ache. On stage, my husband, Ethan Lester, bathed in the white-hot spotlight, raised a
the microphone, his voice raw with emotion.
orward and threw her arms around him. They kissed, a long,
y cake box. Inside was a custom-made, multi-layered black velvet cake, deco
le. The box felt like it
he throng, heading for the backstage door. I needed t
es first, huddled i
in, asked Ethan as he swaggered over. "You just
vin's cigarette and scoffed, t
deal. Gabrielle ju
ut a har
h girl playing dres
leather jacket I wore, the ripped fishnets, the heavy black eyeliner-it was all a costume I put
I turned and walked away, my vision blurring. Outside, in the grimy al
fect, intricate dessert I had spent two days creating. Then I shoved the whole thing deep
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