Chapter 570 She Felt Overwhelmed
Although the magic trick was her idea, Derrick's splendid display exceeded Joanna's expectations a hundred times.
The fireworks show he puts on looked so real that even she had trouble differentiating if it was just a trick or a real show.
She was so much enjoying the show and didn't notice that Raymond, who was by her side the entire time, was nowhere to be seen.
At the end of the show, Joanna turned and walked away from her fellow group members whose families had joined them to celebrate the success of their performance.
Joanna didn't take up to five steps away when someone appeared from nowhere and hopped onto her body without giving her a heads up.
"Hey, Little rice ball, what are you doing?" Joanna scolded the boy whose hands were firmly wrapped around her neck.
"Little rice ball, get down from my body. Have you forgotten that we are still in public..." He pecked her on the cheek before she could finish scolding him.
"Although I have watched many shows tonight, Big Sis, will you believe it if I say you shone the brightest hmm?" Anthony's excited chatter made Joanna swallow back what she wanted to say.
"Really?" Joanna enquired as she patted the little boy's well-styled hair. She stole a glance at the woman in the red dress who was Anthony's companion.
"Hmm... You were the brightest star tonight and believe me, you blew everyone off their feet," Anthony boasted with so much pride.
"Since you are the one who said, so then this Big Sis here has nothing more to say," Joanna rubbed his back and smiled along with him.
Anthony soon came down from her body without her having to say anything about it.
"So Mrs Parker..."
"Just like Anthony said, you blew everyone off their feet with such a spectacular show. I am speechless and all I can say is that..." Mrs Parker paused. She walked steps forward.
She caught Joanna unawares when she hugged out of the blue.
"I am so proud of you. You and your team did so well to the point that I was almost moved to tears. I have never felt so happy and satisfied with anything for a long time until tonight," Mrs Parker praised as she patted Joanna's hair lovingly.
Her sincere words of praise made Joanna's heart stir, bringing forth a kind of feeling she has never felt before.
Earlier, unlike others who felt eager to climb on stage so that they would make their parents and relatives present proud, she didn't feel this way.
In fact, she had little expectations of what the outcome of the show would be despite all her big talks.
And this was because she knew she had no family members who would show up to cheer her up that night.
Her only family member who would have come to cheer her up was mad at her because she refused to keep her promise to him. Also, she was certain Anthony wouldn't have made it there even though he wanted to since he was just a kid.
Adhara would have him locked up if he threw tantrums. She was so sure that she would be alone tonight again but...
"Joanna!" Two ladies chorused putting an abrupt end to her depressing thoughts.
Raising her head, she saw Audrey and Leah run towards her. Their smiling faces said everything that needed to be said.
Even they were satisfied and happy with the performance.
The immense love she receives from her brother and these strangers that had somehow become someone important in her life made Joanna feel overwhelmed.
She couldn't help but shed a tear of happiness.
For five minutes Joanna and her companions chatter like children.
"Audrey, do you remember that part she said..."
"Sorry Mrs Parker but will you please watch over my brother one more time and perhaps drop him at home..."
"Why? What happened?" Audrey demanded. She shifted her gaze to the direction she noticed that Joanna has been staring at for a while now.
"I would have loved to send him home myself but I still have a few things to take care of...."
"But we agreed to throw a party..."
"You can go on with whatever you want to do. I and the girls will see to it that he returns home safely," Mrs Parker cut in. She didn't give Audrey the chance to finish her sentence.
"I haven't agreed to it, so why are you including me..."
"You can go on now hmm?" Mrs Parker urged her on.
She grabbed Audrey's hands and pulled her back after she noticed she wanted to follow Joanna.
"Hey, why did you do that?" Audrey grumbled after Joanna left.
"Didn't you hear her say she had something to take care of? Why did you try to make things hard for her when it was obvious she was in a hurry..."
"But she owes me a promise first so..."
"Does the promise she owes you worth more than her happiness and peace of mind?" Mrs Parker retorted, her cold stare fixed on Audrey's angry face.
"I only wanted to throw a party to celebrate the success of their performance and her birthday so what does that have to do with your question?" Audrey asked. She sounded a bit coolheadedly.
"You are still a kid, you won't understand even though I were to explain," Mrs Parker replied. She grabbed Anthony's hands and pulled him close to her.
"Let's go do more sightseeing before I take you home, little prince," Mrs Parker muttered. She led him away from there.
Meanwhile, after Joanna left her companions she secretly followed a figure she had seen leave the crowd earlier.
She secretly trailed him until he and his escorts got to the parking space created only for him.
Joanna hid in a corner and watched him as he addressed the Chancellor of their school.
"I will draw back and let you handle things here as you want but I won't hesitate to intervene if you fail to bring forth the culprit responsible for tonight's incident," King Kayden Greyson stated fiercely.
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