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

several judges nodded and exchanged

solid foundational skills. Despite being challenged from any angle, she maintained her composure,

each judge had different preferences, her final score was not the highest, but it was still

score yet, but she felt content and

the stage, Grace was there, waiting with enthusiastic

wonderfully. I'm

and said, "I just don't

patted her shoulder. "Don't worry about it.

watched

find any fault

to the industry, Violeta's courage to take the

first major performance, where she was nervous and stumbled

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

Vivian had referenced before truly applied

it was up to chance whether she would win an award. At that moment, Vivian

"Ms. Montclair."

on her coat and sat

"Where is the competition?"

replied, "Violeta just finished

"Oh? How

"She

high standards, this was indeed

dance troupe could not earn

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

darkness flashed in her eyes when she saw

called, asking you to

bit impatient, did