Chapter 111
“OK, great.” Cassie felt glad I will tell you a secret Come here”
Perhaps she was afraid that the wall had ears…
Cassie waited for Paige to come closer before whispering, “I’ve written a will. If anything untoward happens, my shares, savings, houses, and cars will all be yours…..”
“Grandma, how can you do that?”
Paige wanted to refuse Cassie
Cassie shushed Paige and whispered, “Listen to me… Tyrell has soft ears and always listens to Lindsey. Lindsey is mean and doesn’t like you… The two of them are just not manager material. If my legacy is handed to them, the legacy will be dissipated sooner or later.”
What Cassie said was true. Tyrell and Lindsey were really bad at business skills.
“But you can do it. I’m willing to give it to you. Besides, all these years, I’ve already treated you as my granddaughter. No matter who you are, you will always be my favorite granddaughter!” When Paige heard this, she had a lump in her throat
“There is one more thing, Lindsey and others always bully you. After you get the shares, you either sell them for money or kick them out of the company directly. Don’t let them destroy the Tate family’s assets. In short, no need to be with them and make yourself suffer!
Paige did not expect that Cassie would even help her think of a way out. She felt like crying even more, “But those things are yours. They belong to the Tate family. I can’t take them.”
“You don’t want them? Then III donate the assets rather than give them to those people.”
Paige was silent again. She knew that what Tyrell and Lindsey had done these years had completely broken Cassie’s heart!
Cassie could not leave her legacy to them.
“These are mine to begin with. I will give them to anyone I want. You don’t have to feel burdened. When I die, just take these things and treat them as a dowry I prepare for you.”
Cassie hedged and smiled lovingly. “I wonder what kind of young man will be lucky to marry my outstanding granddaughter in the future…
Paige suddenly thought of something and took out something from his bag, “Oh right, it will be your birthday in two days. I wish you a happy birthday in advance.”
Cassie was very happy. She did not expect that Paige would still remember her birthday. She first opened a gift box and inside it were beautiful flower ornaments. This flower was made of high-quality gems and looked lifelike. It was pleasing to the eye.
At the end of the flower, music would sound with a gentle touch.
She knew this must cost a lot. “How much does it cost? You shouldn’t have given this to me…”.
“It’s not expensive.”
This was the birthday present Samuel prepared for Cassie. Paige did not point it out, but said, “Touch this and you will hear music coming out of here.”
Cassie was very happy. “In this case, when I am bored, I can listen to music.”
This thing was custom-made, and there were hundreds of piano pieces in it, all of which were rather pleasing.
“There are two other presents.”
These two presents were prepared by Paige.
“There are more? Cassie was surprised.
“This is a mobile phone suitable for the elderly.”
Paige had set up the phone specially for Cassie. The applications inside the phone were very simple and useful. “You can contact me by tapping here.”
“This is good. This is good!”
Cassie just needed a thing to contact people. “I must hide this and not let Lindsey and the others find it.”
“There is also a bracelet that is quite suitable for you.”
It was made of high-quality jade. At first glance, Paige felt that it was very suitable for Cassie’s temperament. She personally bought the jade, designed a pattern, and had this bracelet made. It was a lot more expensive than the bracelet she had given before.
It was fair enough to say that this thing was priceless…
“You are so filial… Cassie was so touched that tears welled up in her eyes. “I like it so much. Put it on for me!”
Paige gently put the bracelet on her wrist and said, “It suits you very much.”
Weaning this bracelet, Cassie looked more elegant.
“It is so nice! It looks so good!”
Cassie was satisfied and happy. She took Paige’s hand and chatted. Gradually, she felt tired and sleepy.
Paige held her hand and waited for her to fall asleep before gently covering her with the quilt
Colin had been waiting outside the ward. Alter Paige came out, and he took her to the office to eat
The two of them were both good-looking, making a perfect couple
A few nurses who passed by couldn’t help but whisper when they saw them.
“Is that the marvelous doctor who saved Mr. Stowe’s life before? She and Dr. Williamson look well-matched!”
“Yes, both of them are good-looking, and they are better at medical skills than ordinary people.”
“I really hope they can be together!
“Handsome man and beautiful woman! What a perfect couple! I also wish to see them get married now!”
Just leave them alone.”
Colin brought Paige into the office. His food had long been cold, but he did not care. His handsome and indifferent face softened a little because of Paige’s arrival.
“Thank you for what you have done these days.”
“Since you’re grateful, then eat more. Look at yourself. You’ve become thinner recently.
Colin watched her eat. Somehow, he felt that her food was delicious.
She returned home at night.
Patricia ran to Paige in front of her parents and asked in a spoiled manner, ‘Paige, it will be my award ceremony in two days. I don’t know if you are free to accompany me to Melody Theater?” Melody Theater again?
Paige thought of the phone call today, and she had not given a reply…
“By then, I will have to play the winning song on the stage. If I am alone, I will be a little afraid, but if you go with Mom and Dad, it will be different! Paige, can you go and cheer for me with Mom and Dad?” Patricia acted like a spoiled child, looking innocent and harmless.
Donald asked with a grin, “Paige, have you been busy with work recently? If not, let’s go together. After the award ceremony, we can go out for a meal. We haven’t been out for a long time.”
“Yes, you have been back for more than ten days and we only went out for a meal. I feel bad for you somehow.”
Danica also wanted her to put her work aside and go out for fun.
“Okay.”
Paige would never make things difficult for her parents. She would agree to whatever request her parents brought up.
Patricia was very happy and smug about being able to show up two days later!
By then, Paige would know how good Patricia was at playing the piano!
Unexpectedly, Paige suddenly asked, “Where is Amily? Why didn’t I see her today?”
Patricia was stunned, “Amily? She isn’t feeling well today…”
“Is there anything wrong with her stomach? Then, she should eat more cream mushroom soup.”
“What?? No, no need…” Hearing Paige’s words, Patricia felt guilty and uneasy rather than happy, “Amily has already taken medicine.
She’ll be fine tomorrow.”
“Oh, if there’s nothing else, I’ll go take a shower now,” Paige said.
“Oh, okay…”
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Two days later
The award ceremony of the National Piano Competition will be held at Melody Theater.
Early in the morning, many reporters were waiting at the entrance of the theater, wanting to take a close-up of Patricia, the most popular competitor.
Patricia was born into the Lusk family, the richest family. She was born with a silver spoon. In addition, she was pretty, and she was proficient in piano and painting since she was young. She was the winner of the life that countless girls dreamed of becoming.
Abbigail knew that her family background was not as good as Patricia’s, so she got up early in the morning to dress up, wanting to have an upper hand in appearance.
Tyrell sold the other cars and added some money to buy a limited edition Maybach S680 The total price was 960 thousand dollars. Tyrell did that to support his daughter.
