My baby girl

"Rhea!" I whipped my head up to Luke staring at me as though I had lost my head. "Come on, we have a show tonight! You have got to pay attention."

"Sorry," I sighed out. Then I straightened my shoulders and pulled a mask down over my features.

Luke snapped his fingers and gestured between me and Ricky. "Run the ending again!" This time, Rhea, get your head out of your ass!"

Ricky and I locked eyes and he gave me an apologetic smile. I didn't miss the dark circles under his eyes. The closer we got to the end of the exhaustion reflected in the face of every dancer here.

Our bodies were pushed to the limit every single day and that lengths we went to stay in shape for the shows were down right brutal. I would never speak of it out loud, but I knew the dancers with the contracts would have it I harder. Our time was split between out passion and the needs of others.

When I looked at the other dancers surrounding me in the studio, I would never know who it was suffering in silence. What had