A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 698

Zoe wanted to challenge herself—she would abandon Cora's interpretation of the character and make a completely new character instead. However, doing so had its risks; the audience might not be used to the new character since it went against what they remembered, which in turn would lead to her being slaughtered.

After thinking things through, Zoe decided to stick to Cora's interpretation.

The audience began to vote after the contestants' performances before the program moved on to the judges' comments.

Hailey was the most experienced amongst the judges, and she had been watching solemnly.

She was even more solemn after watching Zoe's team's performance.

Zoe, Wynn, and Candice felt their hearts racing nervously.

They more or less managed to recreate the performance as it was, but had no idea if the judges and audience would buy it.

Hailey then spoke, "First and foremost, it's commendable that the performance overall was replicated without obvious mistakes. Naturally, there were some minor mishaps. For example, corpsing, aren't we, Wynn?"

Wynn smiled in embarrassment and nodded. The studio audience laughed in amusement.

"Also, Candice made some mistakes in positioning. You were too quick with your lines," Hailey added bluntly, pointing out all their mistakes. "It may be normal to make mistakes while you're on stage, but even if you didn’t have much time to prepare, mistakes should always be avoided."

"Yes, Miss Zimmerman." Both Wynn and Candice were quick to respond humbly.

One must admit that Hailey was as serious as she was meticulous; it was as if no one on stage could pull the wool over her eyes.

She turned to Zoe then. "But in contrast, even if she made zero mistakes, Zoe’s performance is the worst among your trio."

The studio was left in an uproar by those words—the one who made zero mistakes, somehow gave the worst performance?!

Zoe, however, kept smiling, afraid to react at all since the cameras might capture her murderous intent.

"Do you know why I said that?" Hailey asked.

The host promptly passed the mic to Zoe, who replied, "Please enlighten me, Miss Zimmerman."