‘This is hilarious! Emily probably plagiarized during Hilbert’s selection process too.’
‘Oh my goodness! That’s way too shameless of her!’
‘If I’m not mistaken, this is her usual behavior! Remember how she submitted someone else’s drawing as her own in that drawing competition? That incident was quickly overlooked because she wasn’t as popular back then.’
‘What a shame! Based on what you commented, I did some research and found out that she’s a habitual plagiarizer!’
‘Oh my goodness! Doesn’t she know that everything gets immortalized once it’s on the world wide web?’
‘I can’t believe she actually dared to plagiarize in such a large-scale competition! Hilbert must be so ashamed of her. I reckon he’ll stop taking her under his wing!’
‘Gosh—she deserves this! To my knowledge, the Jacksons specifically organized a celebration for her before this competition!’
‘What a joke! They threw her a celebration before knowing the results?’
Right at this moment, the guy sitting in the corner had a dark expression and his eyes flickered; his lips were pressed into a thin line, indicating his displeasure.
This is Babe’s secret identity? She’s Sweet Tune? But Sweet Tune is Henry’s dream girl!
Suddenly, he recalled the conversation he had with Janet a few days ago, where she reminded him to mark his words and not to regret it in the future.
Everything finally makes sense!
Lee looked at the man’s thunderous expression with a mischievous smile. “Mr. Lowry, I feel like you’re no longer good enough for Janet. What do you think?”
Mason pursed his lips tightly and his low voice was quite displeased when he muttered, “Why didn’t you tell me about this beforehand?”
Lee scratched his nose guiltily as he replied, “Just for the fun of it!”
Meanwhile in another corner of the room, David and Poppy looked at each other in dismay upon hearing the words spoken on stage.
David scratched his head with a confused look on his face. “Plagiarism? What does that mean?” He wasn’t quite sure but he could sense the tension in the room.
Poppy bit her lips furiously and there was a menacing look that flashed across her face. “Plagiarism means that the piece she performed wasn’t an original composition!”
“What on earth? Not an original?”
David had a look of horror on his face as he exclaimed, “It’s worthless if it’s not an original piece!”
There is no point in staying on if Emily is no longer worth anything! Bringing her back home would mean incurring extra expenses for the household.
Poppy bit her lip furiously as a flash of resentment crossed her face. “We’ve spent so much on the plane tickets, so we can’t just leave with nothing! Our money will go down the drain!”
Whatever it is, we have to bring Emily back home. Hopefully, the Jacksons will pay us off to avoid losing her!
“F*ck!” David swore angrily. “This is all the Jacksons’ fault! Look at how our daughter has turned out to be!”
The Jacksons are all a bunch of selfish idiots! They nurtured their own daughter and she turned out to be an outstanding star. In comparison, Emily, who was raised in the same household, turned out to be a plagiarizer!
“Calm down. Just keep your cool and wait for the outcome. We’ll go seek the Jacksons later on.”
Poppy had presumed that she would gain plenty of money and she never expected such an incident to happen.
Where did we go wrong? she lamented to herself.
Meanwhile, Megan was looking at the stage with a face as pale as a sheet. Her eyes had lost all their sparkle as she stared on lifelessly.
She held her fists so tightly that her bright-red fingernails pierced deep into her flesh.
How is this possible? Didn’t Emily promise she would turn over a new leaf? She had also vowed to never plagiarize again. Why did she do this? Why did she make the same mistake of plagiarizing again? Furthermore, Janet was her target this time. This also means that Emily’s words before going on stage were complete lies! How foolish of me! My so-called daughter took me as a fool and totally tricked me, and to think that I always sided with Emily to the extent of misunderstanding Janet all the time! Now, Emily has brought the family name into disrepute by behaving so badly in such a well-known competition.
