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The Understudy Always Knows the Lines

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'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.'

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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