• KATE BISHOP •

‘ But then dad showed up and I remembered why I loved DANCING in the first place. I loved it because he loved to watch me. How STUPID was I? Thinking he’d come to see me. Showing off and smiling like an idiot. You’d think by now. I would have known BETTER. The old me would have just SMILED and PLAYED nice little Katie. The old me would have PRETENDED everything was okay. I thought coming back to New York would make me feel LESS ALONE. Just like everyone else… I was wrong about that, too. People say you can always DEPEND on FAMILY. But, I think that’s a lie. I’m starting to think that the only one we can really count on is OURSELVES. Maybe in the end, we’re all on our OWN. ‘

‘ But then dad showed up and I remembered why I loved DANCING in the first place. I loved it because he loved to watch me. How STUPID was I? Thinking he’d come to see me. Showing off and smiling like an idiot. You’d think by now. I would have known BETTER. The old me would have just SMILED and PLAYED nice little Katie. The old me would have PRETENDED everything was okay. I thought coming back to New York would make me feel LESS ALONE. Just like everyone else… I was wrong about that, too. People say you can always DEPEND on FAMILY. But, I think that’s a lie. I’m starting to think that the only one we can really count on is OURSELVES. Maybe in the end, we’re all on our OWN. ‘

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