Chapter 17 Birds of a Feather

Kaia woke up in Samuel's bedroom once again. When she opened her eyes, she saw Kate sitting by the edge of the bed. The latter was applying an ointment to her swollen cheek with a look of heartbreak. Upon noticing that Kaia was awake, she instantly asked, "Are you feeling okay, Ms. Kaia?" Kaia stared at Kate's moving lips with a blank expression. Not a moment later, tears began to stream down her face. Kate panicked. "What's wrong, Ms. Kaia? Did I hurt you in any way?" Kaia couldn't hear what she was saying. After Benedict slapped her, the hearing in her right ear worsened. She was barely able to hear anything at the moment. However, she knew how to read lips. So she could understand what Kate was saying. Kaia didn't know how to read lips before she entered prison. After she became deaf in her left ear, she found it difficult to hear what the other inmates were saying. When she failed to hear their commands, they tortured her even more. In order to keep that from happening,