My sister called me while she was sitting beside me.90Please respect copyright.PENANAoeSMtJ0qzW
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That's what I keep thinking about. Not the clapping, or what happened when we got home.90Please respect copyright.PENANAYWjfRJxMyU
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Her name was on my screen. Her hand was resting on my arm.90Please respect copyright.PENANA13mjST3eWO
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The voice on the phone sounded like Nora. So did the woman beside me.90Please respect copyright.PENANAoH7wmtEFlK
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I chose the one I could touch.
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Our younger brother had three lines in the school play.90Please respect copyright.PENANA9648mE8VyI
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Mum joked that it was more than he usually said at dinner, and made us all go.90Please respect copyright.PENANAdhIQyPY1ZI
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Mum and Dad sat near the front. Nora and I were farther back, beside the aisle on the left.90Please respect copyright.PENANA8DQq5Z7q1f
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The hall smelled of wet coats and dust from the old heaters along the walls.90Please respect copyright.PENANAITYQBXTfCC
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Nora had come straight from work. She sat down in our row, checked her phone and sighed.
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“If Jamie forgets his lines, we pretend it was on purpose.”90Please respect copyright.PENANA0GxEc7AMQp
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“All three?”90Please respect copyright.PENANAtmmwQncOUO
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“Especially all three.”90Please respect copyright.PENANAu6guMDswmk
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She had barely spoken to me on the drive there. I'd borrowed her coat without asking and stained the sleeve.90Please respect copyright.PENANA4uMc1FDoEu
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She kept saying she wasn't angry, but I knew she was.90Please respect copyright.PENANAUc1OiFc8Gx
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When the lights went down, she moved her bag off the empty seat between us.90Please respect copyright.PENANAomaMrd1hHv
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“Come here, Lilith. You can't see from there.” I moved over.90Please respect copyright.PENANAdDIyOnl0aX
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Halfway through the first act, a little girl walked onto the stage, saw the audience and immediately walked off again.90Please respect copyright.PENANAZQ76WqGiPw
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Everyone clapped to encourage her. Nora clapped too. Her rings clicked together.90Please respect copyright.PENANAhOR36Znyck
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I leaned closer and whispered, “You could at least look like you're enjoying it.”90Please respect copyright.PENANAgbRRCMsGsG
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“I'm exhausted.”90Please respect copyright.PENANAzZbONPE9M6
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“You look furious.”90Please respect copyright.PENANALCnXgScJ8h
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“Then stop looking at me.”90Please respect copyright.PENANAZYie46M3u7
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I sat back.90Please respect copyright.PENANA07vGa00rpv
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When the show paused for a break, she stood up and put on her coat.90Please respect copyright.PENANAF7UME8jjAR
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“Bathroom. Do you want anything?”90Please respect copyright.PENANAQZryI1BLCG
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“Water.”90Please respect copyright.PENANAZdNm75a6W5
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She left her bag beneath her seat. I watched her walk down the aisle.90Please respect copyright.PENANAi2otWLO2fr
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Near the doors, she turned sideways to let a man carrying a stack of chairs get past.90Please respect copyright.PENANA6BmGIRdFDD
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Someone behind me asked if the seat on my other side was free.90Please respect copyright.PENANAfF5mO25qcM
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When I turned back, Nora was gone.90Please respect copyright.PENANA07zebk4cBp
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A bell rang a few minutes later. People came back carrying drinks and squeezing past each other to reach their seats.90Please respect copyright.PENANA904o4Bx6Ny
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I sent Nora a message.90Please respect copyright.PENANAxxV6CozE3b
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They're starting again.90Please respect copyright.PENANAX76VMpkZKm
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The lights dimmed before she replied.90Please respect copyright.PENANAifPvXm9rN7
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I was watching a teacher move a cardboard tree across the stage when I heard the seat beside me fold down.90Please respect copyright.PENANAmnpHANET83
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“Here.”90Please respect copyright.PENANAmPvtCOhW2C
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Nora put a bottle of water in my hand.90Please respect copyright.PENANA5pqmJWfTil
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“What took you so long?”90Please respect copyright.PENANA3IUnEcxlp6
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“Sorry,” she said with a smile.90Please respect copyright.PENANAS8bZjgxy9B
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I opened the bottle. Behind us, the hall doors closed.90Please respect copyright.PENANAuQbwQisElP
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