Hello everyone and welcome to this week's eight sentences. This week I am jumping to the second story in 'Dancing for the Boys' called 'A Private Dance'. I am starting from the very beginning.
My Eight:
Tanya ended another perfect routine with a back curl stretch tilting
her head backwards so that all her pretty auburn curls tumbled behind her. She
held this position for 5 seconds as rapturous applause filled her ears and
resonated around the four dark walls of Brady’s club. Then slowly she pulled
herself to her feet using the sleek, chrome pole, her partner in dance, and
bowed her head to her audience. A quick scan of the right hand side of the stage
told her He was here again and her
heart fluttered as it always did in his presence. With a final bow Tanya turned
on her heels and left the stage.
The warm water of the shower soothed her skin,
warm and clammy after her performance. This was her fourth night this week and
every night the man in the charcoal grey suit was in the audience. Of course he
might not have been here just to see Tanya, he probably wasn't, but there was
something about the way he held her gaze after every performance that unnerved
her.
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ooh great snippet! I love the tension you've set up with the man in the suit watching her in the end.
ReplyDeleteWho is he! I got to know. Love that she held her ending pose. Well done for her and you. :)
ReplyDelete'the pole-her partner' love your writing, Gemma. Intriguing eight. What happens next?
ReplyDeleteOoh, can't wait to find out more about the man in the charcoal gray suit! Enjoyed the excerpt as always, great 8!
ReplyDeletea mysterious man in the audience. that's wet my appetite. wonder who he is
ReplyDeleteOooh, this is intriguing!
ReplyDeleteVery nice ... certainly want to know the purpose of the man in the grey suit. Nicely done with capturing and holding the reader's attention.
ReplyDeleteVery intriguing. I want to know more about this man...and if he's there for her (I'm guessing he is).
ReplyDeleteA man of mystery he is. A very sensual and engaging snippet you've produced today.
ReplyDeleteVery intriguing snippet :-)
ReplyDeleteGreat use of the 8's, Gemma. Well done!
ReplyDeleteIntrigued. Should she fear this guy?
ReplyDeleteOooo she has and admirer or a stalker, one or the other. I wonder what his story is. Nice 8 Gemma!
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