Shattered Rose He Held On Tight novel Chapter 134

pter 134 Sweetest Music

But that was exactly why she knew what mattered most.

The Lancasters? Jasper? They were nothing. The real fight had always been on the stage.

Claudia and Lydia both understood that.

What truly destroys a person isn’t losing love or being abandoned by family. It’s when their pride and dignity–the one skill they rely on to climb out of any pit–gets crushed to dust.

Family and love can be fought for, bargained for, even stolen.

But talent doesn’t lie.

Back then, after Claudia’s heartbreak, she threw herself into dance. She was like a flower blooming in the harshest soil–so bright that even Lydia, who already had everything, couldn’t help but envy her.

Once Claudia walked away from the Lancasters, it was like she was reborn on stage.

She was no longer the pitiful girl weighed down by guilt. The audience and the masters were drawn to her, unable to look away.

In that moment, favoritism from family and friends meant nothing.

Lydia realized the butterfly bound in guilt and blood–debt was about to break free.

The cruelest blow came from Celine–the idol Lydia could never reach–who extended an olive branch not to her, but to Claudia.

Lydia only managed to beg Wilson and Lottie for favors by using her “sister” title just to secure a fair audition with Celine.

But even with that chance, she was afraid.

Sharing a stage with a genius like Claudia was like racing in the Olympics and forever being 0.01 seconds behind.

It was a nightmare.

So Lydia made her move.

Unlike Claudia, she wasn’t weighed down by guilt.

When Zoey died, Claudia was still young. Everyone told her it was her fault. They said Lydia

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lost her mom because of her.

That made Claudia felt beneath Zoey’s daughter, like she was born guilty in front of Lydia.

Even after having her identity and her parents taken away, they still called it atonement.

Claudia’s only choice was to work harder, dreaming that one day, once she had a mentor, she could finally leave the Lancasters openly and with pride.

But she was fragile. Sometimes, guilt made her want to run away.

She felt that if she didn’t escape soon, she’d go insane.

At 17, Claudia was desperate to save herself.

A kind kid only thinks about how to grow stronger.

But Lydia understood the rules of the adult world, and her heart was colder. That’s why she

won.

When the doctor announced that Claudia could never be a professional dancer again, all her hope was shattered at once.

Lydia had never seen her that broken.

Not even when Claudia was misunderstood by her parents and locked in the dark room.

Late one night, Lydia stood outside Claudia’s door, listening to her muffled sobs.

The sound was almost beautiful, blending with the memory of a little girl crying years ago when her father beat her bloody. Together, they formed the sweetest music Lydia had ever heard.

In the hallway, Lydia smiled silently. She twirled a soft dance, stepped back to her own room and slept better than she ever had in her life.

Now, Claudia sat in the lounge Tilda had prepared for them, watching the screen as Lydia spun across the stage.

She knew what it meant to fall, and how painful it was to say goodbye to the stage.

Years had passed. Lydia had given even more of herself to dance.

And she had become exactly what people called her–the wicked woman.

Claudia’s eyes narrowed. Lydia, can you get back up this time?