Echo After Echo by Amy Rose Capetta

Author:Amy Rose Capetta [Capetta, Amy Rose]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780763697044
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2017-11-23T05:00:00+00:00

This is Eli’s favorite monologue. Whether she hates the play or not, there are some truths in life that can’t be denied. This monologue is one of them. The words fill Eli’s chest with bright-hot-white feelings.

“I love this part,” Eli says. Zara pauses at the end of a line and mouths the words Me too.

Eli picks up the piece of equipment that took three hours to find. Zara takes a deep breath and continues.

Eli’s hands explode with light.

This, too, is undeniable. The way this fire looks on Zara’s face, her shoulders, her collarbones.

The keys that Eli gave her.

All through the basement, Eli has set up reflectors. Their shimmering skin grabs the light and throws it back. Zara looks around with a ferocious sort of wonder. Eli presses the lantern closer to Zara, and her curves take on exhilarating brightness. This is how Eli wants the whole show to look. Close and intimate. Candles and flame.

“Ariston should be the one lighting you,” Eli says, trying to make it sound obvious, like she unlocked the answer when she was staring at her notebooks or remembering some talk she had with Roscoe instead of tossing in her bed at night, one hand pressed between her thighs. “Echo’s normal life is going to be murky. Blues and charcoal, bruise-colored. And then, when you meet Ariston . . .” She holds up the lantern to illuminate Zara’s face.

Pink and gold mingle on her cheeks. Her lips stand out, heart-stopping against her smooth skin.

“It’s perfect,” Zara says, holding up her fingers. She turns them slowly, drenching them in light. “I love it.”

Eli’s breath hitches. “There’s more.”

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