They had finally arrived at the concert in the evening, but she had been foolish to indulge him.
He now resented the fact that she still wanted to attend and refused to go in with her.
She walked in late, conflicted, and sought their seats. She knew she couldn’t stay. She would be paying for it.
The rush of energy as the band came on – something she’d been offered and had to turn down when a teen, now gifted by her best friend – was denied again.
As the crowd surged to the music, she walked the perimeter and main isles, ignoring the guards’ line-of-sight restrictions while taking in the color and vibrance of the band.
It felt like a hole had been torn in her center and that a great wind was blowing through it.
As she turned to leave with her heart wrenching, Duran Duran’s lead singer asked her the questions “Who do you need? Who do you love when you come undone?”
She knew that it could no longer be the false hope to which she’d always clung.
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