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 had danced

routine was flawless, showcasing her solid foundational skills. Despite being challenged from any angle, she maintained her composure, playing

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

not know her score yet,

she stepped off the stage, Grace was

you danced wonderfully. I'm so proud

said, "I just don't know how many

shoulder. "Don't worry

also watched Violeta's entire

could not find any fault in

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

her own first major performance, where she was nervous and

the previous

had referenced

was up to chance whether she would win an award. At

"Ms. Montclair."

on her

"Where is the competition?"

"Violeta just finished her

How

"She

this

people in their dance troupe could not earn

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

her eyes when she saw

husband just called, asking you to call him

impatient, did