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THE BACK OF THE THEATER isn’t as dark as I hoped because there are two big spotlights at the top of the wall above the stage door porch. A storm is brewing, and I can hear the rumble of thunder in the distance. About thirty minutes ago, when I was still at my house, the moon was brilliant. I turned off all the lights and used the moon’s glow to pick out the darkest clothes I had. But by the time I left my house, the clouds had rolled in, and on my way down the hill it looked like a dark cloth had been draped over the landscape.
If I stand in the middle of the theater parking lot, she’ll see me as soon as she starts down the stairs from the stage door. The advantage to taking up such a position is that it will give her plenty of time to get used to the fact that I’ve been waiting for he
