Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 299 Violeta's Performance

At the front, Violeta finally took the stage.

Irene happily started recording and watched her daughter perform with joy.

Initially, she was delighted, but as she watched, her eyes filled with tears, and she covered her mouth, overwhelmed with emotion.

No one understood better than Irene what it meant for each minute on stage to represent ten years of hard work offstage.

Her daughter danced so beautifully; how much hardship had she endured in private?

Irene was past the prime childbearing age when she was pregnant with Violeta.

To protect the pregnancy, she endured numerous injections, eagerly awaiting her daughter's arrival.

After the birth, the baby was taken away for cleaning.

When she was returned, Irene's first instinct was that the child was not hers, but her efforts to investigate led nowhere. Misunderstandings had kept her and her daughter apart for many years.

Irene often felt a deep sense of guilt towards her.

The one solace was that Violeta's adoptive parents were not struggling financially.

Yet, after Violeta returned home, Irene often sensed that she was different from other girls from wealthy families.

Irene did not need a daughter who was already so mature, but she could not change the past.

As Violeta danced gracefully on stage to the sound of applause, Irene alone cried beneath the stage.

...

the

nodded and exchanged looks, all agreeing

skills. Despite being challenged from any angle, she maintained

final score was

her score yet, but she felt content

she stepped off the stage, Grace was there, waiting

I'm

Grace and said, "I

her shoulder. "Don't worry about

also watched

find

courage to take the stage without

own first major performance, where she was nervous

even more was Violeta's improvement. Compared to the previous Moon Festival, Violeta was clearly superior this time, reaching a new

Vivian had referenced before truly

up to chance whether she would win an award. At

"Ms. Montclair."

on her coat and

"Where is the competition?"

replied, "Violeta just finished her

"Oh? How did she

responded, "She

standards, this was

many people in their dance troupe could not

unzipped her bag and took out her phone, saying lightly, "You think so, too? Then it

flashed in her eyes when she

just called, asking you to

impatient, did