Loving Mom 176

Chapter 176

The murmurs in the audience swelled like a rising tide.

“Wow. I didn’t expect Kelly to be that good on the violin.”

“She’s better than the private tutor I hired for my kid.”

“My friend’s a top-tier professional violinist, and even she’s not at Kelly’s level.”

“No wonder Carter treats her like a queen. One song from her, and all my stress just melted away.”

Over at the judges’ table, a rare consensus appeared: 99.9.

Not quite a perfect 100-because of Theo. (1

Kelly’s solo performance had deserved full marks, no question. But this was a duet. And next to her brilliance, Theo’s playing came off a bit plain. The 0.1-point deduction wasn’t a knock on him-just a quiet nod acknowledging his role.

Even so, that score launched Kelly and Theo straight into first place.

Kelly was satisfied. Her technique, her delivery-everything had gone exactly as she envisioned.

elegant bow and stepped off the stage. Her lips

“Flawless. Everyone’s totally hypnotized. When Sharon goes up, no one’s even going to be paying attention.” 1

if struck by sudden inspiration, he whipped out

you smug little thing… Just wait. I’ll make sure the whole world

Nate predicted, even after the stage lights dimmed, the

the time the lights came up again and Sharon and Matty were standing under the

were still caught up in the magic

expression dark. The audience was whispering

seemed distracted, still murmuring among

when it hit

had planned this-going right before Sharon, grabbing

“Shameless,” Wendy muttered.

silent, eyes fixed on the

the violin

the sound barely registered. The background chatter continued,

something began

notice-until the

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