V.C. Andrews - Orphans 01 by Butterfly

Author:Butterfly
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-01-17T01:22:54+00:00

den to talk and Celine and I went to the living room, where she apologized for her brother's behavior.

"Your new uncle is really good-hearted, but he's just a bit lost at the moment. We're doing our best to help him," she said. "It's difficult. His problem is he hasn't any goals. He has no focus, and that's the most important thing to have in life, Janet, focus and determination. He doesn't want anything enough to sacrifice and suffer some pain. He's too selfish and indulgent," she continued.

She gazed up at her own portrait above the mantel and sighed.

"We came from the same home, had the same parents, but sometimes, sometimes, he seems like a stranger to me."

"Did he ever want to dance, too?" I asked.

"Daniel?" she laughed. "Daniel has two left feet and he doesn't have the attention span to learn a single exercise. But," she said sighing again, "he's my brother. I have to love him."

Then she looked at me.

"And you're my hope," she said. "I will always love you."

Knowing that Celine's eyes were always following me and that I was her hope made me try harder, but it also made me feel worse if I didn't please Madame Malisorf or Make progress as fast as I was expected to make it. The day after my uncle Daniel's explosive introduction, Celine had a doctor's appointment that ran late and kept her from attending my dance lesson after school. Without her sitting there in the corner, I felt a little more at ease, and even Dimitri seemed friendlier. Toward the end of the lesson, Madame Malisorf declared that tomorrow she would start me on pointe.

"I don't understand why she's doing that,"

Dimitri declared after she had left for her next lesson.

He was old enough to drive and had his own car.

"She's the most demanding dance instructor in the area and doesn't easily put a student on pointe.

Certainly never this early." He thought a moment.

"She's probably just satisfying your mother. Your feet aren't even properly developed."

"They are too," I said looking down at them to see if he was right.

He wiped his face with the towel and stared at me. "I've always liked to watch young girls develop,"

he said suddenly.

The way he was gazing at me made me very self- conscious. My leotards were as tight as his, and for the first time I was embarrassed by how much they revealed.

"Are you developing breasts or is that just some baby fat?" he asked, jabbing his finger toward me.

My breath caught in my throat and I jumped away from his reach.

"You know, I've heard there's an avant-garde group of dancers who dance naked. Wanna try it?" he asked. After what he'd just done, I had no idea if he was kidding me or not.

"Naked?" I couldn't imagine such a thing.

"It's supposed to give you more freedom of expression. I really might try it one of these days," he said. "Well?"

"Well what?"

"You didn't answer my question, breasts or baby fat?"

"That's very personal," I mumbled.

"You shouldn't be ashamed of your body," he continued.

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