Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Grandma Hazel noticed the anxious look on Rosita's face and said gently, "Ms. Lockwood, if you're feeling unsure, how about we do a little sound check first?"

A sound check?

The thought alone made Rosita's heart race. There was no way she could agree to that!

Briony caught the flicker of panic in Rosita's eyes and nearly had to bite back a laugh.

After just three days of lessons, Gwendolyn White had discovered that Rosita's struggles weren't just about her poor attitude-she had a fatal flaw: she was completely tone-deaf.

Some people just want too much, Briony thought. Rosita was never content, always hungry for more. The higher she was lifted, the more she craved, until her ambition became both her greatest strength and her inevitable downfall.

Still, Briony wasn't planning to expose her today. Yesterday and today were just warm-ups. The real showdown would be on the day Ottilie took the crown.

"How about this," Briony turned to Grandma Hazel. "Ma'am, Ms. Lockwood seems a bit nervous. Why don't we all sing the piece together, as a group?"

Rosita shot Briony a wary glance.

Briony met her gaze with a faint, knowing smile. "Ms. Lockwood, what do you think?"

help out of kindness. But with the cameras rolling and the show recording, she had no choice but to force a smile and reply, "I think Ms. Kensington has a good idea.

nodded. "Even for group singing, I'll need to hear each of your voices individually so I can

was no way she

others could go first," she suggested quickly. "I'm a bit thirsty, I'll just grab

well enough to judge, assuming perhaps she was just shy or used

have swallowed poison and lost her voice right then, she would have.

water for as long as she could. By the time she returned, the rest of her team had already finished

took her

looked to her. "Shall we

Rosita nodded. "Alright."

a chord on the

been sipping water, Rosita had kept a close ear on everyone else's sound checks. She tried to recall what she'd heard and, stumbling over a few notes, made it through her turn. Twice her voice wobbled off-key, and she

cracked on one note.

to

meeting a teacher as accomplished as you, Grandma Hazel. I'm afraid