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.

a relaxed smile-at first. But as the violin’s notes flowed through the

violin skills… were far beyond

also studied the instrument,

wasn’t particularly good. At the very least, not better than

Victoria was no novice-she could tell right away: Sharon’s technique was

hall, a tall, lean young man with elegant features wandered toward the exit, bored

had come hoping to meet

repeatedly make Kelly suffer-what charm she possessed that even Uriah, who was known for being eccentric and reclusive for years, had

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

refined taste over the years. Naturally, he could recognize that

the piece itself failed

one piece he truly loved-“First Love,” the one Kelly

listened to it again and again, never

the first time he heard it… no one had been able to replicate it. Not even

that such transcendence in music couldn’t be forced, that it came only when the stars aligned. Some people might never experience it. For others, it might come only once in a lifetime. So she

still, he couldn’t

could bring him that same sensation. But none ever