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. It

cafe, it's newly opened and would not have generated much revenue. Where

because of Jasper

formed on Zelena's

out a

another trip

there was more

the last name White, as did

Violeta was also part

thought struck Hattie as

Violeta might

Gillian and I thought the same before, but all the info on the Whites is available online.

That seemed logical.

to the White Group,

I reconnected with the Blakes, I looked into her real parents. They're just from some nondescript village.

Jasper and the others. Since Niall is Zoren's cousin, it wouldn't be strange for them

Hattie pondered Zelena's response.

wind picking up oddly-it seemed a

grew up in

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

could provide some clarity. Yet, Zelena's firm statement that Violeta's biological parents were villagers only added to her confusion. Could Zelena's account

was off-it all seemed

weather's turning. We should

when the urgent call from the crew member snapped