The Two Million Betrayal

Three years ago, Bridget Fox lost her hearing in a car accident on her way to deliver documents for Adam Floyd. She later learned he had settled privately with the other driver, taking the two million in compensation to pay for his mother's medical treatment. He promised to marry her and be the ears she listened to the world with, and he stayed close as she rebuilt her life.

Then Valentine's Day came. Adam's childhood sweetheart, Eleanor Dickerson, invited him to an awards ceremony abroad, and he booked Bridget a ticket too. On the plane he left her in economy to sit with Eleanor, who was scared of heights. When turbulence struck, Bridget's hearing suddenly returned, but Adam pushed her aside to rush Eleanor to a hospital, calling Bridget a burden. Stranded in a foreign country, unable to read the signs, she was abandoned again and again while Eleanor played the caring friend.

With a marriage-license appointment only days away, Bridget opens the government services portal, and the sky over her world begins to change.