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“Violet, you shouldn’t be here—”

“It’s bad enough I can’t be on the stage, but you replaceat me “Thousands of dancers in this state, and you chose a former waitress How dare you insult me like this”

I noticed that ree with her They scowled attheir heads

I knew that look I saw it in htmares

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I think I ht love her It was all I could think about the last couple of days Watching her practice Seeing her laugh and s herself I was happy for her and torn at the sao back to Ambler, North Carolina I wanted to spendI had told Walt not to run with her, that I would go And I would have been fine just being beside her Even if she hadn’t said one word, I would have been okay, but I blurted it out: I think IThere was nothing I could do but accept what I had said Seeing her wrestle with it for aeven I couldn’t have foreseen

“Why are you sala venue The staff was a

lready putting up the banners, changing out the lights Everything was supposed to be white, gold, and black for the evening

“I’o before Sunday,” I ala was held to raise money for the arts However, it soon became somewhat of fashion show event for celebrities since all of our clients ca up in some sort of costume for the cae had been capped at twenty-five this year

“Well, we kind of have a problem,” Tori muttered

“What kind of problem?”

“Nothingto plan—”

“But?”

“Violet’s here”

Sighing, I followed her into the stage hall I should have known Violet wouldn’t be able to let this go If she couldn’t dance, then she was going to want to control everything else It ho she was