[Her persona's words hurt. Ripper's words hurt. Even the looks Giles is giving her and the hug Grune offers hurt. But Ginia shows no reaction, just the slight tightening of her lips and tension in her body before she hides it all behind a smile and puts all her walls back up.
She looks over at Grune and returns the hug slightly - it really is appreciated - before she gently pulls away under the guise of freeing up her hands.]
/What did I go on to do?/ [She asks, fake cheer and all with a dash of masochism. It's required if she wants to hear about the life that had been robbed from her.
The persona's sad smile remains, but she dutifully shares, lightly dancing around the space with grace and poise.]
/I moved to Boston and began dancing there professionally around 23. Bartended on the side, sometimes times were hard, but I made it work. Dated a French businessman for almost a year, we broke up, got back together a few months later, he proposed, I said yes.
By the way, your sister eventually moved to Paris and has since rolled out her own line of clothing and owns a botique. Very nice, quite fashionable.
Your brother didn't quite make Broadway, but he had success off it and eventually began doing TV and film./
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She looks over at Grune and returns the hug slightly - it really is appreciated - before she gently pulls away under the guise of freeing up her hands.]
/What did I go on to do?/ [She asks, fake cheer and all with a dash of masochism. It's required if she wants to hear about the life that had been robbed from her.
The persona's sad smile remains, but she dutifully shares, lightly dancing around the space with grace and poise.]
/I moved to Boston and began dancing there professionally around 23. Bartended on the side, sometimes times were hard, but I made it work. Dated a French businessman for almost a year, we broke up, got back together a few months later, he proposed, I said yes.
By the way, your sister eventually moved to Paris and has since rolled out her own line of clothing and owns a botique. Very nice, quite fashionable.
Your brother didn't quite make Broadway, but he had success off it and eventually began doing TV and film./
[Never has a happy ending felt so damning.]