Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty: A Songbird In A Cave.
Chapter Twenty: A Songbird In A Cave.
Eight year old Qiara’s POV:
I was sitting on the cliff at Water‑Plake when I saw him.
The boy stood near the waterfall, his clothes rumpled and his hair sticking up in strange directions as he turned in slow circles. He looked lost—like he’d dropped s...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Chapter One: The Songbird Returned.
2. Chapter 2 Chapter Two: Switching Lanes.
3. Chapter 3 Chapter Three: The Audition.
4. Chapter 4 Chapter Four: Have We Met?
5. Chapter 5 Chapter Five: Business Cards.
6. Chapter 6 Chapter Six: A Marriage Proposal.
7. Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Kiss And Tell.
8. Chapter 8 Chapter Eight: Sealed With A Kiss. Chapter
9. Chapter 9 Chapter Nine: Moving Out.
10. Chapter 10 Chapter Ten: Screen Of Destiny.
11. Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven: A Home Just For Me (Part 1).
12. Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve: A Home Just For Me (Part 2).
13. Chapter 13 Chapter Thirteen: Where The Hell Is She!
14. Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen: Gone Without A Trace.
15. Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen: No Longer In Control.
16. Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen: Dinner Date.
17. Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen: Mystery Man.
18. Chapter 18 Chapter Eighteen: You’re The First.
19. Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen: It has Always Been You.
20. Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty: A Songbird In A Cave.
21. Chapter 21 Chapter Twenty-One: Preparing For The Competition.
22. Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty-Two: Meeting The Family (Part 1-The Stones).
23. Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three: Meeting The Family (Part 2-The Pierres).
24. Chapter 24 Chapter Twenty-Four: Meeting The Family (Part 3-Welcome to the family Ari!)
25. Chapter 25 Chapter Twenty-Five: The Importance Of Qiara.
26. Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty-Six: The Truth about Angelina.
27. Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty Seven: The Birth Of Ari Phoenix.
28. Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Garden East Competition (Part 1-New Love).
29. Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty-Nine: How The Hell Did This Happen!
30. Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty: The Garden East Competition (Part 2-The Pain of Love).
31. Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One: Day Two (Part 2).
32. Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two: Now Is Not The Time To Fall Apart.
33. Chapter 33 Chapter Thirty-Three: The Garden East Competition (Part 3-Love Conquers All).
34. Chapter 34 Chapter Thirty-Four: Ari’s Love Letter.
35. Chapter 35 Chapter Thirty-Five: A Grand Proposal.
36. Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six: Who Is Qiara Stone?
37. Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Plan In Motion.
38. Chapter 38 Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Real Me.
39. Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Nine: Reactions (Part 1-Vantage Point).
