DESPITE THE EARLY-MORNING media horrors, the rest of the day went well enough. During rehearsal Katie didn’t seem on edge. She even suggested they try out more of the modifications to the Harbin program Brendan had been working on.
Brendan was both surprised and relieved; those changes were usually anathema to her, which meant he rarely got the opportunity to test them out. Whatever shift their conversation last night had brought about, they were moving forward, together, as he always wanted to be.
That good feeling continued through that night’s performance. They nailed their own routines and during the group numbers Katie was playful and energetic beyond what the performance required.
That good mood faded — for them and everyone else — after the show when he and the rest of the tour g
