He'd heard the silence just fine.They didn't want him.He thought about how many people had told him that this was not thebe-all-and-end-all of auditio...s - that there were plenty of auditionsahead of him, but, by coming to The Cape, the production team had madethis audition infinitely more important. It was the most important dayof his life so far and he'd messed it up, royally. Even though hewanted to happy for Ed and Rose, it was hard because their successmade his failure look so, so, so much. The weeping stopped. She sniffed. “Been better,” she muttered tremblingly and moaned. “Gosh, the lift fell!” “It’s a miracle we survived,” I said and rose slightly. “Wait, wait! Be careful, that’s my leg!” she squealed. It was not until then that I realized it was her leg pressing my arm. I got hold of the heel of her shoe, which had stabbed my shoulder. While I was drawing it carefully aside, my cheek brushed against her calf. “I have never been stabbed with a shoe heel.” “Sorry, I. "Connie looked at Cheryl again. In the last few months that she'd known Cheryl this was the first time that she'd seen passion about anything coming from her friend.Seeing Cheryl there on the couch with no makeup on made the woman seem older yet more innocent and vulnerable at the same time.She knew that Cheryl was approaching forty but the pain and emotions running through her made her seem older."Rob and I got married when we were 22," began Cheryl. "We met in college and got married soon. I want her raving mad with fury,” Iane answered musingly. Nigulla and Patessa, standing by her side, looked decidedly unhappy about the prospect to become Iane’s messengers.“You want Athea to explode and me to be busy trying to survive the eruption, so neither she nor I will have time to wallow in sorrow. Thank you, Iane,” Jenaya said and stood up, but looked down at the body once more. “The wound by that arrow couldn’t have killed him, was it poison?” She asked.“No, it was no poison. Poison I.