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Any ive way and she would fall flat on her face Definitely she wasshoes than the three-inch heels she’d chosen to wear because Cecilia had told her they s look phenomenal

Who cared how good her legs looked if she was flat on her butt fro out from under her?

Orthat she feared falling

Her knees were shaking, knocking together like clackers

Why was she doing this? Wouldn’t a sie have sufficed? No, she’d had to go along with Cecilia’s idea that she had to do so totally out of character to convince Lance she was playing for keeps

Cecilia had arranged a voice coach who’d worked with McKenzie every night that week Cecilia had called a client who happened to be one of the feed for McKenzie’s surprise performance Lanette had been thrilled to help because she’d seen McKenzie and Lance save the ht them a perfect couple even back then

Noas all up to McKenzie

She hated people looking at her and the entire roo to see what she was going to do To see if she was going to cry or scream out like her parents

No, that’s not why they were here That’s not why they were looking at her They were here for entertainment Entertainood way

She couldn’t sing

A ith a voice coach wasn’t going to fix that A year with a voice coach couldn’t

But she’d learned what her voice’s strengths were and what her weaknesses were Her perforn her, but hopefully her putting herself out there for hih for him to rethink two months, for hiive her, give them, a chance

The e One step Two steps Three steps On the stage without falling Yes, now, if she could just stay upright during her song, she totally had this

She estively as she ran her finger along his shirt collar His body heat lured her in,her want to touch hie, everyone atching, the show o on and this wasn’t that kind of show

Taking a deep breath first that she hoped theafter what she wanted andit hers