Chapter 1001 Argument
Talking about that after someone’s death was inappropriate, but that was the truth. Cindy didn’t care what Tessa was thinking. The moment Mona couldn’t say anything to her, she mocked, “I’d be too ashamed to stay if I were you. What? Don’t have enough guts to bail on us? Or are you just too untalented for Sofia Symphony? Trying to use cronyism, I see. But I wonder if they’ll take you in.”
Mona was shivering in fury, and Tessa came forward to defend her friend. This was too much, even for her. “I would take Mona with me if she’s willing to come, but she never had the idea to leave. And you can’t tell her to leave. The only one who can is the director, and since when are you the acting director?”
Cindy couldn’t argue with that, and her face fell. She was silent for a long while, and then she hissed, “So what if I’m not? Not like you’re any better than me, you traitor, so shut up!”
She was about to mock Tessa, but then Hathaway boomed furiously, “Cindy, you keep quiet!”
Hathaway appeared from the crowd looking all upset. She was about to go out a while ago, but then she realized she left something, so she came back to retrieve her stuff. Then she saw everyone surrounding Tessa as if they wanted to kill her. And what Cindy said made Hathaway mad.
Cindy and everyone else were scared into silence the moment Hathaway showed up.
“Director…” Cindy was a little nervous seeing Hathaway so upset.
She wanted to say something, but Hathaway interrupted angrily before she could finish, “If you have time to deal with something like this, you have time to improve yourself. Your performance leaves a lot to be desired. If you can’t get any better, I will get someone else to be the concertmaster.”
Cindy looked horrified while feeling angry at the same time. I did that for the team. However, she stopped mocking Tessa and apologized despite how she felt. “I’m sorry, director. I’m going back to training right now.” She quickly left lest Hathaway switched her out for someone else.
Everyone hurried away, leaving Hathaway alone with Tessa and Mona.
Hathaway stared at Tessa. She was conflicted about the whole thing, but she said, “Don’t take it to heart.”
“It’s alright. I know they don’t like me, but I’m leaving soon.” Tessa shook her head and gave a ticket to Mona. After that, she went to Scott’s place and gave him a ticket as well before going home.
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Group Six’s maiden performance finally began three days later. Tessa was a special guest, and she was styling herself up behind the stage.
Susan came in, but the moment she saw Tessa, her gaze dripped with venom. Her hostility was too obvious, causing Tessa to turn toward her instinctively. Susan quickly hid her hatred and approached her with a smile.
“You’re gorgeous, Miss Reinhart,” she praised, but in reality, she envied Tessa for looking so beautiful even when she was pregnant.
Tessa thought the praise came out of nowhere, but she nodded and replied, “You’re not too bad yourself.”
Susan was the concertmaster, so of course she had to doll herself up for the performance. She silently scoffed at Tessa’s praise, then beamed and answered, “They told me there’s going to be a lot of people tonight, including reporters. Do your best out there, Miss Reinhart.”
