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 curved into

Everyone’s totally hypnotized. When Sharon goes up, no one’s even going

sudden inspiration, he whipped out his phone and started

thing… Just wait. I’ll make sure the whole world sees you crash and

stage lights dimmed,

time the lights came up again and Sharon and Matty

still caught up in

her expression dark. The audience was

distracted,

it

grabbing all the attention so nothing afterward

“Shameless,” Wendy muttered.

remained silent, eyes fixed

violin

registered. The background

slowly, something began to

almost without notice-until the

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