bring out the softness of her features. She was smiling slightly, as if she were holding a
secret close to her heart, just like the part called for her to do.
She looked exactly like an angel.
I know my jaw dropped a little, and I just stood there looking at her for what seemed
like a long time, shocked into silence, until I suddenly remembered that I had a line I had
to deliver. I took a deep breath, then slowly let it out.
“You’re beautiful,” I finally said to her, and I think everyone in the whole auditorium,
from the blue-haired ladies in front to my friends in the back row, knew that I actually
meant it.
I’d nailed that line for the very first time.