Chapter 110 A Song for Her Parents
“It’s been an honor sharing the stage with my young friend, Queen. And thank you all for being here tonight.”
Lucas raised a hand slightly, and the crowd immediately fell silent.
Everyone knew to behave.
Lucas and Queen exchanged a brief nod, and the first notes of the piano began to fill the hall.
The trio opened with something soft and romantic, a melody that lifted the room and carried them along with it.
Elias couldn’t take his eyes off her–the violinist with the silver hair and the silver fox mask.
Queen.
Was this the surprise Stella had promised?
Queen, whose music had a way of reaching into your chest and settling something there. Whose melodies seemed to understand you better than you understood yourself. Whenever the weight of the world pressed down on him, he’d close his eyes and let her music pull him back from the edge.
That sound–the one that had carried him through his worst nights–came from the person he loved
most.
The realization hit him like something raw and overwhelming.
‘Frederick, where’s Stella?”
Kenneth checked his watch. The concert had already started. Had their sister gotten held up at the door?
Frederick shot him a look so flat it might as well have had the word “idiot” tattooed across his forehead.
‘Look at Elias.”
Kenneth frowned, confused. He followed his brother’s gaze and saw Elias watching the stage with an expression he’d only ever seen him wear around one person.
His face went red with outrage. That bastard–he had a girlfriend, and here he was staring at another woman like that?
Sienna had been watching Elias too. That look in his eyes… he only looked at Stella that way.
Could it be…?
No. Absolutely not.
There was no way Stella was Queen.
If she was, everything Sienna had said tonight would collapse around her.
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But Stella wasn’t in the audience. Panic curled in Sienna’s chest. Her nails bit into her palms, but she didn’t
feel it
She couldn’t focus on the music anymore. Her eyes were fixed on the girl on stage–confident, radiant, untouchable.
And honestly? Queen’s figure really did look like Stella’s.
Sienna couldn’t sit still any longer. She shot to her feet, heels clicking sharply against the floor as she hurried toward the restroom.
Heads turned. Disapproval flickered across more than a few faces.
Everyone else had been lost in the music–the deep, rolling notes of the piano sweeping through the hall like a current you couldn’t fight.
But those heels cut through it, sharp and wrong, shattering the spell.
Felix frowned deeply. Sienna’s lack of composure wasn’t lost on him.
Amber stared after her daughter, stunned. Sienna had always been composed–since she was a little girl.
How could she make a mistake like this?
She frowned and shot off a text, asking what was wrong.
Then she offered Felix an awkward smile.
Leo’s lips curved into something almost amused.
He never imagined Sienna would end up overplaying her hand.
He glanced at Elias, then at the girl on stage.
And suddenly, everything clicked.
When the last note faded, the hall hung suspended in silence for a long moment.
Then, as one, the audience rose to their feet, applause thundering through the space.
Jasper watched Queen intently, his eyes rimmed red.
Nicole. Do you see this?
You stood on stages like this once. Now our daughter stands where you stood.
It’s just a shame we can’t share this moment–all of us, together, in the same time.
But Stella’s here, on the same ground you walked. And maybe… in some way, that means we’re all here together.
Piece after piece, the trio played on. Each performance pulled the audience deeper into something pure, something that felt like joy.
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