Chapter 529
Willow wanted to believe me, but she was still uneasy. “I think we’ve made our point. Let’s past go in we wait any longer, we miss the whole thing
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“We’ve held out this long. We should stick to the end.” Desmond was determined to make Roberta he was
“What if she doesn’t call us? What if she decides not to bring us back?” Willow grew auxions with each second ticking by and the fact that her phone remained silent.
“Relax. You know Rebecca. She cares about this dance more than anything. There’s no chance she’d let it flop. She someone call us any minute now.” Desmond knew exactly how much the piece meant to Rebecca
Pressuring her with the show was the surest way to get what he wanted. She would never let the performance tall
The sky grew dark, and the audience started filing in. Still, neither of their phores rang, Willow coulder’t take it anymore called the dancer who had been contacting her the past couple of days, but there was to answer.
“They must be busy with makeup. We’re screwed. I never should have listened to you,” she grumbled in despatc
Desmond gave her a cold look. “You weren’t saying that when you took those Hermes bags, were you?
She fell silent.
“It’s fine. They can’t do the show without us. The whole thing is probably going to fall apart. They’ll announce à or cancellation any minute. Come on, let’s go inside and watch,” he said, following the audience into the hall
Willow had no choice but to trail after him, and they sat in the very last row. The show hadn’t started yet; the curtain
down.
“No sign of cancellation?” she whispered.
He checked his watch. “Just wait. It’s not time yet.”
Suddenly, the curtain rose, and stage lights flooded the space. Bilingual subtitles appeared on the screens on both stage. The performance had begun.
Willow nearly lost it, pinching his arm. “Look! They didn’t cancel it!”
Desmond was surprised, too. The leads were missing, and they were still going? But then, he calmed down, waiting for to crash and burn.
The male lead entered. Sure enough, it was the understudy
Desmond sneered. “Dancing like a total amateur, and he thinks he can handle the radic
Willow disagreed, knowing the understudy was dancing well. As a “deer”, he had a row, boyish mergy that eit free an unpolished.
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