Elephant in the Room

They told her that this was her once chance to show the world what she was made of. She believed them at the time. It was the big stage and she knew the world would be there to see. The only one who had disagreed with this sentiment was her brother. He had told her that you don’t show the world what you’re made of when they are all watching, you show that in your actions when nobody was looking. It was looking more and more like her brother was correct.

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The cab arrived late. The inside was in as bad of shape as the outside which was concerning, and it didn’t appear that it had been cleaned in months. The green tree air-freshener hanging from the rearview mirror was either exhausted of its scent or not strong enough to overcome the other odors emitting from the cab. The correct decision, in this case, was to get the hell out of it and to call another cab, but she was late and didn’t have a choice.