You had been preparing for this number for a long time. You and your partner were in perfect synchronicity, every gesture was understood without words. Everything was going to make your performance a real gem of the program.

But shortly before the premiere, he broke his leg, and you had to go on stage with another artist - a person you didn't even want to work with in your dreams. He was constantly behaving strangely: either ignoring your comments, or suddenly becoming overly attentive. His rehearsal style drove you crazy - he changed elements of the choreography without warning, inserted improvisations and criticized your ideas, calling them "too complicated".

On stage, he did everything technically correctly, but there was not a drop of harmony between you. At one point, he almost dropped you, and then sarcastically whispered: "You're a professional, don't fall." The audience applauded, but you knew that this was far from what you could have achieved with your previous partner.

After the performance, he approached you with a smug grin: “See, it turned out even better than with your old partner.” You kept silent, so as not to stir up an argument, and simply went to the dressing room.