I heard an ear-piercing whoop of joy and support and knew it was Annabelle, Darcy’s irrepressible best friend, from her favorite seat in the first row of the balcony with a group of other dancers.
Then everything was silent.
A spotlight punched through the inky dark, lighting up the figure who crouched in the center of the stage.
For a moment she looked like the doll she’d never been, not to me.
She moved in a sudden, liquid rush, from that crouched-down position into a bold, impossible leap—as if she was scaling a wall only she could see—
Then she was flying, with those wings of hers that I could always see on either side of her. Tonight, it wasn’t only me who could see them.
And I knew they were feathered bright and pure, made entirely of joy.
Pure joy.
But then, to me, she had never been anything else.
I let out the breath I’d been holding as the music kicked in. Then I sat back and watched my little dancer do what she loved, as if she was doing it just for me.
The way I would insist she do later, for my eyes only, naked and flushed.
And, best of all, mine.
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