Chapter 212

Henry Hawthorne ended the call and turned to the contractors. "Engineer Wang, per the contract, we've got to finish by next month. I don’t care how you make it happen, just don't delay the timeline." Engineer Wang let out a deep sigh. His shoes were caked with mud, visibly sinking into the soil. He shook his head as he watched Henry leave, then stopped the recording on his phone with a resigned look. A few days later, once all the drama around the festival gala had finally died down online, the "Finding the Singer" crew dropped an announcement, saying they’d postpone filming because of Chloe Anderson’s injury. When the notice came through, the show’s director was in the middle of texting Alice Sterling about her available times. Alice was brushing her teeth, casually replying, and even sent Jessica Lane a message, asking if she could tag along to the hospital for a follow-up on her leg. It had been over ten days since everything went down. The injury on her calf wasn’t serious, but it