[Daniel's Office]
"How come I wasn't informed that Anna was locked in the restroom and almost missed her audition?"
Daniel's voice cracked through the room like a whip, cold and sharp.
Henry flinched, his heart lurching. He opened his mouth, then closed it again, at a loss for words. He'd only just learned the details himself—but the fury simmering in his boss's eyes made any excuse feel like a death wish. A bead of sweat slid down his temple.
Daniel's jaw tightened, his grip on the edge of the desk white-knuckled. He could barely hear Henry's uneven breathing over the roar in his own ears.
Those same girls—Jane and Mary—who had attacked Anna outside the studio this morning… they were the very ones who had tried to stop her from even auditioning.
The thought made his blood turn to ice.
"I want those girls handled," he said finally, his voice low and lethal, each word cut with steel. "I don't care how. They will not be spared after what they did."