On the day, Tyrell asked the driver to put on an expensive suit and a pair of white gloves and open the car door for Abbigail,
At the entrance of the theater, Abbigail got out of the car gracefully. With a thin gauze dress, Abbigail smiled and waved at the reporters after getting out of the car The reporters were all stunned.
“Who is this girl? She seems to be from a great family”
“Her dress, her jewelry, and her high heels are all items of PQ Fashion. Her outfit costs at least a thousand dollars, night?”
As everyone knew, most of the works that Paine designed were worth 80 thousand dollars to 130 thousand dollars. The picks of Paine’s works cost at least 160 thousand dollars.
“She got out of a Maybach. She should come from a rich family.”
“She seems to win the second prize this year. She is the daughter of Tyrell, the richest man in Dolton
“Oh, so it’s her? She looks pretty good, but her face is a little swollen.
Abbigail’s expression froze. Two days ago, after being beaten by Anna, Abbigail hadn’t recovered, and her face looked a little swollen. However, at this time, she was still smiling and trying to maintain her grace.
At this time, Tyrell came out of the car. He was also well-dressed and looked handsome.
He bent down like a gentleman and took Lindsey out of the car.
It had been a long time since Lindsey had been as proud as she was today. She put on a priceless peacock necklace. The tail of the – peacock was inlaid with countless gems. The necklace occupied most of the space around her collarbone. It looked very gorgeous.
Lindsey had exquisite makeup and a delicate haircut. She exuded arrogance and superiority from head to toe.
The reporters came forward to take photos of them. After all, they were the richest people in Dolton. The clothes of the three were enough to catch people’s eyes.
The netizens liked this topic the most.
On the other side.
Paige sat in a luxury car, casually dealing with private affairs on her mobile phone. After a while, she said, “You get off first.”
Her identity had not been announced yet. If she followed Donald and Danica, it would attract the attention of the reporters.
Once the reporters found out that she was the daughter of the richest man, her future life would not be peaceful. It would be inconvenient for her to go out.
Living in front of cameras every day was not a good thing for people like her who had too many identities.
For example, once the enemies in Triangle Area knew that she was the daughter of the richest man and lived in Chicago, they would definitely come to pick up fights every few days Parge didn’t care about it herself, but she didn’t want to implicate her family.
“Paige…” Danica felt a little distressed Paige’s identity had not been announced to the outside world until now, and Danica felt sorry for Paige
I’m fine.”
Paige comforted Danica instead. It was always good to be low-key and cautious. She understood the principle of living in a cruel world.
Abbigail was still waving her hand at the reporters. Tyrell and Lindsey held each other’s hands, enjoying the moment of highlight brought by their daughter.
However, before they could wake up from the elation of being flattered, the reporters suddenly ran to another person!
The three followed the sound and saw a luxurious limousine parked at the entrance of the theater. After the driver in a high-level uniform got off, he respectfully opened the door for Patricia
Patricia walked down the stairs of the limousine. Her every move was impeccable.
In an instant, Abbigail dwarfed in front of Patricia.
Abbigail thought that she could be more dazzling with expensive dresses, jewelry, and high heels today, but she was too naive. Patricia’s dress, hairstyle, and jewelry complemented each other, and she looked more graceful. Even Patricia’s driver was better than the driver that Abbigail’s family had temporarily trained.
The driver of Abbigail’s family could not be as gentlemanlike as Patricia’s driver.
The reporters surrounded Patricia. Then, Donald and Danica got out of the car to show off their love, which attracted a lot of attention.
Abbigail knew that her family had been dwarfed by Patricia. She forced a smile and said awkwardly, “Dad and Mom, let’s go in now, okay?”
Tyrell also knew that there was a big gap between him and Donald. He wanted to look at Donald, but he was afraid that Donald ignored him.
Tyrell did not want to lose face in front of so many people, so he went in first with Lindsey and Abbigail, thinking that there would be another chance to get close to Donald later.
There were many people who wanted to please Donald, the richest man in the country. Tyrell was one of those people.
Patricia enjoyed the pursuit of the flashlights. She could even imagine that Paige felt envy.
Patricia raised her head higher and smiled louder, showing her beauty in front of the camera.
Paige leisurely followed the crowd, holding her mobile phone in one hand and checking a new message.
“You don’t come to the award ceremony, and Larry doesn’t come, either. My students come to beg me every day, asking me to attend the award ceremony. However, an award ceremony without you is boring, and I don’t want to attend the ceremony.”
“Oh, I just arrived at the scene,” replied Paige, holding her mobile phone.
The other party was shocked and quickly replied: “Senior, you’re at the scene? That’s great! I’ll be there in a moment. Where are you exactly? I’ll get my people to pick you up.” “No need. I’ve already come in.”
“That’s great. With you here today, those juniors will definitely be very happy
Paige knew that the other party had misunderstood her meaning. She faintly replied, “I came as a spectator.”
The other party understood, thinking that Paige wanted to see the standards of the winners of this year and how the award ceremony was arranged.
It must be so.
“I heard that the talents of these winners this year are good, but I haven’t seen their performances yet. I can’t judge them yet.”
If Larry knew that you came, he would definitely be full of regret.
“He has always wanted to see you. Two days ago, he was still talking about you. If he knew in advance that you would come, he would definitely come to the award ceremony.”
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At this moment, a sharp-eyed reporter noticed Paige.
Paige followed behind the crowd. Her beautiful face was fair and clean, and her facial features were outstanding. She looked well-behaved and beautiful.
The reporter could not help but aim the camera at Paige and take a few photos of her.
Abbigail sat in the sixth row of the audience and glanced at her mobile phone. It was half past nine in the morning. But Davon still didn’t show up, nor did he send Abbigail a message. On the other hand, when Tyrell saw his old friend, Zachary Langford, he smiled and shook hands with Zachary. “Zachary, why are you here?”
“Tyrell, your daughter took second place. Congratulations… Zachary laughed and shook hands with Tyrell’s hand. “My daughter only took fifth place…”
“Well, the ranking is not important. What matters is not winning but participating Abbigail was just lucky.”
Tyrell laughed and chatted a few words with Zachary.
Lindsey also met her old friend, Shirley Alderton. She was quite surprised and asked Shirley, “Did you also come here with your daughter? How did your daughter do? What’s the result?” Shirley replied, “Don’t mention it. She has practiced for twelve years, but she only got the eighth place. She isn’t as talented as Abbigail. Congratulations that Abbigail got second place.” “Well. Thank you… Lindsey felt very happy. After chatting for a few words, Lindsey turned to Abbigail and asked in a low voice, “Where’s Davon? Why isn’t he here yet?”
“He…”
Abbigail called Davon last night. But Davon said he was not sure whether he had time to come today.
In the morning, Abbigail sent Davon a Line message. Davon said he was a little busy and was not sure whether he could come or not.
