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“I sawGiselle’s posters. I wish you guys all the best.”
“Thanks. You can come if you want to…” she backpedals. “Or not. No pressure.”
“I’ll think about it.”
Thinking about ballet still hurts, but I believe I’m at a point in my life where I’m able to move on, even if not entirely.
“You’ll love the male lead for this one.”
I laugh. “What? Ryan no longer leads?”
She frowns. “Ryan stopped leading six years ago. Since you.”
“What?”
“He disappeared the day you broke your leg, Lia. No one knows where he is.”
“Really?”
“We searched everywhere for him and his family even filed a missing person report, but the police couldn’t find a trace of the man.”
Oh.
“So he disappeared after my accident?”
“Yes. At first, we thought he felt guilty, but when we couldn’t reach him, something seemed off. It’s Ryan, after all. He wouldn’t blow a performance, no matter how guilty he felt.”
The arrogant Ryan. The selfish Ryan.
The…Ryan who had a strike with Adrian.
Oh. My. God.
He couldn’t have.
“We have Joel lead now and he’s a darling. He made Hannah shrink her bitch behavior a little. She’s been trying and failing to get to your level. Not to be biased or anything, but you’ll always be my and Phil’s favorite. I know life goes on and all, but it’s simply not the same without you.”
I smile at her, and she goes on and on about how Philippe is making her life hell and how he’s become a grumpy old man.
However, all I can think about is the information she just gave me.
The fact that Ryan disappeared six years ago.
And that my husband is most likely behind it.
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Adrian
“Stay there, Papa.”
“I will.”
“You don’t have to come inside. I’m a grown-up.”
“You are, Malysh.”
My son grins as his feet dangle from the toilet. I’m in his direct view while remaining outside the stall as he instructed.
