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Sienna sounded as if she was really surprised. \u201cExcellent! You should make me the female lead of this show then, Ms. Sutton.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou want to be the female lead? Dream on.\u201d Rosa had a smug look on her face. \u201cI\u2019ll see how well you perform later, then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll have to wait for quite a while. I just decided to join the audition. So, I\u2019m probably one of the last few people to meet the judges.\u201d Sienna made that up.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rosa\u2019s heels clacked as she walked away. Meanwhile, Michelle came back to her seat. \u201cIsn\u2019t that Rosa Sutton? What\u2019s she doing here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cShe\u2019s the show producer.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat? That woman doesn\u2019t like me either. Doesn\u2019t that mean I\u2019m going to fail the audition for sure?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle instantly lost her confidence. She was contemplating whether she should still stand before the panel of judges, which had Rosa as one of the members.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cPerhaps it\u2019s a good thing, though.\u201d Sienna whispered into her ear. \u201cOnce you meet the judges, you should\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Michelle nodded pensively. \u201cI\u2019ll give it a try, then. There\u2019s no harm in trying since my chances are already a bit low to begin\u00a0<\/p>\n
with.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, Sienna\u2019s phone rang. Her heart skipped a beat when she saw Irene\u2019s name displayed on the screen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Irene had been calling her quite often these days to get her to attend various social events. Sienna had used all sorts of excuses to refuse going.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She thought that Irene was calling her for the same reason again. She let out a sigh and answered the phone. \u201cMom, I\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Irene cut her off. \u201cSienna, why didn\u2019t you tell us about what happened between Clay and Melody during last week\u2019s birthday banquet? Your grandpa was furious when he found out about it. He scolded Clay and fainted because he got too emotional.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna\u2019s eyes widened. \u201cHow is Grandpa now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe family doctor came. Your grandpa has been asking for you ever since he woke up. You should hurry over to the Hale\u00a0<\/p>\n
residence now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna ended the call and told Michelle she had to leave first. Then, she took a cab to the Hale residence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As soon as she stepped into the living room, Sienna got scolded by Irene. \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you inform us as soon as something so absurd had happened? We found out about it through someone else. How could you be so careless?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m careless? Is Clayton not careless for doing what he did that day, then?\u201d Sienna grumbled inwardly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
However, she did not try to talk back. She said in a low voice, \u201cMom, I thought it wasn\u2019t a big deal.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a big deal?\u201d Irene was exasperated. She replied in a harsh tone, \u201cHow could it not be a big deal when your grandpa fainted after hearing about it? Does it only seem like a big deal if he\u2019s admitted to the ICU?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clifford interrupted Irene, since he couldn\u2019t stand hearing what she was saying anymore. \u201cThat\u2019s enough. What\u2019s the use in saying that now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The family doctor came down the stairs just then. Irene went up to him and asked, \u201cDr. Withers, how is he now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMr. Hale Senior passed out because he was too emotional.\u201d Benjamin Withers nudged the bridge of his glasses up his nose slightly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe noticed signs of atherosclerosis during his recent check-up. He needs to go for surgery as soon as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Clifford sighed wearily. \u201cDad has always hated the idea of undergoing surgery.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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It dawned on Sienna then that Albert, Clifford, and Clayton were probably discussing this in the study the other day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe can\u2019t go for the surgery at the moment.\u201d Benjamin explained, \u201cQuite a few of the diagnostic results came back with bad numbers. He has high blood lipids and hypertension. Undergoing surgery would be too risky for him now.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best way would be for him to rest and recuperate at home for at least a month. It would be better for him to go for the surgery after his condition had stabilized. Make sure not to upset or agitate him during this period. Just go along with his\u00a0<\/p>\n
wishes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After they saw Benjamin off, Irene reminded Sienna, \u201cYour grandpa asked for you as soon as he woke up. Remember what the doctor said, and don\u2019t say anything to upset him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna lowered her gaze. Her plan to inform Albert about her decision to divorce Clayton was ruined.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While going up the stairs, Sienna saw Clayton leaning against the railing and puffing on his cigarette. He seemed slightly troubled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sienna furrowed her brows. She walked over to him and grumbled, \u201cWhat are you doing standing here with that depressed look on your face?\u201d<\/p>\n
She got the divorce and bolted 24 \u00a0 Chapter 24\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 24\u00a0 Sienna sounded as if she was really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-she-got-the-divorce-and-bolted-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}