The house felt too quiet to Violet. Jeremy was at work, Nathan was at school, and even Kaleb had finally come out of his funk enough to socialize practically 24/7. Her parents had finally gone on their belated anniversary trip so she was all alone with the cats on a Friday morning.
She tried watching one of her favorite cheesy holiday romance flicks to cheer herself up but it didn't work. She had felt so off lately.
Her difficulty focusing continued into her performance that night. Despite practicing a hundred times, she landed one of her jumps wrong and felt a horrible popping sensation in her knee.
Tears of pain swam in her eyes but she couldn't stop dancing mid performance. It would be unprofessional and she was the lead dancer.
Unfortunately for her, this happened in the middle of Act I. She still had more than an hour before she could go get it checked out.
