Chapter 890

Anthony’s eyes grew a layer of frost. Was she genuinely threatening him? He had to put her in her place. He walked toward the piano and sat down elegantly. Waverly exhaled in relief. Perfect—she managed to intimidate Anthony! At last, she could perform something with him in public! She walked over and sat down. Susan and Grandma Bailey let out a breath of relief, pleased with the outcome. Thus, everyone waited silently. Anthony’s delicate fingers landed on the keyboard as he started his performance. The beautiful sound came out from the piano, and it was Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. This was the most difficult piano concerto in the world! A famous music critic once described the performance as energy-draining, and that the physical energy required was equivalent to ‘ten tons of coal’. In the documentary of an Australian musician [Flashing Glory], he once described a pianist who mentally collapsed due to performing this piece...yet Anthony was able to perfo