Phoenix Rising: From Heartache to Heroism

Chapter 524 Suspicious

"It seems like I really need to look into how the casting for this movie was done back then."

Violeta gave Tuna the half-eaten strawberry.

Then, she grabbed her phone and dialed Kaylee's number, hoping to get some details about the movie's production.

Kaylee had been part of the movie, so she definitely knew more than Violeta could guess on her own.

When Kaylee picked up, Violeta found some unexpected information.

Kaylee confirmed Violeta's suspicions.

She was absolutely right.

Prior to Evelina's casting, another actress was a perfect fit for Mason's lead role.

Unfortunately, this person went through a traumatic event, suffered severe psychological damage, and ended up withdrawing from the entertainment industry altogether.

That person was Ava Sharp, a classmate who had been in the same year as Evelina.

Kaylee recalled, "I remember when I passed the interview and was called in for the audition, there was a tall, slender girl in line with me. After her audition, Mason kept her behind to discuss the role. Everyone thought she'd be the lead actress. Later, we heard something terrible happen to her, and she had to drop out of the movie."

Violeta asked, "Do you remember what happened?"

matter, so I didn't dig too deep. The crew didn't talk much about her either,

couldn't shake the feeling that there was more to the

off about the

why are you asking about this? Years have passed since the

Age at the end of the

That's awesome!

more words of encouragement, Violeta ended

her laptop and started searching the film academy forums, hoping to dig

ago, and

the older posts about it seemed to have

few remaining clues, Violeta pieced together

well off her grandmother had kidney failure, and

took on a part-time sales job during her university

visit a karaoke bar, where a group of thugs drugged

incident caused

the scandal to spread, so they deleted

the chance to

if she had, she wouldn't have been in any state to

school, during which her grandmother passed away. Ava only managed to graduate last year. What

felt deep

some digging,

of Ava on the forum Despite the poor