Side Chick Era... Over

Chapter 501

All these years, Sharon had lived adrift, never once enjoying even a fraction of the Kalen family’s resources.

After the incident with Cole, had Sharon admitted her role on the spot, Richard might have seen her as bold and accountable, perhaps even gained a measure of respect for her.

He might even have chosen to let the matter go. 1

But her refusal to own up to what she’d done left him bitterly disappointed.

Apart from her looks, she hadn’t inherited any of her mother’s excellence.

After Sharon left the Kalen family, Richard had reflected on this. Perhaps, he thought, he had expected too much from her.

She hadn’t grown up like her mother, nurtured in privilege and afforded the finest education.

He already had an exceptional daughter. Hence, there was no need to demand the same from Sharon.

Yet now, watching his daughter on stage, he suddenly saw a flicker of Shayla in her. Perhaps she wasn’t as lacking as he had assumed.

But as the violin’s notes flowed through the hall,

far beyond what she had

that Sharon had also studied the instrument, though Victoria

simply assumed Sharon wasn’t particularly good. At the very least, not

away: Sharon’s technique was

lean young man with elegant

to meet

repeatedly make Kelly suffer-what charm she possessed that even Uriah, who was

long, all he got was a performance by a man, a woman, and a child. It

music and had developed a refined taste over the years. Naturally, he could

the piece itself

had only been one piece he truly loved-“First Love,” the

and again, never growing

it… no one had been able to replicate it. Not even

that it came only when the stars aligned. Some people might never experience it. For others, it might come only once in

And still, he

performer who could bring him that