40. Chapter 40 Chapter Forty: Reactions (Part 2-Vantage Point).
41. Chapter 41 Chapter Forty-One: The Fall Guy.
42. Chapter 42 Chapter Forty-Two: The Fallout.
43. Chapter 43 Chapter Forty-Three: That’s What Friends Are For.
44. Chapter 44 Chapter Forty-Four: A Number One Hit.
45. Chapter 45 Chapter Forty Five: The BMH List.
46. Chapter 46 Chapter Forty-Six: Just The Two Of Us (A musical interlude).
47. Chapter 47 Chapter Forty-Seven: The Monday Music List.
48. Chapter 48 Chapter Forty-Eight: Was She Worth All Of This?
49. Chapter 49 Chapter Forty-Nine: The Results.
50. Chapter 50 Chapter Fifty: The Summer Festival (Part 1).
51. Chapter 51 Chapter Fifty-One: Everything I’ve ever wanted.
52. Chapter 52 Chapter Fifty-Two: The Summer Festival (Part 2).
53. Chapter 53 Chapter Fifty-Three: The Summer Festival (Part 3).
54. Chapter 54 Chapter Fifty-Four: Little Fires Everywhere.
55. Chapter 55 Chapter Fifty-Five: Summer Festival (Part 4).
56. Chapter 56 Chapter Fifty-Six: The Summer Festival (Part 5).
57. Chapter 57 Chapter Fifty-Seven: Summer Festival Finale.
58. Chapter 58 Chapter Fifty-Eight: After The Show…
59. Chapter 59 Chapter Fifty-Nine: Creative Changes? Or Creative Cheater?
60. Chapter 60 Chapter Sixty: Jacob Hill (Part 1).
61. Chapter 61 Chapter Sixty-One: Jacob Hill (Part 2).
62. Chapter 62 Chapter Sixty-Three: Jacob Hill (Part 3).
63. Chapter 63 Chapter Sixty-Three: Clearly Someone’s Lying.
64. Chapter 64 Chapter Sixty-Four: The Meeting.
65. Chapter 65 Chapter Sixty-Five: Cards On The Table.
66. Chapter 66 Chapter Sixty-Six: A New Competition.
67. Chapter 67 Chapter Sixty-Seven: A Ghost.
68. Chapter 68 Chapter Sixty: Eight: Buried Stories, Sordid Tales.
69. Chapter 69 Chapter Sixty-Nine: User_12142022.
70. Chapter 70 Chapter Seventy: A Quiet Little Music Room.
71. Chapter 71 Chapter Seventy-One: Hide & Seek.
72. Chapter 72 Chapter Seventy-Two: HOC Audition Competition Day One.
73. Chapter 73 Chapter Seventy-Three: HOC Day Two.
74. Chapter 74 Chapter Seventy-Four: HOC Competition Day Three.
75. Chapter 75 Chapter Seventy-Five: HOC Competition Finale (Part 1).
76. Chapter 76 Chapter Seventy-Six: The HOC Competition Finale (Part 2).
77. Chapter 77 Chapter Seventy-Seven: Let The Whole World See.
78. Chapter 78 Chapter Seventy-Eight: By Any Means.
79. Chapter 79 Chapter Seventy-Nine: Who We Really Are.
80. Chapter 80 Chapter Eighty: The Liberation Of Music.
81. Chapter 81 Chapter Eighty-One: The Lists.
82. Chapter 82 Chapter Eighty-Two: No Matter How Hard I try.
83. Chapter 83 Chapter Eighty-Three: Genres and Award Shows.
84. Chapter 84 Chapter Eighty-Four: A Set Wedding Date.
85. Chapter 85 Chapter Eighty-Five: Happy Birthday Qiara!
86. Chapter 86 Chapter Eighty-Six: I Want Her Gone!
87. Chapter 87 Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Carrington-Clayborne Wedding (Part 1).
88. Chapter 88 Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Wedding (Part 2)-The Bridal Shower.
89. Chapter 89 Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Wedding (Part 3)-The Bridal Shower Cont…
90. Chapter 90 Chapter Ninety: The Wedding (Part 4).
91. Chapter 91 Chapter Ninety-One: The Wedding (Part 5).
92. Chapter 92 Chapter Ninety-Two: The Wedding (Part 6)-The Reception.
93. Chapter 93 Chapter Ninety-Three: The Wedding (Part 7)-The Reception Cont…
94. Chapter 94 Chapter Ninety-Four: The Wedding finale.
95. Chapter 95 Chapter Ninety-Five: Wedding Interlude Short Chapter: (Christian’s Got A secret.)
96. Chapter 96 Chapter Ninety-Six: Tell Me Everything You Know.
97. Chapter 97 Chapter Ninety-Seven: What Else Have You Been Hiding?
98. Chapter 98 Chapter Ninety-Eight: A Lot Can Happen In Just Two Weeks.
99. Chapter 99 Chapter Ninety-Nine: What Now?
100. Chapter 100 Chapter One Hundred: Let It Play Out.
101. Chapter 101 Chapter One-Hundred-One: The One In Control.
102. Chapter 102 Chapter One-Hundred-Two: Maybe It’s Time We Told Her The Truth.
103. Chapter 103 Chapter One-Hundred-Three: Jaquess Baline (Part 1).
104. Chapter 104 Chapter One-Hundred-Four: Jaquess Baline (Part 2).
105. Chapter 105 Chapter One-Hundred-Five: You Again?
106. Chapter 106 Chapter One-Hundred-Six: Not Who He Says He Is.
107. Chapter 107 Chapter One-Hundred-Seven: Hello Again, Ari.
108. Chapter 108 Chapter One-Hundred-Eight: Dinner For Schmucks.
109. Chapter 109 Chapter One-Hundred-Nine: A Family Full Of Monsters.
110. Chapter 110 Chapter One-Hundred-Ten: It’s All Too Much.
111. Chapter 111 Chapter One-Hundred-Eleven: Surprise, Surprise.
112. Chapter 112 Chapter One-Hundred-Twelve: Fated Effects.
113. Chapter 113 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirteen: Chains Of Trust.
114. Chapter 114 Chapter One-Hundred-Fourteen: Number Eight.
115. Chapter 115 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifteen: Like Dominos.
