g flash of a dozen cameras, looked like a cornered animal. Mo

he edge of the stage. Her eyes lit up with desperate relief. Mistaking this

ase, a round of applause!

simple clothes I'd left in. I had changed in the private room into a sharp, elegant power

grabbed my arm as I stepped onto the s

, a desperate command in his eyes.

ast him, past a stunned Molly, and straight to

a deep

clear and steady, amplified across the mani

directly

ly and officially end my e

nd gasps rippled th

mly towards a horrified Molly, "all the best on their n

s flashed

eyes finding Eleanor in the front row, "for their

ed the microphone

d walked of

ed, lunging after me. He t

ace him, my voice low and

ever touc

nding on a stage of his own making, surrounded by the ruins of his perfectly cra