Curtain Call

“How much time do I have?” she asked.

“Twenty minutes, Miss Susan,” the stagehand replied before rushing off to climb the scaffold and manage the lights.

The theatre was filled to the brim with people. An audience awaited the famous cast to begin their opera, At the Helm, an epic tale of bravery and treachery. Susan had the lead female role of ‘Eliza’ and on most nights she would feel a lot more relaxed, but not tonight.

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