Lindsey POV
I spent the day preparing myself for the talent show which was to be the very next day. The King had organized for a gigantic stage to be set up in the middle of the grounds outside and the girls had been very excited, while I had been a bit deflated, at the thought of being on a show like that, while the King sat back and watched from afar, along with numerous guards and of course Mrs. Gillspie would be ever-present along with Ricardo who was never far from her or from King Julian. I had butterflies in my stomach and nausea that wouldn't stop threatening to make me vomit.
Isabella had been gloating all afternoon as we'd watched them put the stage together, huddled in a crowd underneath a tree as we practiced or prepared ourselves.
"Once the King hears my voice, he's sure t
