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aren] [ts ,)died ; pulling@ El#ias Cole ou^+#/t   of a!- ?burning bu ;)il:_din\%)!g. She wa!/.tched it happen@, and -the trauma too .k all !@fiv[e o_ f he,r senses. Sight came back. Hear ing and speech  neve*r di?d. Elias l+earned sign$@
l(+)+anguag:)e for her and made he`r @a promis $?e: he'd b.e her e^ye@:,s, her ear\$ s, h/.er voic,e, an+,%d sh,@/]ow her* the ]w ` ho _le w) [orl@$]d.`[ T=.he]+][ Cole$s( % !ra`is*)e+, d h^#%er!\. The whol_:e
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ho,se girl she ^was.
The+n a transfer st$^udent named*; -?Molly tu,(_\rns the school]^ $)i$nto a gam,[e,( a+:,]nd in the boys]$][' bathroom Layla's heari,%
ng comes back — just $in t*)im@ .e to learn !]`that Elias has\ been,+ o(n th^] e o^ther si
\]de of]$* that game for a long time. S]?he says noth_ing. S;@=he lets the+,m keep ,
=\talking, keep)+ [escalating, keep@( filming, whi*le a reco=\rd#er collect@s#!: @ every voice, every in(s$_u`lt, every(( line about a crip @ple w-,h^==o  can't call for help. She t]?(ake s the bea*#?tings+=,!! t@h=^e wastewater tank,) the broken rib=[?s, and she*. keeps \! the file. *M@ .
ol (#l  y is go=..ing to =h-_;/ear 
)her own voice played back #]to;@- her^=. !And when Elia`-+s finally*+,( t*[urn,s arou#=[nd =_and starts breaking thing%s to make\ it up] * to her, Layla,\) _will already be on a plane, wit
`h an un[c-$ le *:who has been waiting$ ten years for her call, ;le=(/a*
rnin?/g to say +her fir`(st word ou^t loud.