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Gilby took a deep breath. “Speaking of the truth,

Mrs. Evitable thinks I’d be better off just working
on sets and costumes and . . . um . . . that’s what

I’m going to do.”

“You’re dropping out of the musical?” asked

Hannah, dumbfounded.

“I’ll still be involved, just not onstage. Frankie

knows my lines better than I do anyway. She can

say them.”

“But it won’t be the same! We were supposed

to be in the show together!” cried Abby.

“What difference does it make? I’m hardly in it

anyway. The other Flowers will probably be happy.

They’ll get more lines, and I’ll stop messing every-

body up.”

“But . . .” Abby began.

“Gilby’s right,” Hannah said firmly. “The truth

is, she likes art. Not acting. She should do what she

wants.” Then she hesitated. “I’m going to talk to
Mrs. Evitable about quitting too.”

“WHAT?” Abby shouted. rs. Evitable was very understanding

“Look, acting’s not my thing either. And I hate when Hannah and Gilby dropped out of

missing class. You can fill me in on everything that the cast. I had a hunch that she included

happens in rehearsals.” lots of kids because she knew a few would quit.

Abby slumped down in her seat. “I can’t believe it. And, just as Gilby predicted, the other Flowers were

We said we’d do this together, and you guys are all thrilled to have more lines. At first they forgot them,

abandoning me.” but I helped whenever anyone needed a prompt.

“I can’t believe it. We said we’d

do this together, and you guys

are all abandoning me.”

“I’m not abandoning you,” I said. “I’m still in I did the same for other characters. It turned out I’d
the play.” accidentally memorized almost everybody’s lines

“But it’s not what we planned.” while I was watching them rehearse.

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