His Lies, My Vengeance

My boyfriend, Ethan Thorne, had a severe hearing impairment.

To afford a cochlear implant for him, I worked multiple jobs, sometimes seven a day.

But I didn't mind. All that mattered was for him to be happy, to experience the beauty of the world.

Ethan's first reaction after getting the cochlear implant was to pull me into a passionate embrace, kissing me like there was no tomorrow. He swore he'd be with me for life.

Then, two years later, one night after we'd been intimate, I vaguely noticed a black artificial cochlear implant on the bedside table.