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?"

and, to her own surprise,

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

stage. "Star's already at her

full recovery under Dr. Burton's

to know

Still...

warning signs in time, Stella might have ended up with a

then nodded, as if a lightbulb

we can't touch him before the competition...

Harry and Stella

keep the

perform the same

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

the most

on the other hand, chose two of her mother Nora's signature compositions —challenging, yes, but nowhere near as punishing

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