Daniel had heard what was being said on the other line during Carlisle’s phone
conversation. With a tight smile, he shook his head at Carlisle and pretended he had
nothing to say.
Carlisle smiled. “Could you go to the dorm and grab my guitar for me while I take
Wanda to the stadium?”
“For sure,” Daniel said and turned to make his way to the dormitory.
A stage had been set up in the stadium, and before it was the audience seating area. A total of 25 rows had been allocated, and there were 30 seats in each row.
Shane found the student who was selling seats and handed him 800 dors. “I’ll give you 800 dors for four seats in the middle section, second row. It’s a non–negotiable
offer.
The student who was selling the seats was an upperssman. He nced at the 800 dors Shane was holding out to him and frowned. “Kid, you’re kind of driving a
hard bargain here.
“We agreed that the seats in the middle section wouldn’t go for anything less than
300 dors, which was why I held the reservation for you.
“Now you’re offering a third less than the agreed price? Come on.”
Shane didn’t want to offend a senior, so he feigned despair as he mumbled, “Concert
tickets only go for about 100 dors per show; 300 dors for a seat at the bonfire
party is too steep. Can’t you go any lower than that?”
“Damn it, fine!” the upperssman growled. “Rough day for business, I guess. Follow
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The upperssman took the 800 dors from Shane and led him toward the
audience seating area.
Shane hid his glee as he fell in step behind the upperssman.
A lot of the students at Rive and University hailed from affluent backgrounds. While
200 dors might seem a lot for the average working–ss person, it was nothing to
the rich.
A seat for 300 dors would be considered a steal for these students, and even if the seats went for 500 dors, Shane would bet hisst coin that the scions would still
fight for them.
By grabbing four seats for 800 dors, Shane had saved close to 400 dors for
Daniel.
As the sky darkened, the lights in the stadium flickered to life.
Images depicting the glory days of Rivend University and its many
aplishments began to y on therge screen behind the stage.
While the quality was far from high definition, the freshmen found the whole set–up
impressive.
After all, a lot of the viges in the country were still considered underdeveloped, and it was a miracle for anyone to own a ck–and–white television.
Arge screen projecting color images was rtively new and wondrous to the
freshmen.
Daniel had Carlisle’s guitar strapped to his back when he bumped into Christine and
Phoebe outside the stadium.
Up until a second ago, he had been worried about the two extra seats that Carlisle
and Wanda no longer needed.
Now, <b>he </b>bounded up to Christine and Phoebe like they were his beacons of hope.”
Hey there, gorgeousdies!”
“Daniel, are you trying to give me a heart attack?” Phoebe snapped, patting her chest
to calm her beating heart when she saw that the person who hade up to her
was none other than Daniel.
It wasn’t her fault that she was shocked; it was dark outside the stadium, after all.
Christine nced at Daniel indifferently.
Daniel chuckled sheepishly “Sorry, I might have been a little loud.”
Phoebe saw the guitar poking out from behind his shoulder and asked incredulously, “You y the guitar?”
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“It’s one of the easiest instruments to pick up, you know,” Daniel said cockily.
He wasn’t bluffing. He came from a well–to–do family, and he had dabbled in several musical instruments during junior high.
While he was no expert in any of them, he could y a few simple tunes if he tried.
Phoebe pressed, “So what song are you ying tonight?”
Another sheepish chuckle escaped him as he said, “Uh… I didn’t sign up for the
performance tonight.”
“Then why do you have a guitar?” Phoebe asked, quirking her lips in amusement.
“It’s Carlisle’s,” Daniel exined.
“Do you know what song he’ll be performing?” Phoebe inquired.
“Nope, he didn’t tell me,” Daniel said sadly.
Phoebe rolled her eyes. “What do you know anyway? Come on, Christine. Let’s go.”
She linked arms with Christine and led thetter toward the stadium doors.
At that moment, Daniel ran over to them and cut them off. “You guys, wait!”
He sneaked a nce at Christine and saw nothing but indifference on her face.
Phoebe asked with a raised brow, “What?”
Daniel exined, “Look, I had someone grab four seats for me in the second row. Two of the seats were originally meant for Carlisle and Wanda, but they’ll be sitting in the first row with the guests.
“I was hoping you guys would do me a favor and take up the two extra seats.”