Chapter 293

Time flew by, and before you knew it, the day had arrived for Mirabella to strut her stuff at the city’s French competition.

The event was getting the full Hollywood treatment. A crew from the Educational TV network was filming the entire shebang, and planning to spin it into a prime–time special for their channel.

The showdown was set in the grand exhibition hall on the second floor of the municipal sports arena. It was transformed into a stage with atmosphere to spare, thanks to the TV folks who’d wrangled a crowd to fill the seats below the platform.

Mirabella’s game plan for joining the contest was straightforward she had her eye on the $100,000 prize. From the moment she left school, headphones were her constant companion.

A girl, tagging along for the ride, leaned in conspiratorially and asked, “Queen Mira, are you drilling French phrases in there?”

Mirabella turned, about to set the record straight with a ‘nope,‘ when the girl interjected, “Mind if I take a listen?” After a beat, Mirabella graciously handed over one earbud.

anthem, she was gobsmacked. Eyes wide as saucers, she stared at Mirabella, struggling

cramming their scripts, and there was Mirabella – not a note in hand, jamming to top forty hits… Seriously? Sure, the song was from

pipes, right?” Mirabella even whipped out her phone, showing off the album cover, pointing out the frontman, “And

her ice–queen rep, but this was a whole other vibe. Sharing her music and fan–girling

Totally relatable!

charmed that she ditched her French script, and the two

nearly fainted at their chatter. He quickly separated them and delivered a motivational speech before handing

fifty contestants, and the

smack in the middle.

stepped onto the stage, the

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