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audience questions.”

My heartbeat did not speed up.

I raised my hand.

The moderator smiled and walked down the aisle with a microphone.

Vanessa saw me.

Her sentence died before she spoke it.

The room didn’t notice.

Not yet.

The microphone reached my hand.

I stood.

“Hi,” I said.

My voice filled the speakers, calm and clear.

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