Chapter 4: That Mean Girls Thing, But All Grown Up
Adriana
One step. Almost there.
Two steps. Not quite.
Three steps. I got it!
I’m standing on the very edge of my toes, the bones cracking. I don’t even realize Ines isn’t paying me any attention until I spin around and almost wind up on my ass again.
The difference between today and my audition last week is that I don’t intend to push my luck by telling the owner of my repertory company to go f**k herself again. Yes, she forgave me and even let me come back to work. And yes, I suspect Mother had everything to do with Ines, unashamedly, overlooking my little outburst and moving forward as though the incident never happened. Just like my father, Sergey, his ex-wife knows the value of a dollar, how to throw it around, and how to make pe
