The Restoration Rival novel · Chapter 18 of 21
Chapter 18: The Snow Melts
The semifinal was three weeks later.
The snow had started melting and the paths were gray slush.
I worked every day.
The bowl was finished and packed and I'd started a second piece, a cracked tea jar from Grandma's cupboard with a lid that didn't fit.
Twelve entries went into the semifinal. Four would go through.
I got to the auditorium at five.
Wen was already in the fourth row with her folder.
She'd stopped asking about the flyers. So had everyone else. The campus had moved on to something else.
I set up on the stage.
The lamp. The clamps. The jar in its box.
At six thirty the front row filled.
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