The blue acrylic paint hit the crisp white fabric of the choir robe with a heavy, wet slap.
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Chapter 25 - DISTRICT FINALS
One year after the paint incident, Westbridge returned to district finals.
No single center.
Elias had a sixteen-measure feature.
Trevor ran sound crew now rather than leadership.
Madison attended in audience.
Chloe came home from college and sat beside her mother.
Victoria nearly didn't attend.
Chloe insisted.
Westbridge performed.
Elias sang.
He saw Chloe in audience.
For one second he remembered blue paint.
Then music moved forward.
Westbridge won first place.
No one called Elias hero.
Good.
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The trophy belonged to choir.
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