Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Rachel's smile froze in an instant.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. At that moment, she felt a tightness in her chest, tears threatening to spill over.

"How is it possible that both awards went to Meryl?"

She couldn't wrap her head around it, convinced that there must have been some mistake on the organizers' part.

It was unprecedented for the special award and first place to be the same piece-why was Meryl receiving both?

Rachel was sure her arrangement was solid. Just a moment ago, she had sneakily checked the online voting results and saw she was consistently in the top three. There was no way she could walk away empty-handed!

Meanwhile, Meryl was still in a daze, completely taken aback that she was the one being honored.

She thought, "What a twist of fate! I was just going with the flow, and now look at this!"

Confused, Meryl instinctively glanced at her mentor, Harvey, who was seated among the judges.

He gave her a thumbs-up, a warm smile lighting up his face, It

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Meryl felt a wave of relief wash over her.

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She mused, "Harvey rarely praises anyone; his approval must mean my piece really struck a chord, especially since it was chosen by both the judges and the audience." The ceremony continued, and a staff member gestured for Meryl to step onto the stage.

All cameras turned to capture her expression.

The award presenter was Casey, a big name in the music industry. Just having him as a judge was a major coup for the competition.

The excitement in the room was palpable, with the livestream hitting a staggering 30 million viewers.

Casey, dressed sharply in a tailored suit, presented the trophy to Meryl, his fingers gently placing it in her hands.

"Congratulations!"

This was Meryl's first real interaction with Casey.

now, seeing the music prodigy

take the trophy, no one expected

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front of Meryl, snatching the microphone from her

competition! My scores were high

invited Meryl to

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if she couldn't claim the special award, she

of paper to

she shouted, having snatched it from a

in on her face, which was a mix of excitement

in the venue shifted; judges whispered

a spectacle, leaving the

score highly, but according to the committee, any work found to

her mind racing. The moment the

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murmurs in

exploded with comments, the screen filling

with

Oh my God, and I just voted

big competition? This is a

think she could get away with this? Plagiarists should get the boot from the music

beneath her, but

you say it's plagiarism doesn't make it

Twitter a couple of days ago with a piece that sounds

disqualified, and we reserve the right

of the original piece

this sounds so familiar-it's almost

a plagiarist in?

she still stand there after being accused? Does she think we're all

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own work for this competition?], Sure, it was a 48-hour composition challenge, and the

which gave her the audacity to enter the contest with this

her point, she pulled out her phone and opened her Twitter feed, revealing a post

name" account that

work, causing quite a ruckus and leading many to rethink their support for "Sweet Savage." [Well, sure, it seems a bit iffy, but if she's the one behind that no-name account and she's just adapting her own piece, it's not