Eloquent Silence

Lauri is a dedicated young teacher for the deaf. Her past conceals a wound still unhealed, her present is a facade, and she uses her career to hide her loneliness. Drake, daytime TV's most popular star, has two heartaches--the daughter he believes will never have a normal life and the dead wife he can't forget. Jennifer is the beautiful hearing-impaired child who may become a pawn between the man and the woman she needs most. Now, in the heart of a New Mexico arts community, the three may become a family...but only if each one dares to find a voice and lets his or her fears and needs speak for themselves.
"Do you think your husband knows about us, darling?” The man brushed his lips across the woman’s forehead as he clasped her in a desperate embrace. “Even if he does, I don’t care,” she declared. “I’m tired of hiding. I want to proclaim our love to everyone.”
“Oh, my love, my love.” The man lowered his head. His nose bumped into the woman’s in a most unromantic way. “Cut!” Lauri Parrish jumped when the exasperated command thundered from the loudspeaker in a voice that reverberated like God’s from Mount Sinai. “What in the hell is going on today? Can’t you two get anything right? We’ve been on this same damn scene for an hour and a half.” A brief silence hung in the air while the actors and crew shifted uncomfortably. “I’m coming down.” Lauri watched in fascination as the actress turned to her leading man and said scathingly, “I was to lean into Camera One, Drake. Not you.” “Then you’d better learn to count, Lois. That was Camera Three. Besides, aren’t you afraid Camera One will detect your facelift scars?” “Bastard,” hissed the actress as she shoved past the amused cameramen and tapped across the concrete floor of the television studio in the direction of the dressing rooms."