Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 176

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.

she gave a slow, elegant bow and stepped off the stage. Her lips curved into a calm, confident smile as she returned to her

flashed her a thumbs-up. “Flawless. Everyone’s totally hypnotized. When Sharon goes up,

sudden inspiration, he whipped out his

wait. I’ll make sure the whole world sees you crash

Nate predicted, even after the stage lights

up again and Sharon and Matty were

in the magic of Kelly’s

dark. The audience

seemed distracted, still murmuring

it

before Sharon, grabbing all the attention so

“Shameless,” Wendy muttered.

eyes fixed on

the violin music

the sound barely registered. The

something began

faded-gently, almost without notice-until the entire

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