“It’s all his mother’s fault! It must be his mother stimming up trouble behind his back, Davon is a good kid and treats you with his whole heart…” When Lindsey thought of this, she felt very angry in her heart. “When he becomes famous in the future, his mother will definitely regret it!”
“Mom, don’t worry. I believe Davon will definitely come…” Abbigail said.
“Send him another Line message. The awards ceremony will begin soon! You must let him witness your glorious time!”
“Okay…” Abbigail forced herself to take a photo of the scene here.
Then, Abbigail texted, ‘Davon, I reserved a seat for you. But it’s fine if you are busy and can’t come over”
Abbigail even sent a kissing emoji.
On the other hand, Davon had already arrived at the entrance of the theater. However, he did not get out of the car. When he received a Line message from Abbigail, he did not choose to reply immediately. He was looking ahead. No one knew what he was thinking right now.
Lindsey asked Abbigail again, “Has Davon replied yet?
“Send a few more words to him. Don’t be so concise in the text.
Be more enthusiastic. You can show your concern about him first. Then, you can talk about the awards ceremony.
“Or you can send a few more intimate emojis and say a few soft words to please him,
“Boys like girls to be soft…
“Has he replied yet?
it’s been ten minutes, but he still hasn’t replied to you yet. Have you turned on your ringtone? Is it because the signal here is bad? Why don’t you go out and give him a call?” Abbigail was annoyed. I need to go to the washroom,” Abbigail said as she stood up
“Abbigail Lindsey knew that Abbigail was annoyed. But Davon was such an excellent man, and so many women wanted to be with him!
Lindsey thought that Abbigail had such a favorable condition. Abbigail naturally had to hold it tightly and mustn’t lose Davon!
“Don’t push Abbigaill She can’t always lower herself and beg others!”
Tyrell couldn’t take it anymore and said so to Lindsey.
Lindsey replied, “But there are so many people we know at the scene. If Davon could come, it would bring a lot of benefits to us!”
Lindsey thought that just Daven’s identity was enough to make those people admire the Tate family!
“Besides, if Davon comes, it means that he still likes Abbigail! Otherwise, if Abbigail’s fiancé doesn’t appear on such an important occasion, do you think he still has feelings for Abbigail?” Tyrell also felt that what Lindsey said made sense.
In the washroom, just as Abbigail bent a little to wash her hands, she saw a familiar figure passing by behind her. She was stunned. “Paige? Why are you here?”
Abbigail thought the people who could enter this theater today were either related to the competition or the staff!
It’s impossible for people like Paige to enter!
Unless she comes to the theater to do a part-time job,
But that’s impossible…
She can earn a lot by accompanying rich people for a night. How could she choose to do a part-time job?
“I got it. Are you here to accompany your sugar daddy?” Abbigail seemed to understand something.
Paige originally wanted to ignore Abbigail. But hearing Abbigail’s words, Paige stopped and turned to look at her coldly. “Your face doesn’t hurt right now, right? Do you want to be slapped again?”
“You… If you dare to slap me…” Abbigail covered her face subconsciously. “I haven’t gotten even with you for that thing!”
“Oh. Then you can do it now.”
“You, you…” Abbigail gritted her teeth. She plucked up her courage and said, “I’m warning you. My parents are with me today!”
“So?”
Abbigail said, “If you dare to bully me, I’ll let my parents teach you a good lesson! At that time, you’ll be the one who feels embarrassed!” Palge chuckled, “Haha.”
Paige felt that it was funny and thought, how old is she? Why does she still use her parents to threaten others? She is really useless. “What are you laughing at?”
Abbigail felt a little nervous,
Paige threatened Abbigail, “If I hear you talking about sugar daddy or something next time, I’ll cut off your tongue and throw it into the sea to feed the fish!”
“How dare you?” Abbigail somehow felt a sharp pain in her tongue at this time.
“You can try and see if I dare or not.”
After saying so, Paige turned and was about to enter the washroom. But at this time, Abbigail took some water and sprinkled it on Paige. Abbigail even raised her eyebrows and said deliberately, ‘I’m sorry, Paige. I didn’t mean it.”
Although Paige reacted very quickly and raised her hand to block some water, a part of her clothes still got wet.
Abbigail felt very complacent in her heart. At this time, Paige slapped Abbigail in the face without giving Abbigail time to react.
Slap!
A crisp sound rang out in the air.
“How dare you slap me?” Abbigail covered her right face in disbelief.
“Is that surprising?”
Paige raised her hand and slapped Abbigail on her left face. ‘I’m not Lindsey. I won’t tolerate your bad habits.”
“You. You…” Abbigail was about to get angry when she suddenly heard a familiar voice.
“Abbigail, are you okay?”
Lindsey realized that Abbigail still hadn’t come back from the washroom, so she came over to check it. In the distance, Lindsey saw that Paige slapped Abbigail twice!
Lindsey was so angry. She looked at Abbigail and saw that her cheeks were swollen and red!
Abbigail still had to go to the stage and accept the award later. Lindsey thought Paige must have slapped Abbigail on purpose!
Thinking of this, Lindsey raised her hand and wanted to slap Paige.
However, Paige easily grabbed Lindsey’s wrist and stopped her.
“You… Let go of me…” Lindsey did not expect Paige to be so strong. Lindsey tried several times but could not retract her hand. Lindsey was so angry that she gnashed her teeth. “I told you to let go. Did you hear me?”
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This time, Paige really let go of Lindsey’s wrist.
Lindsey fell backward due to inertia. Abbigail wanted to help Lindsey up, but she stepped on her skirt accidentally. As a result, both of them fell to the ground, and their foreheads were knocked together. They were in a sorry state.
“You… You wretched girl…” Lindsey pointed at Paige and was so angry that she couldn’t stand up
When Paige came out of the washroom, Lindsey stood in front of her and blocked her way.
Lindsey said to Paige, “Do you want to walk away like that after you have slapped Abbigail’s face? Last time, you instigated your friend to hit her. Today, you even dared to bully her in front of me. Listen, if you don’t apologize to Abbigail today and let her slap you back, I will call everyone over to be the judges over this matter!”
“Okay.”
Lindsey didn’t expect Paige to agree to her request so readily. Paige said directly. “Then call everyone over and let them judge whether the person who has stolen other people’s piano pieces is worthy of getting the runner-up trophy”
“You… What did you say? Don’t slander Abbigail!”
“You can ask her whether it is slander or not” Paige said to Lindsey lightly.
At this same time, Paige looked at Abbigail indifferently.
Abbigail felt a little guilty. She did not expect Paige to know about this secret. Abbigail gritted her teeth and asked, “Do you have evidence?”
