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I watched Isabella's hands tremble as she held the letter, her eyes scanning the page for the third time. The Juilliard School letterhead gleamed in the afternoon light filtering through the study windows. "Mom," she whispered, her voice catching. "I got in." Time seemed to freeze as those three words hung in the air between us. For a moment, I wasn't Victoria Chen, CEO of a billion-dollar conglomerate. I was simply a mother watching her daughter's dreams materialize before her eyes. "Let me see," I said, reaching for the letter. My eyes confirmed what her tears already told me. Isabella Sterling—my Isabella—had been accepted to the most prestigious dance program in the country. Every blister, every late-night practice, every sacrifice had led to this moment.