The Janitor Girl Sang One Song, and the Billionaire’s Son Stopped Laughing

walking through smoke.

My voice bent and narrowed and rose again.

I did not make the pain pretty.

I gave it shape.

In the third row, Carter stared at me as if he was seeing a person where a shadow had been.

His face looked younger.

Ashamed.

Awake.

In the front row, his father’s jaw tightened.

But he was not looking at Carter now.

He was looking at me.

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