Abby stared at him, thoroughly confused. "Take action? What do you mean, take action?"

Joshua spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "We break Harry's hand. That way, he can't compete."

Abby repeated the words, stunned. "Break Harry's hand... so he can't compete?"

Joshua raised his eyebrows. "What, you'd rather see Ms. Cameron lose her ability to play the violin forever?"

Abby shook her head. "If Star agreed to this bet, it means she's completely confident she'll win. But you, Joshua..."

She shot him a strange look, scrutinizing him from head to toe.

"How did you come up with the idea of breaking Harry's hand?"

Joshua replied, "Harry set up this whole wager to destroy Ms. Cameron's career. It's no different than ruining her hand. If he's willing to go that far, why shouldn't we?"

to her own surprise, found

a celebrity. If something happened to his hand before the competition, suspicion would fall on us

poised on the stage. "Star's already at her peak. She might be able to beat

recovery

to know a great

Still...

noticed the warning signs in time, Stella might

all in, then nodded, as if a

can't touch

their whispered conversation ended, Harry and Stella were already in position,

the

would perform the same

fairness, the repertoire was decided by drawing lots: each of them submitted two pieces, and the host would

the most

other hand, chose two of her mother Nora's signature compositions —challenging, yes, but nowhere

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