"Would you rather be someone you're not?" She pressed further, eyeing him with a steely determination.
"Then, I'll take my chances." He replied, running out the door and leaving her alone in her office.
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JOHN MICARRO is an excutive producer at SWFT, a musical-centric company that sponsors and kickstarts bands that have potential to go big, was given a challenging task after SWFT nearly loses it's reputation to start a band, and start it fast.
JAMES ANTE is a local, struggling performer who, despite a troubling past, confidently strides to the center of the arena and sings his heart out, but soon encounters a problem that could hold him back from the stage for as long as he lives.
JAMIE SAN ANDRES is doomed to his forever fame-encrusted family name, he swore to live out his passions independently without the pressure of the world crashing on his shoulders. The weight returns, and he faces a crisis only his last name could solve.
LANCE KRISLAN could be in deeper trouble, as a college student with a shifted course, alongside his dilemma at home. An introverted person could not expect anything worser than showing himself to the world, only to receive such treatment.
To SHANE ROBLES, family comes first. Within a glimpse of someone's true nature, he stumbles upon his philosophy as his long-lived by saying is challenged, along with his enduramce and faith.
Elliot's partner was his whole world, but after Allan's death, his ghost haunts Elliot's dreams. Everyone tells Elliot to move on, but he isn't sure he can.
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It's been a year since the love of Elliot's life, Allan, passed away. Everyone thinks he should have recovered after that much time, but Allan still haunts Elliot every night. He struggles to maintain relationships with his family, and despite a coworkers interest he can't summon up the courage to date. Elliot is living for the past, because to live for the present means he'll have to live with a hole in his heart. But the question Elliot has to face chases him through his monotonous days: is mourning Allan with everything he has truly living?
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