Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 230

Big shot? Gilbert, huh?

Not that Sherilyn hadn’t thought about it, but even if she did… at this point, she had outlived her usefulness to Gilbert. He was definitely not going to help her again.

Hannah burst into laughter, flipping her hair.

“Forget it! Don’t even think about it. Ms. Hansen is a stickler for the rules. She made an exception for you once; do you really think she’ll do it every time? Think you’re someone special?”

With a twist of her small frame, she strutted away.

“Let’s go, ladies! Time for rehearsal!”

Watching Hannah’s retreating figure, Sherilyn felt something was off.

How did Ms. Hansen know about her getting a gig with the troupe? Who spilled the beans?

Her head ached terribly. Even if she knew who leaked it, what could she do? It was her mistake.

Feeling down, Sherilyn lay in her apartment all day.

In the evening, Edgar called.

dance studio.

weak.

surprised. “You’ve already left?

in a few days. She had been practicing really

to be alone. “If it’s nothing important, I’m going to

a brief exchange, she

was confused. Something wasn’t

sounded off, like

couldn’t just leave it be, so

was lying at home, feeling increasingly upset. When the door knocked, she couldn’t think of who it might be. “Who is it?”

the door, and then she was surprised.

“Sherilyn.”

wrong building first and got a bit sweaty from the run, with beads of sweat

you sounded upset on the phone.

make a special trip just because of

“Edgar…

“I messed up. Ms. Hansen kicked

Edgar was stunned; this was indeed bad news. The Lightning

on the verge of making it big. To have such an incident

“I’m sorry, Edgar.”

him to offer any comfort.