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 up close, she was struck by

to take the trophy, no one expected Rachel

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of Meryl, snatching the microphone from her

scores were high too-why

staff had invited Meryl to the stage, Rachel had learned

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claim the special award, she was confident she had secured second

as she presented a piece of paper to the camera, waving it like

our comprehensive scoring!" she shouted, having snatched it

in on

shifted; judges whispered among themselves,

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

to the committee, any work found to be plagiarized

racing. The moment the host

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the murmurs in

comments, the screen

with

and I just voted

a big competition? This

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

her legs wobble beneath her, but she

plagiarism doesn't make it

was a post on Twitter a couple of days ago

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

familiar melody of

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

A competition this big, and they let a plagiarist

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

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regained her composure, "I'm the original creator of this piece! Is it wrong to adapt my own work for this competition?], Sure, it was a 48-hour composition challenge, and the

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

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

the audience realized that the "no name" account that had raised 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