Sherilyn grabbed her phone, dialing Gilbert's number.

No answer.

Was he busy, or just didn't hear it?

Just as she was about to try again, Lauren approached her.

"Ms. Sherilyn! There you are. The director's looking for you. We're having a quick meeting."

"Alright, I'm on my way."

Sherilyn had no choice but to put her phone away and head to the meeting.

After the meeting, she returned to the rehearsal space.

As soon as she opened the door, Callie rushed towards her.

"Ms. Sherilyn, you're back? Perfect timing, I've got a question for you."

Thinking it was about dance techniques, Sherilyn prompted her to continue.

Callie frowned and said, "It's this-where's Caroline, our lead? Why hasn't she shown up yet?"

Sherilyn was taken aback, not expecting this question.

Looking at the other performers, their faces showed a mix of awkwardness, dissatisfaction, and mockery.

"Well..."

"Ha."

just chuckled, avoiding a

is she

sure," Sherilyn shook her head, telling the truth. "I'm here

missed several

time, we all waited for her, but she

coming to today's

"It's hard to say..."

she's a

she's too busy, then

me to say," Sherilyn replied, caught

wasn't

was just

for a moment, "I'm going to talk

fulfill her role as the lead, affecting our performance,

confidently added, "I can

didn't have the authority to

"What, no?"

to the director myself. You all might be afraid of her, but

a flick of her wrist, she

to stop

hate it when people hog the

then, the door

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