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HANNAH - 5 YEARS LATER

"Are you... crying?"

Sofia avoids my stare. Her head angles down towards the stage directly

below us, to the ballerina twirling in circles on her toes in the hands of her partner. Wearing a white tutu, her brows droop downwards in an expression of pure drama and struggle.

"No." More sniffles.

"Oh my god... You are." After shooting me a stern look and retrieving a fresh handkerchief from her purse, she returns to craning over the side of the gold box railing. "And to think, only yesterday, you didn't want to come. Said it'd be too boring."

She ignores me, her eyes widening when fog floats from the corners of the stage, the intense music growing ever louder.

I don't blame her. I was skeptical about attending my first ballet show, too. But now I understand and appreciate its beauty, in a similar way when Damien plays the piano for me when we're alone. I can recognize the same thrill and excitement in his features as the dancers below.

Tonight's performance of Swan
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