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?"

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

definitely off

asking about this? Years have passed

the end of the month. You should

That's awesome! I'll

few more words of encouragement, Violeta ended

and started searching the film academy forums, hoping to dig up some

ago, and hardly anyone was

the older posts about it seemed to have been scrubbed

remaining clues, Violeta pieced together what might have

grandmother had kidney failure, and her

sales job during her university days

tragedy struck one evening after work. Coworkers persuaded Ava to visit

incident caused a huge

want the scandal to spread, so

the chance

wouldn't have

two years off from school, during which her grandmother passed away. Ava only managed to graduate last year. What happened to Ava would have been

felt deep sympathy for

some digging,

photo of Ava on the forum