Ashlyn Berry! Madeline Saunders! That’s her in the flesh! Oh, my goodness!

Olivia’s lips began to tremble. For some reason, she didn’t want Ashlyn to look down on her.

Seconds later, Olivia regained her composure and sat down at the piano.

With both her hands on the keys, a rich and smooth melody soon followed.

As soon as the piece ended, Olivia couldn’t help but stare nervously at the judges.

Ashlyn was the first to give a score of seven point five.

The other judges, too, gave Olivia a score of either seven or eight.

That might not be anything to boast about, but her score wasn’t low either.

If Ashlyn had given a low score, Olivia’s initial plan was to file a complaint against her for abusing her power to avenge personal grudges.

scoring was fair

of the situation when

gives you a chance to shine. You can also remind yourself to slow down when you’re playing. It’s normal to feel nervous when you’re on stage, and your playing

widened as

and pertinent, and she had carefully dissected Olivia’s strengths

hearing all that, Olivia felt a moment of clarity and

Saunders, huh? She truly has

said before taking a bow and

had gone to sit with her family in the auditorium, glared at Olivia

earlier, Ashlyn neither commented nor paid much attention

but the latter only made

the last straw for

perfect their techniques. And more often

the best example

advanced to the

their families, it’d be a total embarrassment if the ladies had gotten kicked

didn’t win the competition, they could still take comfort in knowing that

then, the host announced, “All right. Let’s welcome our

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