Chapter 31: To Dance Away the Pain
Adriana
Closing my eyes while dancing onstage, my mind gets transported back to Venice, to a day of beautiful song paired with the most talented dancer I’ve ever seen ... Simona Martuccio. If it wasn’t for her encouragement, her belief in the things she could see in me that I couldn’t see inside myself, then this first performance night would never have been possible. I dance for her, for Luca, Nikolai, Alek, and yes ... even Mother.
The ballerinas of Aterballetto perform before a sold out crowd tonight. The pressure of doing so almost brought out the hives earlier, but Luca was there for me, or maybe I should say his mother sent a reminder of what helped to make all this possible. With Lis’s help, he managed to sneak into my room and set a vase filled