Lindsey echoed, ‘That’s right. Do you have any evidence to prove that Abbigail has stolen someone else’s piano pieces? Even if she did steal it, how do you know about it? Do you understand piano music?” Although Cassie had bought Paige a piano, Lindsey had never heard Paige play it before…
Lindsey thought Paige only knew a little music. She thought Paige was slandering Abbigail!
Lindsey kept saying, “I know it! You saw that Abbigail got second place, so you deliberately slipped into the theater to humiliate Abbigail. What a vicious girl! I still cant believe that the Tate family has raised you an ungrateful person!”
“Who raised who?”
Paige raised her cold eyes and smiled coldly, “Have you spent a cent on me since I was a child?”
“Isn’t the Tate family’s money mine?”
“That’s grandma’s money!”
“You… You wretched girl! I won’t argue with you about this. Just answer me. Will you apologize or not?”
Lindsey’s voice had already attracted a few people’s attention.
“Forget it, Mom, Abbigail said awkwardly as she held Lindsey’s hand.
But Lindsey said, “No. I have to make this girl apologize to you today!”
Lindsey was determined to make Paige admit defeat.
“Mom, there are other people watching…” Abbigail was afraid that reporters would come. “Let’s not lower ourselves to her level. Let’s There will be plenty of opportunities in the future…”
Abbigail thought today was not a good day to teach Paige a lesson!
“Let go of me. I have to teach her a lesson. I am here today. So don’t be afraid!’ Lindsey said to Abbigail.
“Are you done?” Paige said with a frown
Paige had no patience She really didn’t want to waste her time on these meaningless things
Abbigail asked, “We’ve already let you go. What else do you want?”
Abbigail had never seen such a person who did not know what was good for her. She wondered, does she have to let everyone come
to see this mess?
“Oh. Of course, I want you to apologize, Paige said to Abbigail.
“Me? I apologize?”
Abbigail was stunned.
“You want Abbigail to apologize to you?” Lindsey was stunned.
Lindsey thought Paige was crazy
Paige said. “Can’t you understand the human language? Then I say it again. Apologize to me.
“If you don’t apologize, I let the staff get the surveillance.”
The location of the sink might not be captured by the surveillance. But it was very likely that the surveillance camera had captured the scene when Abbigail splashed water on Paige Abbigail raised her head. The surveillance camera could capture the scene that happened in the corridor in front of the washroom, Paige was standing there just now… Realizing this, Abbigail cursed in her heart. If I had known it earlier, I would have splashed water on her later.
“I think you really don’t know what’s good for you. You need to be taught a lesson…” Lindsey wanted to go up and teach Paige a lesson, but she was stopped by Abbigail. At this time, Abbigail looked at Paige with a somewhat gloomy face
There were already five onlookers here. If this continued, Abbigail would be really embarrassed!
Abbigail could only grit her teeth and apologize, “I’m sorry, Paige. I was careless just now…”
Paige raised her eyebrows, seemingly dissatisfied with Abhigail’s apology. “Do you want to let everyone see whether you were careless or deliberate just now?”
Abbigail couldn’t only apologize again, I’m sorry, Paige. It was my fault! It won’t happen again.”
“Stay away from me in the future.”
After saying so, Paige left here because she didn’t want to waste any more time with Abbigail.
Lindsey wanted to chase after Paige, but Abbigail held Lindsey’s arm tightly and whispered, “Mom, please don’t make a fuss!”
“Abbigail, why did you apologize to her? Why should you be afraid of her? She slapped you twice. She should be the one who apologizes!”/
Abbigail indeed had stolen others’ piano pieces. She was afraid that this thing would be exposed. After all, this was not a small matter!
Obviously. Paige already knew that Abbigail had stolen other’s piano pieces. Would Paige expose this?
Abbigail found that piano piece in the room where Paige used to live. It was only a climax Abbigail had once shown her piano teacher that piano piece. The piano song was very good, and even Abbigail’s piano teacher was amazed by it!
Abbigail had searched over and over again on the Internet. Abbigail didn’t find this piano song on the Internet, so she planned to plagiarize it. She took its climax part, wrote the front and back pieces herself, took the result as her own, and then summited it.
Albigail did not avoid that it resulted from plagiarizing.
Abbigail knew nothing about music in the past. But she suddenly became a musical genius!
It was not easy for Abbigail to have today’s glory. Abbigail thought she must keep it well. Therefore, apologizing to others was not a big deal for her.
Paige had lived in the Tate’s house since childhood. Even if Paige really learned the piano and knew how to write music, she didn’t have evidence to prove that the song was hers.
Abbigail comforted herself in her heart, don’t be afraid. Paige can’t do anything!
Even if Paige insists that the piano song is hers, I can still choose not to admit it. At that time, what else could she do?
Paige will still be a loser in the end!
At this moment, some people exclaimed, “Ms. Ballard, you’re here!”
Abbigail looked in the direction of the source of that voice. Then, she saw a woman with a strong aura and a feminine charm walking toward them. That woman was wearing a female suit and looked cool and stylish.
It was the president of the National Piano Association, Malia Ballard!
Malia had great attainments in playing piano, and she had won a lot of foreign awards since she was a child. She had been the president of the Piano Association for a few years before she was forty. Moreover, she was respected as the Piano Master.
When Abbigail saw Malia, she hurriedly tidied up her clothes and looked at herself in the mirror. Abbigail saw the blush on her face under the dim yellow light.
Realizing that she was still decent, Abbigail quickly squeezed forward and introduced herself gracefully, “Hello, Ms. Ballard. My name is Abbigail. I won second place in this piano competition.”
Malia had seen Paige in the crowd. But when she came over, she did not find Paige. Malia was slightly disappointed.
Then, Malia looked at the girl who greeted her. When Malia heard the familiar name, she frowned slightly. “You’re the daughter of the Tate family?
Malia had once heard Paige mention the people of the Tate family. Those were just a bunch of ingrate.
Abbigail was delighted when she saw that Malia recognized her. But Abbigail did not expect that Malia’s face would turn cold when Malia saw her.
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Abbigail didn’t understand why, but she still said with a smile, ‘Ms. Ballard, I really like your songs. I wonder if I have the chance to learn from you.”
Malia raised her eyebrows and asked curiously, “Which song do you like?”
Abbigail was stunned.
She thought, oh no, I just wanted to flatter Ms. Ballard, I couldn’t think of any songs that she composed at all
Abbigail only knew that Malia was very powerful and became famous at a young age. She was admired by many piano scholars.
However, a few people beside her spoke up.
“Ms. Ballard’s ‘Destiny’, ‘Autumn Day, and Dream’ are all quite nice to hear, but what I like the most is ‘A Chance Encounter. It’s as if I suddenly met the destined person on a lazy afternoon… That pleasure, romance, and sweet feeling intertwined together. It’s so wonderful.”
