Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 147 The Storm Is Coming

The crew member cautioned, "Miss, we really can't go any further. We're already in the middle of the sea...

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Hattie dismissed him with a wave of her hand, "What are you scared of? The sea is calm. It doesn't look like a storm is coming. Just go over there, quickly!"

With no room for debate, the crew member reluctantly steered the speedboat closer as Hattie demanded.

Once close enough to capture the figures on the yacht with her phone, Hattie hurriedly took a picture and sent it to Zelena.

The image was slow to load on the plane, and Zelena grew increasingly impatient.

How could Violeta possibly be vacationing on an island?

That's absurd...

Hattie must have made a mistake.

When the photo finally loaded, Zelena quickly examined it.

Though Hattie did her best, the faces were still blurry, yet with her intense dislike for Violeta, Zelena immediately recognised that the woman in the photo was indeed Violeta!

'See, I wasn't wrong! That's Violeta! I can't capture it well with my phone, but with my binoculars, it's clear! That's Violeta with Jasper, Hayden, Zoren, and Liam! And yes, that yacht is Niall's! How could Violeta be hanging out with them?'

While Hattie was stunned, Zelena was even more dumbfounded!

Zelena thought.

opened and would not have generated much revenue. Where would she

because of

formed on

out a

probably just another

there was

both bore the last name

Violeta was also

thought struck Hattie as increasingly

ever considered that Violeta might be a

a jolt at the suggestion but quickly dismissed it. 'Hattie, isn't that a bit far-fetched? Gillian and I thought the same before, but all the info on the

That seemed logical.

the sole heir to the White Group, and Hattie's checks on him revealed no mention of

continued: 'Also, before I reconnected with the Blakes, I looked into her real

be overthinking this. Violeta probably met Niall through Jasper and the others. Since Niall is Zoren's cousin, it wouldn't be strange for them

Hattie pondered Zelena's response.

steering the speedboat noticed the wind picking up oddly-it seemed

up in Harbor

Benson's status as illegitimate children made it hard for her to be accepted by the elite circles of the city, which

had hoped that Zelena, who claimed to be Violeta's sister, could provide some clarity. Yet, Zelena's firm statement that Violeta's

Hattie felt that something was

the weather's turning. We

from the crew