Our Story Ends on the Hundredth Page
I'd spent five years in this city, and everywhere I looked, I saw traces of Dexter and me.
But I couldn't spend my whole life living inside those traces.
I picked up my violin and took a deep breath. I lifted my chin and walked out onto the stage. It was time I started walking toward something brighter.
The song was one I'd written myself, lyrics and melody, with the violin carrying straight through from beginning to end. But during the chorus, I froze for a split second.
The camera had landed on a man and a woman in the crowd. Every other couple the camera had panned to leaned in for a kiss on instinct, but they didn't.