Nearing the Final Straw?

There have been a number of injuries on this tour, but none have been as frustrating or saga like as that of Y. His regular problematic tendencies aside, Y's ankle injury resulted in missing three weeks of shows. When he returned to the doctor to get the okay to come back to work, he was told he had to take an additional two weeks off. The chap hired to replace him was only available for the first three week period and so the two remaining members of the trio cobbled together a duo version of their act that later integrated the two clowns.

It was assumed that after the tour break he would be returning to the show. He had a doctor's appointment scheduled for 9:30am on the first day back. The higher ups gave him many a time table so that he could get a train back from wherever he went on vacation so that he would be back on time. Y, however, only got back at 2am, was unable to get up for his appointment, and missed it entirely.

Needless to say, the circus was not amused.

It's four hours before show time and no one has seen head nor tails of him. It's unlikely that the trio have time to rehearse before the sold out premiere, and that's even if Y is fit to return to work. I'm pretty sure the circus is within it's rights to terminate his contract, if not now, very soon. I, for one, am very curious to see how all this will play out.