116. Chapter 116 Chapter One-Hundred-Sixteen: Recap.
117. Chapter 117 Chapter One-Hundred-Seventeen: The Musical Videos Debut.
118. Chapter 118 Chapter One-Hundred-Eighteen: Sweet Dreams.
119. Chapter 119 Chapter One-Hundred-Nineteen: Lawrence’s Scheme.
120. Chapter 120 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty: A Shift In Power.
121. Chapter 121 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-One: Divine Interventions.
122. Chapter 122 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Two: Christian’s Redemption.
123. Chapter 123 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Three: Five Days Before The Awards Show.
124. Chapter 124 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Four: Selene Clayborne.
125. Chapter 125 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Five: Exposed.
126. Chapter 126 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Six: Desmond’s Song Of Sorrow.
127. Chapter 127 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Seven: The Day Before The Awards Show (Part 1).
128. Chapter 128 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Eight: The Day Before The Awards Show (Part 2).
129. Chapter 129 Chapter One-Hundred-Twenty-Nine: Divide And Conquer.
130. Chapter 130 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty: A Tale Of Two Cities.
131. Chapter 131 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-One: The Awards Show (Part 1-The Red Carpet).
132. Chapter 132 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Two: A Musical Interlude (Alex & Jack).
133. Chapter 133 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Three: A Musical Interlude (Detective Regan.)
134. Chapter 134 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Four: Awards Show (Part 2: The Show Begins!)
135. Chapter 135 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-five: Awards Show (Part Three: Ari’s First Acceptance Speech!)
136. Chapter 136 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Six: A Musical Interlude (Nelson Kirkwood).
137. Chapter 137 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Seven: A Musical Interlude (NVPD).
138. Chapter 138 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Eight: The Awards Show (Part 4 Winners and Losers.)
139. Chapter 139 Chapter One-Hundred-Thirty-Nine: Awards Show (Part 5-Ari’s Performance).
140. Chapter 140 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty: Awards Show (Part 6-Best Live Performance).
141. Chapter 141 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-One: Awards Show (Part 7- A Voice Not Hers).
142. Chapter 142 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Two: Awards Show (Part 8-The Destruction).
143. Chapter 143 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Three: The Awards Show Finale.
144. Chapter 144 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Four: Death’s Door.
145. Chapter 145 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Five: Lies Uncovered.
146. Chapter 146 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Six: “…What The F***…!”
147. Chapter 147 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Seven: Friday Afternoon.
148. Chapter 148 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Eight: Interrogations Rooms (Part-1: Nicholas)
149. Chapter 149 Chapter One-Hundred-Forty-Nine: Interrogation Rooms (Part-2: Selene)
150. Chapter 150 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty: Interrogation Rooms (Part-3: Lawrence and Marcus)
151. Chapter 151 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty-One: Angelina’s Confession (Part 1)
152. Chapter 152 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty-Two: Angelina’s Confession (Part 2)
153. Chapter 153 Intermission!
154. Chapter 154 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty-Three: The Morning After.
155. Chapter 155 Chapter Hundred-Fifty-Four: This Is All Your Fault Selene.
156. Chapter 156 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty-Five: But Wait….There’s More.
157. Chapter 157 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty-Six: An End To The Chaos.
158. Chapter 158 Chapter One-Hundred-Fifty-Seven: A Quiet Melody.
159. Chapter 159 Epilogue 1: Melinda’s Furious Payback!
160. Chapter 160 Epilogue 2: Selene’s Final Destruction.
161. Chapter 161 Epilogue 3: The Awakening Of Christian Clayborne.
162. Chapter 162 Epilogue 4: Marcus’ Farewell.
163. Chapter 163 Epilogue 5: The Last Two.
164. Chapter 164 Epilogue 6: Qiara & Christian
165. Chapter 165 Epilogue 7: The Return Of The Greatest Pianist!
166. Chapter 166 UPDATES!!
167. Chapter 167 Epilogue: Jacob & Ian
168. Chapter 168 Epilogue: Ari & Julez
169. Chapter 169 Epilogue: Reborn to Reclaim My Voice.
170. Chapter 170 Giving Thanks.
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