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 much!”

thank me yet. This

for Sherilyn. once because of her talent. But this

onto hope, “Whether it works out or not, I’m

“I’ll call my

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“Thanks, man!”

in hand. “I’ve talked to her. We’ll wait

“Okay, cool.”

glancing at Yates, “I gotta

him, “Where you off to? Since you’re here, join us for

“Sherilyn’s probably skipped

to check on her, maybe get her to

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

sigh. “The kid’s really got it bad

“You noticed how

slightly, “Yeah,

was the bratty girl who used to throw tantrums at the drop of a hat. Now she was

her. But was this a blessing or

for her?