“What I like the most is Ms. Ballard’s ‘The Fragrance of Flowers. It’s as if I’m hemmed in by flowers. I can smell the fragrance of flowers through music.”
“What I like the most is ‘Ocean”…”
When the people around saw that Abbigail didn’t know any songs of Malia, they could not help but ask.
“How dare you say that you like Ms. Ballard?”
“I can play Ms. Ballard’s famous songs. Do you know how to play them?”
“I really don’t know how you got second place in the competition.”
Abbigail blushed and was embarrassed to say, “I’m sorry, Ms. Ballard. I was so happy to see you that I forgot about it…”
Malia was about to go but Abbigail quickly stopped her “Ms. Ballard, I really admire your talent. I don’t know if I could have any chance to receive your instructions. I will definitely practice diligently every day and won’t let you down.”
Abbigail thought that Malia would be moved by her diligence…
However, Malia could see that Abbigail was ambitious and said coldly. “I’m sorry, I won’t accept a disciple.”
The surrounding people were stunned. They did not expect Malia to reject Abbigail so bluntly. It seemed that she really did not like
Abbigail.
They thought, as the winner of second place in the piano competition, Abbigail actually did not even know the songs that Ms. Ballard composed…
Abbigail was embarrassed and asked awkwardly when she saw that Malia was still about to leave. “Do you have other candidates in mind?”
Malia stopped for the third time. This time, her sharp gaze fell on Abbigail ‘Yes, I have a candidate. Even if I don’t have one, I will not choose you.”
“Can I ask why?’ Abbigail’s face turned pale.
“Because you are a member of the Tate family, I don’t like the people of the Tate family.”
Malia said bluntly and then looked at Abbigail’s outfits. “You don’t suit this dress and these accessories. Paine is a man of character.
It is a waste of her work that you wore them.”
The people around sighed and looked at Abbigail carefully. They thought, with her look, she was really not suitable for these clothes and jewelry…
It doesn’t look good
“How can they talk to you like this?
Seeing Malia leave, a few onlookers followed Lindsey, who was too much”
Everyone was stunned.
Abbigail replied, “Mom, I’m fine. It is my fault that I can’t speak out about any song that she composed. “
“Even if you didn’t speak out the songs she composed, she shouldn’t embarrass you in front of everyone! Anyway, you got second place in the piano competition
Lindsey looked angrily at Malia’s back. “She also said that you are not worthy of this dress and jewelry is it decided by her? We have money, so we can afford Paine’s clothes and jewelry. What’s wrong?” “Mom, let’s go… Abbigail did not want to stand here and make a fool of herself
“Since she didn’t want to accept you as a disciple, then we don’t want to be her disciple.
Lindsey held Abbigail’s hand and returned to the audience. “The most powerful person in the piano world is Larry In the future, let’s be his disciple”
Abbigail wanted to tell Lindsey that many people wanted to be Larry’s disciples. Not to mention her, even Patricia, Larry would not accept her as his disciple.
However, she did not say anything at this time. She sat back in her seat and felt a little sad
At this moment. Tyrell’s friend, Zachary, asked curiously, ‘Mrs. Tate, I saw Malia chatting with Abbigail from afar in the passage. Did she want to take Abbigail as her disciple?”
Zachary could not see clearly because it was too far. He only saw that there was a group of people surrounding Malia and Abbigail Zachary did not know what they were talking about… But it seemed that they were quite close
Abbigail was already embarrassed. When she was asked this question, her expression became even more awkward
However, Lindsey smiled, “Oh, Ms. Ballard did have this intention just now, but in the piano world, the most powerful one is Larry. So I asked Abbigail to think about it again. Don’t be in a hurry to agree… Zachary did not expect that their goal was so high. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, “To be able to be appreciated by Ms. Ballard means that Abbigail’s technical accomplishment on the piano is quite good. My daughter has been learning piano for many years. I looked for some personal connections and wanted Ms. Ballard to give her some instructions, but Ms. Ballard did not agree… Abbigai is really good enough to get the appreciation from Ms. Ballard.”
“Abbigail got second place, and our daughter only took fifth place. How could we compare with Abbigail?”
Kamora smiled and said, “Abbigail is so outstanding. In the future, there will be a high possibility that Larry will accept her as a disciple.”
Lindsey was originally in a bad mood, but after being flattered by Zachary and Kamora, she suddenly burst into laughter.
“After the host finishes his opening speech, the top eight contestants will go up to play songs. Abbigail, you have to perform well. Maybe later, when Larry sees the replay, he will have a deep impression of you…
“That makes sense!”
“Abbigail, did you hear that? You have to perform well later!” Lindsey nudged Abbigail
“Got it.”
Abbigail felt a little depressed, but she received a Line message. She was overjoyed when she saw that it was from Davon.
I’m in the audience. Where are you?”
Abbigail stood up and looked back. When she saw Davon, she immediately raised her hand and said, “Davon, here, I am here.”
After she finished speaking, she couldn’t wait to welcome him.
Kamora was a little surprised, “Who is here? Abbigail seems to be very happy…”
“Oh, it’s her boyfriend. He came to support her.”
Lindsey didn’t expect Davon to come at this time, so she was in a better mood.
“Abbigail just graduated from high school and already has a boyfriend?”
Kamora saw that Abbigail’s boyfriend seemed to be much of a gentleman and couldn’t help but ask, “He seems to be well-educated. Which family is he from?” “Oh, he is the son of the richest man in Skokie.”
“Davon?”
Kamora was surprised. She did not expect that the Tate family, with such a family background, could have a relationship with the
Elinor family.
“Do you also know him?”
Lindsey knew that with the Elinor family’s power and influence, others would envy her if she told them they had a relationship with the
Elinor family.
“I didn’t know him…” Kamora only knew Davon’s mother, but she hadn’t seen Davon before.
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At this time, Abbigail held Davon’s arm and went to the fifth row of the auditorium. She even introduced him to the people around her.
Davon originally did not want to come, but after hesitating outside for a while, he still felt that he should participate in the award ceremony of his fiancée Therefore, he reluctantly came.
Although he was reluctant, when Abbigail introduced his identity, he still greeted the people around him gracefully.
His behavior was a credit to the Tate family. Tyrell and Lindsey were indescribably proud!
Kamora took out her phone and secretly sent a message to Greta, “You are not enough of a friend! Why didn’t you tell me about the relationship between Davon and Abbigail? If I hadn’t met them in the auditorium, I wouldn’t have known that you already have a would-be daughter-in-law!”
Greta had been drinking her tea when she received this message. She almost fainted from anger. She hurriedly replied, “The auditorium? What auditorium?”
She had repeatedly warned Davon not to see Abbigail in the past two days. Unexpectedly, Davon still refused to listen to her!
He ignored her warning!
