Chapter 85
It wasn’t just Nancy. Everyone backstage was taken by surprise, and since they didn’t know Joseph, they were perplexed as well as shocked. “This.” Emily was speechless, looking at Bonnie. She was trying to say something but just couldn’t get it out.
ar skirt and dance,”
Lenore twirled the dagger in her hand as she dowly walked over to Bonnie and said, “Just wear your
Bonnie nodded and smiled. “Okay.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll be in the audience, Lenore reassured as she gently pinched Honnie’s face before walking out.
“Hey, Lenore” Joseph approached with a grin that was almost obsequious. “My dad just called and he wants to invite you to dinner tonight.”
Lenore glanced at him. “We’ll see!
The two of them chatted while walking out. Hearing their conversation and seeing Joseph’s servile demeanor. Nancy suddenly felt scared, breaking imo a sweat on her forehead.
Emily looked at Bonnie and then at the two figures who had just walked out. Her jaw dropped wider–she seemed to have met someone really important
In the hallway leading to the exit, Silas stood upright, on the phone. Seeing Lenore come out, he said a few more words before hanging up. He handed her the coffee he’d been holding as he said clearly, “Got everything sorted out?”
He was aware of what had happened backstage. He went out to buy coffee and, by the time he got back, it was already over.
Lenore held her coffee, taking a small sip. It had a peach flavor, with just the right amount of sweetness. Breathing in the nearby scent of sandalwood, she felt her agitation fade away and slowly nodded.
Next to them was Joseph, left speechless. Earlier, while watching the performance, he thought Silas seemed a bit familiar, and just now it hit him- Silas was the legendary Prince of Denisville
How did Lenore end up with him? And this big shot was actually buying coffee for a girl! Even more surprising g is that Lenore, who usually has no interest in such things, accepted it and drank it“‘ Joseph’s face showed complete disbelief.
Ellie and Haley were kicked out of the theater. With Joseph’s demeanor, no one had the nerve to argue. The exam wasn’t postponed.
Thousands of seats were empty, except for about twenty people in the few rows closest to the stage. Other than Victoria’s team, the rest were family members of those performing. Rachel was sull there. Ryan was nowhere to be found; no one knew where he had gone.
“Ms. Harris,” Ella quietly told Victoria as she came from backstage, “it’s nothing serious, Esther just felt a bit unwell and switched to the last spot. She went backstage after Lenore and her group left, so they didn’t run into each other.
Ella understood that Esther changing her number to be last had its implications. But with so many competitors, using a bit of strategy was reasonable.
Victoria, now sixty years old, has kept her figure and looks remarkably well by dancing. In a dark red cotton and linen dress with a bohemian vibe, she looked like she was in her forties–elegant and composed, with an outstanding artistic flair.
Hearing what was said, she nodded without saying much. The music started, and the first performer took the stage.
Bonnie
was moved to the seventh position, with five people still ahead. Lenore didn’t sit at the front; she found a corner blocked, sipping coffee and texting on her phone. Silas, sitting next to her, was also busy texting
er where her view wasn’t
A message came through from Claude in Thaboria: Boss, it looks like they’re intentionally backing off, and there’s a skilled hacker helping them hide their tracks. We can’t find out where they come from.
Silas’s expression was dark as he texted: [Keep an eye on everything happening in Orinadia.]
With Xtreme not showing up, the Stormwings Operatives withdrew, and the small breakthrough that 319 Biomedical Engineering had managed to make was lost again.
Chapter 85
If he couldn’t figure it out, neither would the WHO.
He bet he had to start with his grandfather to solve this case.
Half an hour passed, and it was finally Bonnie’s turn. Unlike the others, she wore a simple white linen dress and flat shoes–clean and pure. Her mere presence caught Victoria’s eye, who had been unimpressed with the first six contestants.
