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.

...

was the only

exchanged looks, all agreeing she

was flawless, showcasing her solid foundational skills. Despite being challenged from any angle,

her final score was not the highest, but it was

not know her score yet, but she

stage, Grace was there, waiting with enthusiastic applause, visibly

danced wonderfully. I'm so

you, Ms. Parker." Violeta hugged Grace and said, "I just don't know how many points I

shoulder. "Don't worry

also watched Violeta's

she could not find any fault in it

take the stage without any stage fright and deliver a perfect performance

remembered her own first major performance, where

to the previous Moon Festival, Violeta

referenced before truly applied to

would win an award. At that moment,

"Ms. Montclair."

put on her coat and sat

"Where is the competition?"

replied, "Violeta just finished her

"Oh? How did

responded, "She did very

Lucy's high standards, this was indeed high

many people in their dance troupe could not earn

saying lightly, "You think so, too?

her

"Your husband just called, asking you to call him back

a bit impatient, did