The Ballerina by Nicolette Dane

Author:Nicolette Dane [Dane, Nicolette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dane Publishing
Published: 2015-10-01T22:00:00+00:00

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I was sitting up in bed, sipping my tea, and thumbing through a news site on my phone. Dinah was in the bathroom connected to my bedroom and I could hear the faint sound of her relieving herself echoing out of the open door. I wasn’t quite ready to get out of bed yet and get started on my day, partially because I was feeling lazy and also because I felt that Dinah and I could go for another round of morning sex. I smiled, took a big gulp of tea, and continued reading my phone.

My reading was suddenly interrupted by an incoming call, the chiming of my ring tone, and the vibrating buzz of the phone in my hand.

The caller ID displayed who was on the other end. It was the ballet theatre. Puzzled, I answered.

“This is Mish,” I said into the phone.

“Mish, this is Candace,” said the voice from the other end. Candace was a production assistant for the company, someone I had worked with often. Her voice sounded grim.

“Hey Candace,” I said. “It’s odd to receive a call from you,” I admitted with a nervous laugh.

As my conversation with Candace began, Dinah slinked out from the bathroom and hung in the doorway, her hand bracing herself against the frame, naked from head to toe. She heard me say Candace’s name and waited with a curious and confused look on her face.

“I have some terrible news,” Candace said with a whimper. “Charles had a heart attack.”

“Charles had a heart attack?” I repeated, looking over to Dinah whom now had fear and sadness washed over her face.

“He’s stable right now,” said Candace. “He had emergency surgery late last night. He’s recuperating in the hospital.”

“This is awful news,” I said. “Can he have visitors?”

“That’s why I’m calling,” she said. “He’s asking for you.”

“For me?” I said. “But I haven’t even spoken to him in six months.”

“He said he wanted to see you,” Candace said. “I’m just reaching out to ask if you’ll go see him.”

“Of course,” I said, leaping out of bed and searching around the room for a pair of pants. “I’ll go down there right now.”

“Thank you, Mish,” said Candace. “If I can help in any way, let me know.”

“Thanks for the call, Candace,” I said. Hanging up the phone, I grabbed a pair of jeans from a heap of dirty clothes on the floor and quickly slid into them, pushing my phone into the pocket. In my hurry, I had almost forgotten about Dinah who was still watching me as I frantically moved around the room.

“Oh Dinah,” I said when I finally looked over to her. She was crying softly from the news. I rushed over to her and took her in my arms, pulling her bare body close to me, and she fervently hugged me back.

“Is he okay?” she whimpered.

“Candace said he had surgery last night,” I said. “And that he’s stable.”

“What does that mean?” she asked.

“I really don’t know,” I said. “But he’s asking to speak to me so I’m going to go down there right now.

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