Nora Roberts - Bannion Family by Reflections & Dreams Omnibus

Author:Reflections & Dreams Omnibus [Reflections & Omnibus, Dreams]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-16T23:28:59.831000+00:00

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"It's time to dance again." Lindsay faced herself at the barre. She was alone now in a practice room five stories above Manhattan. It was night, and the

windows were black. On the CD player, the music came slowly, a piano only.

Turning out, she began to lift her right leg. It seemed straight from the hip

to the toe, one long line. Keeping her eyes locked on her eyes in the mirror,

she took the leg behind her into an attitude position, then rose slowly onto

her toe. She held it firm, refusing to let her muscles quiver, then brought

her leg back painstakingly on the return journey. She repeated the exercise

with her left leg. It had been nearly a week since her outburst at rehearsal.

Every night since then she had used the practice room when everyone had gone.

An extra hour of reminding her body what was expected of it, an extra hour of

keeping her mind from drifting back to Seth. Glissade, assemble, changement,

changement. Her mind ordered, and her body obeyed. In six weeks she would be

performing for the first time in more than three years. For the last time in

her life. She would be ready. She took herself into an achingly slow grand

pile, aware of each tendon. Her leotard was damp from her efforts. As she

rose again, a movement in the mirror broke her concentration. She would have

sworn at the interruption, but then her vision focused. "Ruth?" She turned just as the girl rushed toward her. Enveloped in a tight hug, Lindsay was

thrown back to the first time they had met. She had touched Ruth's shoulder

and had been rejected. How far she's come, Lindsay thought, returning the hug

with all her strength. "Let me look at you." Drawing away, Lindsay framed her face. It was animated, laughing, the eyes dark and bright. "You look

wonderful. Wonderful." "I missed you. I missed you so much!" "What are you doing here?" Lindsay took her hands, automatically chafing the cold from

them. "Seth. Is Seth with you?" Hoping, fearing, she looked to the

doorway. "No, he's at home." Ruth saw the answer to the question she harbored. She was still in love with him. "He couldn't get away right

now." "I see." Lindsay brought her attention back to Ruth and managed a smile.

"But how did you get here? And why?" "I came by train," Ruth answered. "To study ballet." "To study?" Lindsay became very still. "I don't understand." "Uncle Seth and I had a long talk a few weeks ago before he went back to New Zealand." She unzipped her corduroy jacket and slipped out of it.

"Right after you'd left for New York, actually." "A talk?" Lindsay moved to the CD player to switch off the music. She used a towel to dry her neck, then

left it draped over her shoulders. "What about?" "About what I wanted in my life, what was important to me and why." She watched Lindsay carefully remove the CD from the player. She could see the nerves in the movements. "He had a lot of reservations about letting me come here.

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