Phantom led Monster and Nicole to take a bow after the performance. Nicole smiled brightly and got off the stage with poise.
'Luckily, I still remember the basics! This performance is still quite satisfactory.’ Nicole thought.
Phantom and Monster followed Nicole off the stage. Monster went over and patted her shoulder. "Lil Nicole, why don't you just join our band? We're willing to kick Demon out for you!"
Nicole lowered her head and laughed. "If Demon hears this, he'd probably get up from his hospital bed right now and fight you!"
Monster was in great spirits. "I'm so thrilled to perform with you today. You’re the composer of this song anyway, so except for Demon, only you can perform so flawlessly with us. Lil Nicole, you seem just like you were three years ago!"
Nicole felt a trace of bitterness in her heart. She seemed to have missed out on an inordinate amount o f life's excitement in these three years. Fortunately, it was still not too late to get back on track.
Monster refused to give up and kept persuading Nicole to join their band. "Lil Nicole, if you join us, we'll surely shock the music world!"
Nicole was just about to reject his offer when Julie walked over with a smile.
"Forget about it, you two...Nikki's gonna start her career all over again!"
As soon as Julie pulled Nicole out from backstage, Yvette gave her a bear hug. "Nikki baby, that was fantastic! You're my goddess! Do you know how excited everyone was? Your violin is simply amazing!"
Nicole helplessly pried Yvette off of her body. It was all thanks to Ian’s arrangement that Nicole got to have such a memorable night.
The three ladies thought that Eric and Keith should have already left, so they went back up to the second floor. Unexpectedly, Eric and Keith were sitting next t o the Carter brothers as they stared at Nicole weirdly the moment she showed up.
Yvette snorted in dissatisfaction and pulled Nicole to sit by Ian. "Ian, let’s play something. It's boring having to sit with such eyesores."
Ian shrugged his shoulders. "Sure, the night's still young!"
Everyone downstairs was shouting for The Lunatics to have an encore.
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