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The Understudy Always Knows the Lines
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I catch movement in the wings. A girl in costume. Exactly like me. Exactly. / When I look again she's gone. The stage manager didn't see anyone enter.
'You saw her too, right? The girl in costume?' He gets very still. 'There's always been a girl. Standing in the wings. Watching. I thought you knew about her.'
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Opening night. Scene 3, mark 14. I look down at my hands as the light fades—they're translucent. I can see the stage through them. / The audience applauds. But I can't feel it.
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