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.

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 smiled back at him, "Thank

take the trophy, no one

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front of Meryl, snatching the microphone from her hands

were high too-why is she the one winning, let

the staff had invited Meryl to the stage, Rachel had learned

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couldn't claim the special award, she was

presented a piece of paper to the camera,

scoring!" she shouted, having snatched it from

on Rachel, cameras zooming in on her face, which was

in the venue shifted; judges whispered among themselves, and

a spectacle, leaving the host

highly, but according to

The moment the host uttered

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the murmurs in

with comments, the

with

Oh my God, and I just voted for

In such a big competition? This is

about guts! Did she really think she could get away with this? Plagiarists

legs wobble beneath

because you say it's plagiarism doesn't make it true.

couple of days ago with a piece that sounds

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

then, the familiar melody of the original piece

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

and they let a plagiarist in? This turns everything

can she still stand there after being accused? Does she think

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of this piece! Is it wrong to adapt my own work for this competition?], Sure, it was a 48-hour composition challenge, and the goal was originality.

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

her Twitter feed,

realized that the "no name" account that had

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