Beyond the Beats

Chapter 77. Special fan service

"This is not possible..." I mumbled as I read the highlighted paragraphs in the contract.

I kept glancing at my current mentor, Suhas Sir, and there was no change in his expression since I mentioned about quitting the dance program.

"Bhoomi, the contract is not going to change even if you read it in your sleep. Why are you quitting like this? I don't get it. If it is some financial problem, then tell me," Suhas Sir said.

After I had come to meet him, he was not happy with my decision and scolded me that just like everyone else, I had also not read the contract properly. Sarthak's training program was completely free for all trainees, but it came with its terms and conditions.

According to the rules, unless any trainee had a serious medical condition or unavoidable emergency/situation, he/she were not allowed to leave the program until the time of completion/elimination. If anyone wanted to quit, they had to pay a fees. All of it was mentioned in the contract clearly, but since I had never thought of quitting, I never read it fully.

Suhas Sir adviced me to not take rash decisions and think carefully. I took my leave from his cabin, my eyes glued to the xerox copy of my contract.

How will I quit now? The fees to leave the program is too high. I can't afford it. Damn it!

While I was flipping through the pages, trying to find a solution, I didn't notice who was coming from the opposite direction.

I ended up crashing into a guy, and fortunately, it was not Tejas this time. Unfortunately, it was KD, and he didn't catch me; I landed on my butt.

"Nice landing, Bhoomi," KD snickered.

He gave me his hand, and I slapped his arm once I got up from the floor.

"What were you reading so seriously?" he asked and eyed the papers in my hands.

Before I could lie to him, he snatched those papers from me and glanced at me suspiciously.

"Why are you reading your contract now?" KD questioned and narrowed his eyes at the highlighted paragraphs.

"I was just checking it," I told him.

He stared at me in silence and flipped through the pages. He pointed at a section in bold letters and told me to read it.

"If you are planning on quitting, then this will help you," he said plainly. "But remember that leaving the training program won't be easy for you."

I blinked rapidly. "I am not quitting, and even if I do, why will it be difficult?"

KD grinned like a Cheshire cat. "I will leave that to your imagination."

I looked at him in confusion as he left, skipping in joy. Once he was out of my sight, I hurriedly read the contract portion he had shown me.

"The trainee will be suspended or cut off from the program due to following reasons: very low attendance, foul attitude, found guilty of abuse..." I read the whole page and found my solution.

I remembered how Sarthak had warned me that if I didn't improve my performance, he would himself throw me out. I knew he wasn't going to do so just because of that reason, so I had to do something to get kicked out; that way I would have been saved from paying the penalty fees for quitting the program.

I decided to put my plan into action from the next moment. I went to my practice room, and while my teammates were diligently discussing choreographies for our team, I didn't join them and started reading my textbook.

Jolina and Akshay called me, but I ignored them. I kept reading, so they asked me why I was studying when I had just started my new semester. I acted like I was really studious and told them to not bother me.