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.

her surprise, Ashlyn’s scoring was fair and

to make sense of the situation when Ashlyn’s crisp, cold voice

you more. If you don’t think you can showcase your skills through a difficult song, pick something easier that 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 speed inadvertently increases along with your heartbeat. Therefore, if you don’t make a conscious effort to slow yourself down, you’d only become

eyes widened as she

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

that, Olivia felt

has lived up to

you,” Olivia said before taking a bow and going

who had gone to sit with her family

her performance ended earlier, Ashlyn neither commented nor paid

to be judged by Ashlyn, but the latter only made a short comment that Hera had

the last straw

to perfect their techniques. And more often than not, all they needed

was the best example

and Olivia had successfully advanced to the semi-finals, much to the delight of the Chapmans

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

they didn’t win the competition, they could still take comfort in knowing that they were good enough to be sent

“All right. Let’s

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