Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

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…”

so

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

Daphne was a stickler for rules; she’d made an exception for Sherilyn. once

feeling but still held onto hope,

thing.” Derek stood up. “I’ll call my mom right

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“Thanks, man!”

phone in hand. “I’ve talked to her. We’ll wait and see.”

“Okay, cool.”

slightly and got up, glancing at Yates, “I gotta

to? Since you’re here, join us for dinner.”

smiled apologetically. “Sherilyn’s probably

needed to check on her, maybe get her to eat something, calm her down.

turned to Derek, saying, “Thanks again,

help but sigh. “The kid’s really

“You noticed how different Sherilyn is

nodded slightly, “Yeah,

Now she was gentle, quiet, yet resilient, and with her stunning looks,

a shine to her. But was this a blessing

for her?