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.

she had borrowed a string from him through one of his assistants, but now, seeing the music prodigy up close, she was struck by how approachable he seemed. Meryl

the trophy, no one expected Rachel

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dashed in front of Meryl, snatching the microphone from her hands and

high too-why is she the one winning, let alone snagging

staff had invited Meryl to the

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she couldn't claim the special award, she

a piece of paper to the camera, waving it

our comprehensive scoring!" she shouted, having snatched it from

were on Rachel, cameras zooming in on her face, which was a mix

in the venue shifted; judges whispered

leaving the host visibly startled. She stepped closer to Rachel, her

according to the committee, any work found to be plagiarized

mind racing. The moment the

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in the crowd grew

live chat exploded with comments, the screen filling up rapid-fire

with

God, and I just

big competition? This is

away with this? Plagiarists should get

legs wobble beneath her, but she quickly

you say it's plagiarism doesn't make it true. Where's the

a couple of days ago with a piece that sounds

decision, you're disqualified, and we reserve the right to pursue

of the

see why this sounds so familiar-it's almost the same, just with a

let a plagiarist in? This turns everything on its

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

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adapt my own work for this competition?], Sure, it was a 48-hour composition

cleverly capitalized on this loophole, which gave her the audacity to enter the contest

and opened her Twitter feed, revealing a post she had made just

that the "no name" account that had raised a stir

of stealing her 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