Chapter 464

As it turned out, Carolyn's instincts were spot on. That night was the second live broadcast of Starlight Project. Roxanne's group was scheduled to perform first since the order was based on popularity rankings. Thus, given that Roxanne was the most popular, whichever group she was in would be the group that went first. And so on down the list. Yasmin, who was ranked second, was in the same group as Roxanne. So was Verity, who was third. The fourth-place contestant had dropped out, so the fifth-place contestant's group performed next. Roxanne's group performed pretty much as expected. Since Verity was the lead singer, her part came toward the end, which also happened to have the highest note in the entire song. Everyone else managed to hold it together during their parts. Roxanne thought the same as well. At least, things had gone according to how they had rehearsed. But when it came to Verity's turn to sing, she suddenly raised the key by two whole octaves. It was so abrupt it s