Find Me In Your Labyrinth

Chapter 108

“Are you at the exhibition now?” Albert asked. “I wanted to call you, but I’ve been too busy these past few days that I forgot to tell you. Yeah, for some reasons, your painting has been taken down.”

Carmella’s mind buzzed, her face turned pale, and her voice trembled, “How could this happen? Wasn’t it all settled? We just checked it over yesterday, and now it’s gone?”

Albert apologized, “I know, and I couldn’t do anything about it. I wish I had told you sooner.”

Tears streamed down Carmella’s face, and she choked out, “Is there any chance of reconsideration?”

Albert gravely replied, “No, but don’t worry, you’re still young and there will be more opportunities in the future. Don’t take it too hard.” Carmella sobbed uncontrollably. After Albert comforted her a bit more, they hung up the phone.

Seeing Carmella’s reaction, Simone knew something was wrong. She pulled her aside and asked, “What happened?” Carmella mustered her words through sobs, “Mr. Mullins said my painting has been removed!”

say it was a sealed

Mullins told me my painting was selected, and I even saw

became sharp, “I’m calling Albert now and asking him what

hand, “Calm down, how can you question Mr. Mullins? Do you want

people to see Carmella’s painting, and now they tell us it has been removed. How

even harder.

“Well, there’s no other way. We’ll just have

retorted Simone, visibly upset and overwhelmed by disappointment, panic,

the art exhibition would help her regain some dignity, but this turned out to

happened?” Mrs. Reeves and others approached, looking

said a staff member accidentally damaged

someone snickered coldly, “In such a grand exhibition, how could professional staff make such

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