “Don’t be scared. It really is just a minor surgery. I’ll be there with you from start to end-until you


    recover


    fully,” Landon promised.


    “I still don’t want to… I’d rather be deaf than stay here!” Lauren whined through her sobs.


    Angelica suddenly noticed that Lauren seemed to have a strange aversion toward the hospital, as if it


    triggered some deep, painful trauma of hers.


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    ‘Are you sure, Laurie? Are you sure you want to be a deaf person? You won’t be able to hear my


    voice anymore,” Landon responded.


    Lauren pursed her lips but said nothing.


    Landon slowly knelt before her, holding her hands and saying, “Can you do this surgery, please? For


    my sake? If not, your brother’s going to skin me alive. Please, Laurie?”


    Sure enough, his pleas worked.


    Lauren rubbed her eyes, which were swollen from tears and nodded.