“Back to the stage then. It’s time for the critique segment,” Diana said.

Bianca followed Diana back to their seats. Dave’s seat was empty.

Diana noticed and frowned. “Did you two step out? What happened?”

She had seen Bianca disappear after Blake’s performance.

When she couldn’t find Bianca, Diana had also noticed Dave was missing. She almost called but got distracted by the chaos with Blake and didn’t have time to worry.

Now, after calming ...