"That's very good." Foruma wore an immensely satisfied look on her face. "Go change your clothes now. You start at six. Two thousand for two hours. As long as you perform well, there will be a steady stream of jobs for you in the future!"
"Thank you, Miss Sulana." Carla was bubbling with joy as she accepted her outfit from a staff member. Then, she tugged on Diane's hand and said, "C'mon, Diane. Let's go together."
"No, I can't…" Diane glanced at her hand and felt disappointment wash over her. "You should go now, Carla. I have to hurry over to Stifling Night for work anyway. Let's meet up again when we're free."
"Alright, then." Carla's heart ached as she hugged her. "Diane, if you have the time, I can take you to my doctor friend and see whether your hand can be treated."
"Really?" Diane's eyes lit up with hope.
"You'll never know until you try, right?" Carla smiled. "Life is always full of hope!"
"Mmm." Diane nodded eagerly. "Thank you, Carla!"
"Don't be silly. Go ahead with your work. I'll keep in touch."
After getting changed, it was time for Carla to start performing. To avoid being recognized, she wore a Whyte mask over her face.
The performance ended without anything unusual. It was nothing but an ordinary wedding.
After the performance, Carla received her pay of two thousand and exchanged contacts with Foruma, who immediately booked her for another performance at a company celebration the next night.
The pay was also two thousand for two hours.
Even though it wasn't as much as the money she earned at Stifling Night and there wouldn't be any tips either, Carla was rather pleased with it.
After leaving the hotel, Carla received a call from the triplets who said that they were reaching home soon. They also asked where she was and excitedly announced that they had brought some food back for her.
Carla said that she would be home very soon, but abruptly recalled that Zayn was going to pick her up at ten o'clock.
Despite that, she shoved that thought to the back of her mind for now, wanting to go home as soon as possible.
By the time she reached home, it was already half-past nine. The triplets were asking the nurses about her whereabouts.
Before they could answer, Carla came in and the triplets happily ran over to greet her, prattling on about their day while taking out the dinner they brought home for her.
Feeling famished as she had not eaten dinner yet, Carla gobbled up the food like a starved beast.
Her children's hearts ached for her when they saw how hungry she was.
Randy furrowed his brows and asked softly, "Mommy, haven't you eaten dinner yet?"
"No. Mommy went to work after you guys left." Carla explained while eating her steak, "Mommy went to play the piano. It was only for two hours, but Mommy made quite a lot of money."
"Mommy, no matter how busy you are, you mustn't forget to eat." Randy's mouth turned down at the sides.
"Yeah, Mommy! You have to eat." Venus took out a piece of wet tissue and clumsily wiped her mother's mouth.
"Alright, kids, " Carla replied with a fond smile on her face.
Right then, her phone rang with an incoming call from Zayn. She felt unsettled as she stared at his caller ID flashing on her screen. However, she was afraid to answer it in front of her children. Hence, she flipped the phone so that it was lying face down.
"Randy, Josh and Venus. It's time for you three to take a bath and go to bed earlier. Mommy will tuck you in after eating, okay?" Carla urged.
"Okay, Mommy." The triplets were very obedient.
The nurses had already set up their bath and were waiting for them.
Carla got up and walked to the balcony, peeking down to see Zayn's car parked downstairs with its headlights bright.
A short glance at the time showed that it was ten o'clock sharp.
She was in a bind. If she didn't go down, he might very well lose his temper, but the triplets had not gone to bed yet and she didn't know how to explain this to them.
"Mommy, what's wrong?" Randy's voice came from behind her.
"Nothing." Carla snapped out of her daze and made up a Whyte lie. "A friend is here to see me."
"Should we invite her in?" Randy was as sensible as ever.
"It's fine." Carla shook her head. "I might need to go down for a while. You kids go take a bath first, okay?"
"Okay."
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