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Music plays again and the lights do a drae and up to the h their spiel and see a ca in her face Ben puts a hand to her knee for show, and hten into fists on reflex

God, I fucking hate watching him touch her, real or not

The screen at the back of the stage projects an i a little wave as the woman at the microphone leans in

“And the no Role are…”

Her , Gilded Bedrooms Lori Hersh, Ballet Badlands Raquel Weaver, Gray River Falls Sharon Wright, Bella Baby Bridget Sawyer, Where the River Runs”

A thick envelope in hand, the woain as she pops it open, and I hold oes to…Raquel Weaver, Gray River Falls!”

“Oh ether in a violent clap I whistle so loud that Toby turns to o, Rocky!

The ca her sical way she sets her face in her hands in surprise Ben grabs her wrists and puts his forehead to hers before pressing a quick kiss to her lips

Chaste, less kiss or not, my sto a swift dive into nothingness

I hate that I hate watching that so much It’s supposed to be simple between us Simple and clean and easy so I knoithout a doubt, that I’ll get to be involved in my child’s life No drama between his or her parents to derail it

Rocky cli the long train of her dress behind her when she reaches the top and accepting the aith graciousness and a smile