"Callie, what are you doing here? Why are you even auditioning? Do you have any connection to this production?"

As soon as Ulysses spotted her, he straightened up, staring at her, his voice tinged with urgency.

"Does it really matter?" Calliope met his gaze coolly.

"I'm just... surprised, that's all." Ulysses pressed his lips together, clearly picking up on Calliope's frosty tone. He looked uneasy, frowning a little.

"You don't want to talk to me, do you?"

"I-I know... I know how the family treats you, but I couldn't get through to them." "I'm sorry, Callie."

Calliope shot him a look, surprised. She'd thought Ulysses was thick as thieves with Lisette and the others, but from the way he was acting now, maybe he wasn't? Was he here just for the role?

Could be.

"If you're trying to cozy up to me

not!" Ulysses blinked in shock,

the audition... I know I'm not getting the part.

you're still our sister Maybe not by blood, but you moved in when you were just a kid. That means something. I really do see you

at her, his eyes full of emotion. He couldn't quite explain it, but

helped the Jewell family so many times-Horatio's legs, Valerian's accident. And Ulysses


And there was more...

out something else,

the day, when he landed

role, it hadn't

pulling strings. It

Calliope. He'd run

nto the old

and producer from

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