“It’s the National Piano Competition Award Ceremony! My daughter got fifth place, so I accompanied her there. I didn’t expect that Abbigail would get second place. She is talented.”
“Where are you? I’ll go and take a look.” Greta felt annoyed.
“What? Your daughter-in-law didn’t invite you?
“They seem to have a good relationship.” Kamora teased.
At this time, Abbigail was sweetly holding Davon’s hand. It was unknown what she said to Davon. Davon lowered his head and listened to her. He smiled faintly.
That scene was as beautiful as a painting!
“What daughter-in-law?” Greta was so angry. “It’s not what you think. They are not serious.”
“Huh?”
Kamora was surprised. “Not serious? Her parents are very serious.”
“Oh, you know how many people want to take advantage of the Elinor family.”
Kamora understood. It turned out that the Tate family was flattering themselves. Davon’s parents did not accept their relationship, but the Tate family was spreading false news.
Davon and Abbigail watched the host giving an opening speech on the stage. His mobile phone vibrated twice, and he saw that they were messages from his mother.
“You pissed me off! How many times have I told you to break up with that girl? You just won’t listen!
“Alright. If you want to marry into the Tate family! We will cut you off!
“If you like to stay with her, then don’t come back!”
Davon saw Greta’s messages and did not understand why his mother knew that he was there…
He turned around and looked around. Other than Abbigail’s parents, he did not know the people here.
It was strange
I’ll go back later. Don’t be angry.”
Davon did not want to come here. He just wanted to keep Abbigail company. Otherwise, he felt like he owed her.
Abbigail saw the messages on the screen because she was close to him. She was secretly angry, but she could not show it. She could only say gently, “Is your mom urging you? If so, you can go back first. Don’t worry about me.”
Davon took it back. Her eyes were pure and kind, so he could not bear to do so.
“Davon, you can go back. Don’t let your mom be sad. You are her only son.”
Abbigail said considerably. “No matter what she thinks of me, as a mother, she definitely wants her son to be good. She hopes that her son can find a good girl and live happily for the rest of his life.” “Don’t you blame her?”
Davon was a little surprised. He looked into her eyes and asked. “In the hospital, she was not nice.”
Greta refused to accept Abbigail and despised her.
“She is the same as me. She loves you very much and looks out for you. I know that she does so for your own good, so I don’t blame her,” Abbigail shook her head and smiled more gently. Davon was immediately moved by her kindness. He put away the phone and held her hand. The haze of the past few days was swept away.
He didn’t care about how those people ridiculed Abbigail. So what if she had an embarrassing background? As long as Abbigail became his wife in the future, no one would dare to laugh at her. Abbigail didn’t want to be adopted by a cleaner, but fate made it happen. She didn’t blame anyone but had always treated the people around her with a kind heart…
Were there any girls better than her in this world?
Even if Abbigail had dated other boys before, so what? She had enjoyed no fatherly love since she was young and thus longed for someone’s care. There was nothing wrong.
Recalling her family environment in her childhood, Davon suddenly had a question. “When did you learn the piano?”
He still remembered that she once said that her mother worked very hard to raise her, and it was very difficult.
In such an environment, she should not have been able to learn the piano.
Abbigail did not expect Davon to suddenly ask her this question. This question also aroused Lindsey’s curiosity. Before Abbigail returned to the Tate family, she did not seem to have learned how to play the piano!
Then how could she play the piano so well and win an award?
“After I returned to the Tate family, I saw that Paige had a piano in her room, so I learned it online myself.”
This was true. In order to improve her status as a young lady, Abbigail learned a lot online.
“There were piano lessons online. When there was no one around, I would practice by myself.
“Later, when my father saw that I really liked it, he bought me a new piano. He also asked a tutor to teach me.”
This was also true. When Tyrell saw that she liked it, he asked the tutor to teach her every day. However, they did not know whether
Abbigail had mastered it or not.
Just like that? Have you learned it? Playing the piano is very complicated. I learned it for ten years and only got first place in the competition the year before last year.”
Davon did not expect his fiancée to be so talented. She had only returned to the Tate family for a few dozen days, but she had already learned such a difficult musical instrument!
This is talent. Paige treats the piano as a decoration! She ruined such an expensive piano!”
Lindsey was unhappy. “But Abbigail got second place after casually learning for a short period of time! She’s so amazing!”
Abbigail was a little guilty of being praised by them. Of course, she knew her own level. She could only play this song. Although the tutor had taught her other songs before, she was not good at them. Piano experts could easily tell what her level was.
Therefore, during this period of time, she had been practicing the song that she played today at home to do a good job.
She knew that Davon knew how to play the piano, so she worked hard.
At this time, she found that Davon looked at her as gently as before, and she felt at ease.
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On the stage…
The player in eighth place was playing his own piano piece
This year, the competition not only tested the level of the players but also required them to play their own songs.
Many people were good players but had no chance to participate in the competition because they did not know how to compose.
At this time, the player in eighth place finished playing his song and stood up to bow. After the host took the initiative to applaud, the player in seventh place was invited to perform on stage.
Suddenly, Danica received a phone call. She stopped frowning and she whispered to her two daughters, “Your grandmother has been unconscious for a long time. She finally woke up. Let’s go and see her. We will be back in a while.
“Dad, you can go.”
Patricia was sensible. There is still some time before my turn. There is no hurry.”
“We will try our best to come back before you get the award.”
Danica said kindly and then looked at Paige, ‘Paige, call me when necessary.”
After Donald and Danica left, Patricia looked at Paige proudly and asked slowly, “Paige, have you ever learned piano before? Have you won the award?”
She looked at the stage and said in high spirits, “I started learning piano when I was four years old. Andie Jenkins never looked at any disciples. But after my performance, she made an exception to take me as a disciple. Do you know who Andie is? She is a famous piano master in our country. Many people want to ask her for guidance but do not have the chance. Under her guidance, my piano skills advanced by leaps and bounds, and I’ve won first place more than fifty times ever since I was a child!”
Her tone was full of pride. Patricia raised her neck and asked, “What is the name of your previous tutor? Did you win any awards in this field?”
She did not get Paige’s reply. She turned her head and saw that Paige had put on her headphones. Paige was playing games so attentively.
Patricia was a little angry. She thought… that’s all that this bumpkin has got! What a loser!
After some time, the host took the microphone and said passionately, “Next is the second-place winner of this competition, Abbigail Tate. She’ll play a song named ‘Sorrow”.”
Abbigail heard the host’s voice and smiled as she got up to the stage in her expensive outfit.
She sat in front of the piano and took a deep breath. Then, she slowly played the song that had helped her win second place.
Malia, who was sitting in the first row, listened to the first half of the song and felt that it was a bit unpleasant. But after listening to the whole song, she felt that it was inexplicably familiar as if she had heard it somewhere before.
Many people in the audience whispered.
