The Big Reveal by Jude Warne

Author:Jude Warne
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ABDO
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

I would meet Dustin at Bernadette’s Pizzeria at six o’clock on Saturday, and then we would go to the play at seven thirty. This had all been decided over text on Friday afternoon.

It was now six ten and I stood outside the place, pacing back and forth in the prematurely cold winds.

Dustin was late, or he wasn’t coming at all. I chose to believe that he was late.

I had to believe this because I had convinced Vera that going out with Dustin was more important than going to dinner at her friend Sam’s house, where she was spending her Saturday evening. She had wanted me to go with her, and I would have if I wasn’t seeing Dustin. I liked Sam a ton. He had the hots for Vera, but I approved. Sam was the coolest guy over forty in Eastport.

When Vera heard that it was a play we were going to see, and that it wasn’t just any play but one of her favorites, Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly Last Summer, she encouraged me to go.

“It’s one of the best plays in modern drama, Blake. You have to see it performed live,” she told me, tossing our dinner salad in her favorite wooden bowl on Friday night.

“I know that, Vera. Which is why I want to go. Not that the Eastport Players are a guaranteed display of artistry or anything.”

Vera shot me a disapproving look.

“Blake, remember what we figured out a while back?”

We had decided that any practice of a person’s creative talent was a good step in the right direction. An actor shouldn’t perform to get fame, money, or accolades, but instead to practice his craft alone. To become a better artist. And it didn’t matter where or when a person did this. In other words, the Eastport Players and the Royal Shakespeare Company were on the same level . . . in theory.

“Who are you going with again?” she asked me as we sat down at the kitchen table. I hadn’t really told her about Dustin, not in any real detail. I felt self-conscious when I thought about Dustin, let alone talked to other people about him. So far my conversation with Ming had been the most I had verbalized.

“The kid from my theater troupe,” I answered. I tried to observe whether she looked suspicious, since I usually would tell her more than this.

“Oh, yes, that’s right, Austin.” She wasn’t suspicious at all.

“Dustin,” I corrected, stuffing a forkful of salad into my mouth.

“Right,” Mom said. “Are you getting a bite to eat first, or should I set aside something for you before I go out?”

“Bernadette’s,” I answered, mouth still full.

“Blake, I told you not to do that, you could choke to death for goodness’ sake.”

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