"Ella, you sing quite wonderfully."
Sally Jefferson carried a glass of red wine to the middle of the stage and insincerely handed it to Ella Lacey, but she turned her face aside and hid in the shadows, hesitating to accept.
She couldn't bear for people to see that her face was already streaked with tears.
As she sang "He Doesn't Understand," she was filled with thoughts of Arthur - he just didn't understand how much she had loved him, needed him, in all these years...
He failed to comprehend her heart.
Her heartache was because of him, tears shed for him.
The whole bar was filled with only the soft accompaniment. In the light background of piano music, a veil of melancholy was spread...
Suddenly, groups of people began to rise and leave.
They took a quick glance at Ella who sat with her back to the crowd, hidden in the shadows as they passed by the stage.
The atmosphere started to heat up.
