Wake up and prepare for the day. Prepare for the act that is life. Every minute is spent rehearsing lines and putting on heavy amounts of makeup. Every minute is another minute closer to another performance. She must get into character so well that she can't possibly break that character while on stage.
But truth is, once she steps off that stage, once the lights stop shining and she goes home... She can break character. And she does. Once nobody is around to see her fall, everything comes off. The mask slips down and unveils the real person behind the character. The living flesh-and-blood behind it all... The emotions that are kept on the surface in order to act, stay on the surface at home. And flood the surface, spilling down on pillows and blankets as she cries herself to sleep...
Because honestly, she's a terrible liar. But a phenomenal actress.
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