“The climax part of her song is so good! It’s so artistic!”
“It’s just that her playing skills are a bit rusty. I don’t know if it’s because she’s too nervous.”
“Putting aside the front and back part of the song, her climax is written really well. A teenage girl can actually compose such a nice tune.”
Many people praised Abbigail.
Even Tripp Lester, a piano master, smiled and said to Malia beside him, “Ms. Ballard, haven’t you been looking for a talented student recently? What do you think of Abbigal?
Malia did not like the Tate family from the bottom of her heart so she did not have a good impression of Abbigail
In terms of aptitude, she had never seen a child more talented than Paige in all these years.
However, Paige’s attainments in the piano were far above hers.
Only Paige could take her in as a disciple.
However, a young and talented piano master like Paige would never consider such a small matter as taking in a disciple
“This second-place winner composed a good song. The climax was so good”
“I was also attracted by the climax of this song as if I had been in a lullaby. I want to listen to it again.”
“Me too!”
“She did not write the front and back part well, but the climax was indeed impressive!
Several important guests around Malia were all praising Abbigail’s song.
After the song ended, Abbigail slowly got up and gracefully bowed to everyone below the stage.
When she looked up, she saw Davon, who was in the audience, clapping for her. His eyes were with love and appreciation.
Abbigail was a little excited.
When she looked at Malia, she was expecting an expression of regret to appear on her face. After all, it would definitely be Malia’s loss if Malia did not have such a talented female disciple like her! However, Malia’s expression was gloomy. She even frowned, her fingers tapping on the table as if she was thinking about something.
Was it that I played it badly just now? wondered Abbigail.
Abbigail withdrew her gaze, but inadvertently, she saw Paige sitting in the third row, just two seats away from the daughter of the richest man, Patricia!
She felt incredible. How was it possible?
The seats in that row were either occupied by people with high status or the families of the winners or winners themselves.
But Paige was nothing. How could she sit there?
Could it be that Patricia was beautiful and kind enough to forgive Paige?
Or did Paige come here with a rich man?
Abbigail deliberately looked around. There was no man beside Paige. She wondered what kind of rich man could bring Paige there and get her a seat next to the richest family’s seats. Abbigail thought, Paige, you’re lucky bitch!
Because Abbigail bowed gracefully, there was warm applause from the audience. Even the piano teachers and experts in the seats praised her.
“The name of this piano piece is ‘Sorrow, but I can hear hope from the climax part. It encourages those who have suffered from disasters. They should work hard and live bravely. There are still many beautiful things in life.”
“Yes, when I heard the climax, I suddenly thought of earthquakes, ruins, and the courage to move on.”
“What a coincidence! I also thought of natural disasters.”
“Me too.”
Malia was suddenly enlightened. She finally knew why the song sounded familiar. Earthquakes, encouragement, bravery, tenacity…
She looked at the girl who was walking down the stage with deep displeasure in her eyes!
Next, the host invited Patricia to go on stage to perform. Patricia’s song was the finale of this awards ceremony. She went on stage with an endless stream of applause!
Although she failed to invite Martin and Killian to the awards ceremony today, she was happy enough to make Paige jealous!
She gracefully sat in front of the piano and played her own tune very gracefully.
Five minutes later, she stood up and bowed. However, when she looked at the audience, she found that her parents had not returned yet. Paige was still playing games. She was not jealous!
Patricia was furious!
There was an endless stream of applause.
“Patricia composed such a good song! It is as outstanding as herself.”
“That’s the daughter of the richest man! She has been outstanding since she was young!”
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(I like Abbigail’s song more. Putting aside the front and back parts, the climax part is really impressive! It’s very inspiring”
I also like Abbigail’s song, but I only like the climax part.
Patricia walked down the stage and heard someone say this. Her nails were in her palms, but she still looked calm on the surface She smiled and nodded to everyone.
She had to admit that the climax part of Abbigail’s song was really good. Her level of writing music was definitely above hers! However, it was a pity that the front and back parts of the song were not good enough, so Abbigail ended up in second place.
When Abbigail heard that everyone liked her song, especially the climax part, she was happy and excited, feeling that she was in the limelight.
“The eight prize winners have already played their songs. I believe that everyone has a further understanding of their ranking.
“Next is the most important part of our ceremony, giving awards.
“Mr. Tripp Lester, a famous piano master, will give awards to people in fourth to eighth place!”
The audience burst into enthusiastic applause.
Tripp buttoned his suit jacket and gracefully went on stage to give the winners awards one by one.
After they got off the stage, the host picked up the microphone again and said passionately, “Next, Ms. Malia Ballard, the head of the Piano Association, will give awards to the top three!” The applause down the stage was even louder.
The third-place winner Celia Lomas, second-place winner Abbigail, and first-place winner Patricia left their seats and walked towards the stage.
They were seventeen or eighteen years old, all talented and pretty.
Along the way, Abbigail waved to the crowd and nodded at Patricia, but Patricia did not seem to notice her. Patricia did not respond but waved to the others and smiled.
After Malia went on stage, she distributed the championship trophy to Patricia, distributed another trophy to Celia, and then looked at Abbigail with a cold gaze.
It was as if she was looking at a thief!
The host was stunned for a moment and hurriedly tried to smooth things over. “Ms. Ballard, this is the second-place winner… You forgot to give her the trophy…”
Abbigail looked a little embarrassed, but there were so many people watching downstage, and the cameras of the reporters were focused on them. She smiled and maintained her politeness ‘Ms. Ballard, I won second place in this competition. I’m Abbigail Tate.”
“I know.”
Malia’s tone was very cold, and her gaze was sharper than before.
When Abbigail mentioned “second place”, Malia’s eyes were so sharp. Malia wanted to expose her lie.
Everyone was a little confused. Even the host did not know what had happened. He felt that Malia looked at Abbigail like an enemy…
He could only use his eyes to hint at the girl who was holding a trophy next to him. The girl understood and smiled. She handed the trophy to Malia. It meant that the trophy for second place was here and could be given to Abbigail.
Malia stood still. Her eyes were cold to the extreme.
“You don’t deserve the trophy for second place!”
The crowd burst into an uproar.
Even Abbigail’s face changed instantly. She was extremely embarrassed.
Tyrell and Lindsey stood up at once. What was going on here?
Even Davon was stunned. He could not believe that Malia, who had always cherished young talents and was amiable, would say such words!
“Ms. Ballard, what do you mean by this?”
“Could it be that you heard Abbigail’s song just now and thought that she could get a higher ranking?” the host said with a smile, trying to smooth things over.
The audience, who had thought that there was something wrong with Abbigail’s tune, heaved a sigh of relief at this moment.
Ms. Ballard thinks Abbigail can win first place? Patricia wondered.
