They were in their designated practice room, and none of them was talking.
It was silent. Funeral-level silent.
The kind of silence where even the air conditioner seemed to hold its breath.
In the middle of the room sat five grown men reading a script titled in cheerful, bubbly font.
"Week of Smiles."
The title was a lie.
It was not a week of smiles. Not even a half-smile. Not even a dry chuckle. If anything, it was a week of trauma, tension, and tears.
Zeno read through the script with furrowed brows.
The musical followed five brothers named after each day of the week, each one with wildly different lives, forced to return home when their single father, who was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, wished for all of them to return before his death.
It centered on their deteriorating relationship, unresolved resentments, passive-aggressive inheritance fights, and, of course, forgiveness.
It was very well-written, Zeno had to give it that.
