Article January 1, 1999 Issue

SHORT STORY

The Ballet Line

Short Fiction by Gail Gilliland

As Allegra left for the dance studio, her mother shouted after her, “Don't you care about anything besides yourself?”

She was shocked by her mother's question. She cared about lot besides herself! She cared about her friends. She cared about ballet. She cared about her parents.

And she cared about the baby her mother had told her she was expecting last year, and then had lost.

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