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I shookto tell her I didn’t want hi to avoid the topic of careers e met I was asha She had Goddess pride I couldn’t coht I needed to think about what she said

“So then neither of you knehat you were doing Like I said, you get a freebie Don’t worry about it Just don’t do it again Wranglers are off liirl”

“I can’t lose this job, Heather It’s all I have I’m committed I swear”

“A, honey, don’t talk like that It’s going to be fine”

I didn’t want to cry in front of her Butfrom too much makeup and the trap I was now in If the Warriors fired me, I didn’t have a safety net My father had cut my mother and me off when she moved us to Dallas Once that happened, I never felt like I could take a penny from him

My mom made sure I attended dance school in Dallas and paid for all the lessons and instructors I wanted I couldn’t go to her now and ask forwhat I loved, and with the sudden realization I could lose this job, I discovered how lucky I had been all along to land on this dance squad

I dabbed a tissue to the corner of my eye I sht?”

She laughed and picked up her travel bag with the gold Goddess logo on the side “We play them next month in San Antonio”

“Oh”

“Are you going to be okay?”

I folded the tissue and tossed it in the trashcan “I’ain, and I think I really understand what you need from me on this team”

“It’s between us Don’t lose any more sleep over Sam Hickson, okay?”

I lied again “Okay”

“Good night”

“Good night”