TO BE OR NOT TO BE – PART 3

Like gallows humor, it didn't get many chuckles, in fact, there was an audible groan. Embarrassed, Mark tried to duck backstage. As he passed me I said, "I thought it was funny."
He smiled, punched me lightly in the shoulder, and said, "Thanks, Sunny."
After the ambulance left with Robin, Luke had us gather in the theater for a pow wow. What were we going to do? Robin wasn't the main sister but she couldn't be written out because she was essential to the story.
Everybody put in their two cents for nearly an hour. The best we could come up with was Luke would make some calls. We were just about to break up when Mel stands up and says, "If we get someone new, they have to start from scratch, that's one. Also, there is chemistry involved. We all know were a close-knit group and bringing in someone new, especially a New Yorker, she might not fit in or treat us like a bunch of yokels."
"Do you have a better idea?" Luke asked her.
Mel paused for a second and then says, "I just got this crazy idea and I thought I'd just throw it out there."
We all looked at each other, where was she going with this?
"Let's hear it," Luke said.
She gets this weird smile on her face and says, "There is one person here who we are forgetting about. Someone who probably knows this play as well as anyone. Someone who runs lines with all of us, and I think can do the part."
The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. Shari got it too. She stood up and said, "Are you thinking what I think you're thinking?"
Mel got a big smile on her face and shook her head, yes and they both looked at me. I tried to melt into my seat and disappear.
Because the girls looked at me, everybody turned to look at me. "Shit," I said to myself.
Luke was standing there with a confused look. "Are you suggesting that we use Sunny to play Robin's part, really?"
There were some chuckles, but Mel continued. "Yes, Luke, that's what I am suggesting and I think he can do it."
"And what makes you think so?"
"I don't want to embarrass him too much, but I have seen him as a girl and it was quite convincing."
Luke looked at me, then back at her, confused.