CHAPTER TEN
I wanted to hide from it all. I did my best to stay in my room for as long as I could. Here I was, home for nearly a week, and I still felt exhausted all the time. Hobbling around on a cane made me feel uncomfortable. I knew everyone had to be staring at me. What? Being deaf wasn’t bad enough?
I spent most of the time on my bed, either studying my ASL book, or more often than not, staring at the closed bedroom door.
Sometimes, if I saw the doorknob start to turn, I’d close my eyes and pretend to be asleep. No one ever tried to wake me if I was sleeping. It seemed like the only thing I could to do in order to hide from everyone and not worry them. Sometimes I kept them closed so long I’d actually fall asleep, I guess because I didn’t want to risk opening them and see anyone s
