She’d still be the tiebreaker, and it was still anyone’s guess which way she‘d jump, but at least she wouldn‘t go on all night. Do you think he still thinks about me?”
Her smile made Eros tense. Stepping downstage, the boy actor said:
“I am Dionysus.”
Eros spat out his wine. He zipped into the crowd and found Mia. Andrew, that goes for you too. He felt a touch on his elbow. This was a play of mostly student actors, so the crowd would be a few hundred at best. Charlotte always smelled like one thing or another: perfumes, soaps, incense. Some people in the audience (mostly women) gasped when they saw him. Everyone was drinking the wine. She must have seen his routine. I’ll be back before you know it. They’d never fight, rarely disagree, and always say flighty, pleasant things to each other. “I’m the one you’re looking for.”
The stage manager didn’t recognize the man: He was a babyish, fair-haired kid, almost too young looking to be working here at all. The Frenzy is on these women: