Chapter 54
MAGGIE
I loved Lacey and Galen and my job at Maquitte. I loved Jay Thornton. I went to Eastside Boxing every night after work, or before, depending on my shift.
I could have practiced elsewhere, Robbie had offered use of the studio at Fluidity after hours, but I wanted to see Jay, to discover all the stuff I wanted to know about him. Sometimes Jay was a distraction, watching me while I danced, his eyes so intense I went crazy and had to take a break.
He told me about his foster family, his time as a runaway, about Simon. And I told him about Hillstone and Fraze and my parents. We talked about silly things too, inconsequential things, but they meant everything.
Despite the distractions, my audition piece got better and better. I had a new perspective to bring to my “Song of
