Chapter 43 Chapter Forty-Three: That’s What Friends Are For.
Chapter Forty-Three: That’s What Friends Are For.
Qiara’s POV
Several days had passed since Dean Harris’s press conference—and mine. Thanks to her carefully executed sacrificial stunt, the internet had found a new obsession. StarCrest. Her name. Her face.
Everywhere I looked, the discours...
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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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