When she finished she stood there panting emotionally. Miss Glenn shouted, "Wardrobe! Make her a fat suit!"
1982's SCPA's rendition of Dream Girls had a completely mixed cast with big girl Jamaica Sinclair starring as Deena Jones and Vanessa White—who was not required to wear a fat suit—starring as Effie White. The show was a hit and reviews were even written in the local paper. Everyone said that their version of Dream Girls was the best ever done at the performing arts school to date.
II
"Please Grandma!"
"Vanessa, what you're asking me goes against everything that I believe is right. Those people are wicked and I don't care what anybody says—and now that girl is pregnant!"
This time Vanessa wasn't going to back down. She had missed holidays and birthdays with Jalissa. She hadn't been there for Jalissa's first kiss—for her first anything and she was firm in her stance that nothing was going to cause her to miss spending her last summer as a youth with her cousin!