Wishing in the Wings by Klasky Mindy

Author:Klasky, Mindy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Genie, Witch, Vampire, Angel, Demon, Ghost, Werewolf
Publisher: Book View Cafe

CHAPTER 11

ALL TOLD, THE auditions had gone better than I ever would have predicted.

Sure, I was worried about Teel being in the cast. I knew, firsthand, how destructive she could be. Moreover, I was concerned about what would happen to the show if I did make my last wish before the end of the play’s run, as I had threatened to do in my panic to keep Teel off the stage. Teel would go off to wherever genies go, and the Mercer would be left high and dry.

But I had seen the sheer emotional strength behind her audition monologue. I understood the acting ability that she broadcast every day, every second that she skated through the ordinary human world. I had no doubt that Teel was our Anana.

The rest of the cast had fallen into place as well. The talent we’d accrued that Saturday morning had been stunning. However Long would be everything Hal and I had dreamed of; it would make the Mercer’s reputation as a company that asked serious questions, posited real debates. We’d accomplish more with Ryan’s work than we ever could have done with Crystal Dreams.

Ryan. It had been so awkward seeing him inside the theater first thing that Saturday morning. At least no one else had figured out what was going on between us. No one could have suspected that he’d almost ended up in my bed the night before. To any casual observer, we were the mature professionals we pretended to be. We were coworkers, diligently intent on creating a small theatrical miracle. We were colleagues, and I was determined to keep my distance, absolutely, completely, religiously. I vowed that I wouldn’t talk to him unless we had someone else with us, a chaperone of sorts.

After nine straight days of work, I’d almost convinced myself that rule was working. (I know. A week should only have five workdays. Normal people rest for two days, recuperate over their weekends. But there was no rest for the weary—not with a production as far behind schedule as However Long. Through no fault of my own, of course. Through no fault of anyone—except, perhaps, an overzealous copyright lawyer named Elaine Harcourt.

I’d kept myself busy for long hours, researching the political history of Burkina Faso, where Ryan had completed his Peace Corps service, the setting of However Long. I’d prepared briefing books for Hal, for Kira, for the actors who would take on the play’s lead roles. I’d read through reams of articles, peering at my computer screen until my eyes teared up with the strain.

Yeah. The strain of looking at endless electronic pixels. That’s why my eyes were tearing. Really. It couldn’t have anything to do with the mess I’d made of my personal life. Nothing to do with Dean or Ryan or anything else. Nothing at all.

Each night, I stumbled home to my apartment, feeling like a marine conducting door-to-door fighting. My muscles were pulled tight, ready at any moment to jump back inside the elevator, to lunge for the emergency stairs.

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