I hardly slept that night, thinking about how I had lied to Lily and Barnett. By the time my alarm went off the next morning, I had only gotten a collective three hours of sleep, if that. Fortunately, I was able to cover up my lack of sleep with makeup.
I walked through the door to Arthur’s office just in the nick of time.
“Cutting it close, my little fan girl,” Arthur teased as I approached him.
I rolled my eyes but smiled.
“I had a rough night.”
“I bet. After the first time I did Chuck’s show, I couldn’t sleep for a week. All I could do was think about everything I did wrong.”
“You, the wonderful Arthur Stardust, did something wrong?”
“Oh, trust me, I did a lot wrong. My outfit was only the beginning.”
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