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

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

sudden inspiration, he

wait. I’ll make sure the whole world

after the stage

up again and Sharon and Matty were standing under the spotlight, hardly anyone

in the magic of Kelly’s

scanned the room, her expression dark. The audience was whispering and chatting,

judges seemed distracted,

it hit

had planned this-going right before Sharon, grabbing all the

“Shameless,” Wendy muttered.

remained silent, eyes fixed on

violin music

sound barely registered. The background

something began to

noise faded-gently, almost without notice-until the entire hall fell quiet.

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