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 only solo

nodded and exchanged looks, all agreeing she

foundational skills. Despite being challenged from any angle, she

her final score was not the highest, but it was

score yet, but she felt

stage, Grace was there, waiting

you danced wonderfully. I'm so

Ms. Parker." Violeta hugged Grace and said, "I just don't

shoulder. "Don't worry

watched

she could not find

relatively new to the industry, Violeta's courage to take the stage without any stage

first major performance, where she was nervous and stumbled in her

Compared to the previous Moon Festival, Violeta was

referenced before truly applied to

she would win

"Ms. Montclair."

put on her coat

"Where is the competition?"

replied, "Violeta just finished

asked, "Oh? How

"She

standards, this was indeed

troupe could

saying lightly, "You think so, too? Then it must have been quite

darkness flashed in her

husband just called, asking you to call him back when you

a bit impatient, did