No More Waiting, She Chooses Love

Chapter 644

My heart skipped a beat, and without thinking, I blurted out, "Someone died?"

"No... it's all the lights, they've gone out," Dustin's words made me heave a sigh of relief.

As long as nobody's dead, it's not a catastrophe.

I glanced out at the sea of lights from the houses around us, "Did all the lights just suddenly go out?"

"Yeah, suddenly everything went dark. The techs and maintenance crew checked everything. There's no power outage, the wiring is fine, and the equipment seems to be working normally. It's just the lighting effects that have disappeared," Dustin explained, leaving me feeling a bit helpless.

I'm no lighting expert, and the original design and post-production were all done by Ernest.

If only he were here.

But there are no ifs in life...

"All the lights turned black?" I asked as I turned around to put on my shoes.

"No, they're white," Dustin's response made me pause.

"White?" I muttered.

I mean," Dustin added after a pause, "Ernest was in charge of the lighting design initially, so... I thought you might know

me, but I've

giving him a

right over," I said, hanging up. I received Dustin's photo shortly

park was now eerily

crossed my mind: could it be Ernest's spirit playing tricks, angry at me for slacking off and warning me in

uneasy as I drove to

of the shower and not finding me at home,

seems she too believed the malfunctioning light show was the

at the park, it was surrounded by a crowd taking pictures,

influencers from around the world, everyone expected to witness the grandeur of the lights. Their dissatisfaction was

circumstances.

Dustin in the control room with the technical and

the staff greeted

issue?" I asked, knowing

on my way in, I saw that the lights were still glaringly

the equipment, wiring, and the current. There's no issue there," one of

the problem?" I asked, staring at the monitor displaying the

likely a software issue, and that's complicated. I'm afraid..." The