Chapter 231

Chapter 231

At the Platinum Pearl Club, Edgar arrived to find only Yates and Derek present. “What’s up?” Yates waved Edgar over to sit down.

Derek set down his beer, “Heard you were looking for me from Ed. What’s the deal? If I can help, I will.”

“Thanks, man.”

With time pressing and the image of Sherilyn looking all out of sorts on his mind, Edgar cut straight to the chase.

“So, here’s the thing…”

After Edgar spilled the beans, Derek’s face was a picture of disbelief.

“This actually happened?”

Back in the day, Gilbert had gone through a lot of trouble to get Sherilyn out of a dive like Neon Nights Bar and into Daphne Hansen’s dance troupe. And just when she hadn’t even made a name for herself, she gets the boot.

“Man.” Edgar was earnest. “My aunt and Ms. Hansen are close, right? Can you help out?”

“That’s… well…” Derek hesitated, knowing that Gilbert had already called in a favor once before. But he couldn’t just refuse outright and nodded, “Alright, I’ll talk to my mom, see what I can do…”

you so much!”

waved him off. “Don’t thank me yet. This isn’t a

Sherilyn. once because of her

still held onto hope, “Whether it works out or not, I’m grateful you’re trying.”

up. “I’ll call my mom

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“Thanks, man!”

in

“Okay, cool.”

glancing at Yates, “I gotta go

“Where you off to?

apologetically. “Sherilyn’s probably skipped dinner, all

check on her, maybe get her

turned to Derek, saying, “Thanks again, man… I’m off.”

couldn’t help but sigh. “The kid’s really got

understandable,” Derek wasn’t surprised. “You noticed how

slightly, “Yeah,

drop of a hat. Now she was gentle, quiet, yet resilient, and with her stunning looks, she was practically

to her.

for her?

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