Chapter 371

After Gary showed up as the host, everyone lined up according to their assigned numbers to get ready for the initial stage evaluation. Roxanne had arrived backstage early and settled into a private dressing room. Sitting there alone, she stared at the white walls as her mind went completely blank. She felt as though her brain had simply shut down. Marilyn had married Curtis when Roxanne was 13 years old. At first, everyone had gotten wonderfully well with each other. Curtis was a gentle, elegant, warm, and kind man. Even though Roxanne wasn't his biological daughter, he treated her better than most fathers would treat their own children. It was from him that Roxanne first experienced the kind of fatherly love she had never known. Gary, on the other hand, was the son from Curtis' previous marriage. His parents had divorced legally, and after his mother moved abroad, he stayed with his father. He might have looked like a model gentleman, but it was all just a façade. In the beginnin