Moreover, Clare was mad at the girl, But why did she have to drag Mia's name into this? Her tone seemed to suggest that she had seen Mia messing around at the site of the rehearsal.

“What's going on here?™

Atwood and the representative of the association had rushed over as soon as they heard the scream.

The girl with freckles opened her mouth to explain, but Clare was a lot quicker.

“Mr, Clarkson, your assistant was so reckless that she hit my Ancient Zither which I had just painstakingly adjusted for the rehearsal. She messed up the strings. What's more, it's not just any Ancient Zither. It's a high-grade antique. There are only fifty pieces left in the country! A set of this instrument is worth more than two hundred thousand dollars! Where would she get the money to pay for it if she had broken it?"