The Unwanted Wife's Return (Ex-Husband Wants Me Back) novel Chapter 287

Showing Up Differently 

HANNAH’S POV: 

Getting Amelia ready was a different morning entirely. 

She had been awake before me, which I discovered when I came out of the bathroom already dressed and found her sitting at her little vanity doing her hair with a level of focus that I recognized from the stage. The bun first, then the two small twists at the front. The black shoes set out on the floor beside her chair. 

“You look beautiful,” I said. 

“I know,” she said. “I am going to do the ribbon last. Red or white?” 

“Red,” I said. 

She considered this. “I was thinking red,” she said. “Yes.” 

I sat on the edge of her bed and watched her finish. The dress was simple, dark navy, something she had chosen herself from the three clothes I had ordered, because Amelia had opinions about what she performed in and those opinions were correct. The shoes had the strap she had specified. The red ribbon went in last, tied with the neat bow she could do herself now, which was a thing she had practiced until she got it right because Amelia did not like needing help with things she could learn to do alone. 

“How do you feel?” I asked. 

She looked at herself in the small mirror. Then she looked at me in its reflection. “I feel ready,” she said. “I have been ready for a week. Today is just when I get to show people.” 

That was Amelia. The stage was not frightening to her. It was the place where the work got to exist in front of people and that was the whole point of the work. 

“Let’s go then,” I said. 

She stood. She gave herself one more look in the mirror, a very brief and professional assessment. Then she turned to the door. 

“Mum,” she said, pausing. 

“Yes?” 

“Thank you for coming to mine,” she said. “I know Andrew’s day is important too. But it matters to me that you are going to be there.” 

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