Sonny took a deep breath as she sat in Mr. Condor's office and waited for him and Marshall to join her.

The rumors of Sonny's possible departure had made it all the way to the top and a meeting was called for the very next week.

Sonny drummed her fingers on her knees as she heard a gruff voice right outside the door.

"Well fire her! I don't care if she's my Grandmother!"

Sonny bit her lip- this was not going to end well for her.

The door opened slowly and Marshall walked inside. He glanced over at Sonny and he could see the nerves and fear in her eyes.

"Sonny" Marshall said in a comforting tone. He sat by her and grabbed her hand. "You will be fine."

Sonny smiled. "Thanks Marshall"

Suddenly the door came open and Mr. Condor took his seat behind the large Mahogany desk.

"Sonny Monroe" he did not look up from the paper on his desk.

"So these reviews lately haven't exactly been in your favor. But, I've heard this is not exactly why you have ask for this meeting today"

Sonny gulped "No sir"

Mr. Condor shuffled his papers and laid them aside. He folded his hands on his desk and gave Sonny and Marshall his full attention.

"Why don't you inform me Marshall?"

"Yes sir. Ms. Monroe here has been considering a change of plans at the end of her contract with our studio here."

Mr. Condor lowered a brow. "Is this true Ms. Monroe?"

"Yes sir" Sonny said in almost a whisper

"I see. Well thank you for the head's up"

"Well actually sir..." Marshall continued "I have a proposition for you."

"Ok"

"Well Sonny has had a very hard time focusing on her work.
Now, she is more than willing to admit fault in this area, however she has been putting in a lot of extra hours to try to make up for her lack of concentration these past couple
weeks. However, sir, I am afraid these negative reviews are going nowhere."

"I must agree, Marshall, these reviews are dropping our ratings and I am not sure how much more we can take"

"That is why, sir, I would suggest releasing Ms. Monroe from her contract."

"Wow, Marshall, that seems a little extreme to me."

"No sir." Sonny interrupted. "This was actually my idea."

Mr. Condor lowered his brow. "Really?"

"Yes sir. You see, the reason I have been failing to preform to my greatest potential is that I have been distracted by my music.
Now, I am not making excuses for my failure to seal some good reviews, I am simply informing you of what my faults have been.
But, it has become a little deeper than that lately. Every time I find something to write about it becomes a song instead of a sketch"

Sonny swallowed the lump she had built up. "Despite my current lack of interest I guarantee you that I have been putting forth my best effort Sir.
But, I must say I easily see someone else doing a much better job than I have been.
I do not plan on renewing my contract and to tell you the truth I don't know what benefit you will gain by keeping on an actress that is bringing in bad reviews anyway."

Sonny sighed. "I am truly sorry and I understand this decision is completely yours but I hope you will take these thoughts of mine into consideration."

Mr. Condor looked from her and over to Marshall. "And you knew all of this?"

"I have known about Sonny's love for her music for awhile, but hearing of her not staying with Condor studio has only gained my attention within the last week."

Mr Condor nodded. "And you are sure this is what you want Sonny?"

She felt a little ease come on. Mr. Condor had never addressed her so casually.

"Yes sir"

He nodded slowly as if in thought. After a few moments of silence he looked down again at the reviews. He shuffled through a few more papers.

Sonny glanced at Marshall, he smiled, trying to encourage her.

"Well" Mr. Condor began. He looked up at Sonny. "Ms. Monroe I see no reason in keeping you bound to something that has lost your interest.
Especially since your reviews have not been providing a positive influence on the So Random ratings as it is.
So with reluctance we are willing to dismiss your contract early."

Sonny felt a mixture of relief and a little sadness. She wanted her music so badly but with this confirmation she was already becoming homesick for her 'So Random' cast.

"Thank you Mr. Condor" Sonny smiled

"No problem" He stood to shake her hand "We are going to be sad to see you go but we truly wish you the best."

"You too"

Marshall stood as well."We are planning a farewell episode with a celebration of each of her characters. We will shoot it in a couple weeks."

"Sounds good. So your contract will be nuel and void by then. Have a good two weeks."

"I sure will, Sir, thank you again."

Mr. Condor nodded in dismissal and began on his paper work again.

Sonny and Marshall stepped outside.

Sonny took a breath "That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be"

Marshall put an arm around her. "Yeah. Come on kid. Let's start writing those sketches."

Sonny gave him a smile, thankful that he always had her back.