When Pride Falls at Your Feet (19 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 62

The loudly chattering group glanced toward Giuliana, who sat huddled in a corner, hugging her legs. Giulia weakly shook her head from side to side.

“Ah… That day, didn’t someone come with a doctor and take her away, saying she needed to be hospitalized? Do we even know where she is?”

“Yeah. I checked nearby hospitals, but she wasn’t there. Though the Deputy Director said not to worry—she confirmed Giuliana’s safe and sound…”

Giuliana sighed, resting her chin on her knees.

“Could they be hiding her so reporters won’t find her?”

That day’s accident had been unusually severe—if Duke Enrico Michele hadn’t swiftly shot down the falling spotlight, causing it to explode midair, it would have landed directly on Emilia’s head, nearly creating an even more dangerous situation.

The problem was, several people began claiming they’d heard Enrico Michele cry out Emilia’s name as she collapsed. Combined with rumors that the two might know each other, uncontrollable gossip spread rapidly throughout the theater.

“Maybe that’s possible.”

Avoiding journalists made sense, given how fiercely they were hunting for a story—but no one expected her whereabouts to become this utterly mysterious.

Deputy Director Silvia was busy cautioning everyone to keep quiet and inspecting the crime scene with the police. Giuliana desperately wanted to sneak away to ask whether Emilia was at home—and if so, where exactly that was—but all she could feel was a burning frustration inside.

Soon, people returned to their own conversations, and Giuliana stared glumly at the empty seat beside her. Then, noticing a pair of feet at the edge of her vision, she slowly lifted her gaze.

‘…But that person wasn’t even on stage then—why are they acting like this?’

Christina Pirdana had been in this state ever since the police arrived that morning.

Yesterday, Giuliana had been too overwhelmed to notice how Christina was, but today she looked terribly anxious—as though she herself had directly experienced the accident.

At the time of yesterday’s incident, Christina hadn’t been on stage yet, since the character “Silphy” hadn’t made her entrance, so she should have been near the wing stage.

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