Just Around the Corner: “The Show Must Go On!” Fiction By Sylvia Stein Raleigh, North Carolina As Cassandra packed her belongings, tears began rolling down her face. As much as she tried to fight it, it all led back to one person. “Damn it! “ she shouted. Then as she said this, she fell to the floor and began sobbing uncontrollably. “ Oh, I just can’t do this!” As she lay there motionless for a few minutes that felt like never ending hours, she thought of the good times. “Oh Reed, how am I supposed to go on without you?” As she said this to herself, she saw in the corner of her room what appeared to be a letter. Cassandra was scared of reading the contents of the letter. As she deliberated about whether or not to read it, a sudden image appeared before her. At first she thought it was a hallucination or that maybe she was seeing a ghost. “Oh, come on Cassandra,” she said suddenly. “Get it to