You Will Know Me(93)

Because they had finally arrived at what it had all been leading to, since Devon first squirmed, a slippery minnow, in her womb. Promising Katie everything, beginning with Eric.

All forces had conspired for them at last, and it was time for the Knoxes, their hearts on the floor.

Katie watched, her breath even and sure, one hand in Eric’s, the other tight on Drew’s shoulder.

At the foot of the runway, Devon waited, her eyes on the gleaming leather of the vault table.

And from the stands, it was like her foot was glowing. It was glowing.

There she stood, Devon—her body, their body, one body—and all the exceptional talent contained within it.

Her body, a machine. A marvel. Her body was everything.

Her body was their heart.





About the Author

Megan Abbott is the award-winning author of eight novels, including The Fever and Dare Me. She received her PhD in English and American literature from New York University. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Salon, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times Magazine, the Guardian, and the Believer. She lives in New York City.