The Singing Extravaganza

Chapter 7

At Angie's apartment...

"Man, these are the cheesiest songs ever" said Lionel.

"I know! Right? I was thinking about writing my own song" said Angie.

"Your own song?"

"Well, yeah"

"If you wanna win, just do what the kid says. That's what the Wiggles want" said Lionel.

"You don't think I can do it?" said Angie.

"I'm saying not everyone can write songs. I know I make it look easy, babe. But it's not" said Lionel.

Mr Ardolf was teaching Ryan how to drive like a criminal.

"You're still too soft on the corners, Ryan! You gotta attack them!" he said.

Ryan tried again. He drove a whole mile and back in sixteen seconds.

"Now that is more like it!" said his father.

Dudley exited the theater where Newton was waiting for him.

"So? What's the word?" said Newton. 

Dudley was too nervous to answer.

"Dudley. Are you in the show?" said Newton.

"Well... yeah, sort of, but..." Dudley began.

"Yes! I knew you could do it, lad!" Newton cheered.

"Newton, it's not for..." Dudley tried to say.

"You just need to save that singing voice of yours" said Newton. 

Eliza went home and saw that her new contraption worked perfectly. It was currently doing the dishes and reading the kids a bedtime story. 

"I knew it would work" she said to herself.

She got into bed with her husband. 

"Gerard, are you awake?" she said.

"Yeah" said her husband.

"How was your day, honey?" said Eliza.

"Same as always. I don't know how you do it all, honey" said Gerard.

Clayton was gambling in the nightclub and he won a lot of money. 

"Jackpot, baby!" he cheered.

"You're a great card player, Clayton" said the girl he met.

"Well, you're not so bad yourself" said Clayton flirtatiously. 

Then he stood up and said "Let's cut some rug" to the girl.

She agreed to dance with him. 

The next day, Sam was having a conversation with Jill.

"I know your ex-husband. I may need to throw you off the show" she said.

"Why? Why?" said Jill.

"He said you always got what you wanted when you were married" said Sam.

"That was different. He always gave me what I wanted because he loved me so much. I guess it got out of hand" said Jill.

"You're... telling the truth?" said Sam.

"Yes" said Jill.

"But what did you want that got you into this show?" said Sam.

"I swear I didn't mean any harm, dear. I didn't even know you knew Chad. Please believe me" said Jill.

She looked and sounded like she was telling the truth. 

"Okay. Just no funny business" said Sam.

"I promise. I never break a promise" said Jill.