Patricia, who was beside them, subconsciously clenched the championship trophy. She thought, no way. Ms. Ballard would not announce that Abbigail was more qualified to win the championship in front of everyone, right?
“Let me ask you.”
Malia did not echo the host. Instead, she looked into Abbigail’s eyes and asked word by word. “The song you played just now was composed by yourself alone?”
Abbigail had already realized something. She felt guilty to the extreme. Her heart was beating like a drum, and her body felt weak. “Of… of course…”
“In other words, from the beginning to the end, you came up with every tone yourself. It has nothing to do with anyone else?”
Abbigail almost could not stand steadily. She did not understand what Malia meant. She wondered, did Malia know that she copied the climax part of Paige’s song? So she questioned me in public? No. Impossible. Malia is a big shot. How could she know someone like Paige?
Unless Paige said something to her, otherwise….
“Ms. Ballard, I don’t know what other people have told you.”
Abbigail intended to deny it. The best way now was to divert people’s attention elsewhere!
“If you think I’m just a daydreamer because I admire you and want to be your disciple, I’m sorry about that.”
She tried to remain graceful with pride. “You just said that if you didn’t want a disciple. Even if you plan to take in a disciple, you won’t accept the Tate family. I don’t know what the Tate family did wrong… But you are a senior, and you have the right to take in a disciple you like….. I understand, and I won’t force you. I even feel that I’m not good enough and thus can’t get your favor.
“But just now, you said in front of so many people that I didn’t deserve to wear the clothes or jewelry by PQ Fashion. You may not know this, but have always taken you as my idol. I desperately learned the piano to be closer to you…”
With just a few simple words, she had turned Malia into a rude, bullying, cold, and unforgiving person!
This was the first time Malia had met such a scheming girl, who was young and crafty!
“I didn’t expect Ms. Ballard to be such a person. Abbigail tried her best to learn the piano and wanted to get close to her. It was fine if she didn’t want a disciple, but she was so mean. Abbigail must be sad.” “I think Abbigail looks pretty in the clothes by PQ Fashion. Isn’t Ms. Ballard a busybody? What does Abbigail’s dressing have to do with her?”
“It’s OK if Ms. Ballard doesn’t support and help the younger generation, but she deliberately embarrassed a young girl on such an important occasion…”
“I think Ms. Ballard is uncultured…”
“Fortunately, Abbigail is strong. After all, she is a rich lady. She’s more generous than ordinary people…”
Most of the audience was praising Abbigail.
Seeing that she had turned the table with just a few words, Abbigail looked at Malia with a hint of provocation in her eyes.
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Naturally, Malia saw through Abbigail’s thoughts. She smiled coldly and announced in front of everyone, “The climax of your piano piece is a copy of Vallorie Walker’s Wish!”
With that, the entire hall fell silent. What? The climax of Abbigail’s tune was actually a copy of Vallorie’s masterpiece?
Vallorie was a legendary pianist. In recent years, she has won countless grand awards at home and abroad. In all fairness, she was on the same level as Larry, the best pianist in the whole world! However, Vallorie is more mysterious than Larry. No one had seen her before, and no one knew how old she was.
“Ms. Ballard, why are you so sure that Abbigail plagiarized Vallonie’s work?”
The host tried to smooth things over. I’m also a fan of Vallorie, but I don’t know that Vallorie created a piano piece called Wish. Do you have any proof?” Abbigail felt a sense of security. After all, the host had never heard of Vallorie’s “Wish”. After all, she had clearly taken the music score from Paige’s room! It was handwritten by Paige!
What was more, Abbigail had trolled the Internet many times and did not find this tune, so she was relieved and boldly added it to her own piano piece!
Paige looked up lazily at the scene on the stage. She could even hear Lindsey’s angry voice coming from the last two rows!
“What’s wrong with Ms. Ballard? I don’t care if she wants to award my daughter. But how could she slander my daughter for copying someone’s work? She’s deliberately being difficult and humiliating my daughter. Abbigail is a really great piano player. She doesn’t need to steal other people’s work, does she?”
Lindsey really wanted to rush up to the stage and argue with Malia.
However, Tyrell grabbed Lindsey’s hand and said, “Ms. Ballard might have heard too much piano music, so she guessed that Abbigail had plagiarized. Calm down. Just wait and hear what she is going to say.” Davon had a bad premonition. “Ms. Ballard has always been fair and just. If she didn’t have enough evidence, she wouldn’t say that.”
“Davon, why don’t you believe Abbigail? You praised Abbigail just now.” Lindsey was a little angry.
“That’s strange,” Kamora couldn’t help but ask. “Didn’t Ms. Ballard want Abbigail to apprentice with her? Why did Abbigail say that Ms. Ballard didn’t like her and didn’t want to teach her? Moreover, Ms. Ballard said that Abbigail didn’t deserve the clothes and jewelry designed by Master Quinn.”
Lindsey’s face stiffened because she suddenly didn’t know how to make a lie. “Really?”
Lindsey actually forgot about this!
Just now, Lindsey told Kamora that Malia wanted to take Abbigail as an apprentice, but they thought that Malia was not good enough and Abbigail deserved to study with Larry Lindsey hoisted on her own petard.
Kamora knew that Lindsey had lied and looked at her with contempt.”
“Proof? Of course, I have proof!”
Malia said with force and everyone was shocked.
Abbigail’s face turned pale. No, that was impossible.
“Before I take out the proof, I want to ask you, what are you saying in the climax part of your piano piece ‘Sorrow?”
When Abbigail heard this question, she felt a little confident. She had asked her tutor before, and the tutor said that she sensed great sorrow from this part of the tune.
“Of course, the sorrow! Everyone has a different understanding of music, but I believe that good music can strike a chord What my tune expresses is the same as the name I gave it. It is endless sorrow! One person is wrapped in sorrow and wants to break free, but he can’t’.
Unexpectedly, Malia laughed and looked at Abbigail scornfully. “Then you must have misunderstood! If you don’t believe me, you can ask what other people thought when they heard the climax. Anyone? Who wants to go first?”
The host answered first, “What I heard was indeed intense sorrow. I felt I was wrapped up, torn apart by the surging waves of sorrow. After an unknown period of time, a ray of sunlight shone in. Suddenly, a force pulled me out and wanted me to live well.
Some listeners below the stage stood up and the host handed the microphone over.
“What I heard was the courage and strength that helped me to escape from sorrow.”
“The image that appeared in my mind was the earthquake that was reported last year.”
“Me too. Last year, countless people died in the Houston earthquake. When I heard the climax part, the image of the earthquake appeared in my mind.”
“What I thought of was also that disaster!”
Seeing that Abbigail’s face was getting paler and paler, Malia smiled coldly. “That’s right! Last year, there was an earthquake in, Houston that shattered countless people’s families. Those survivors were in great pain and were too immersed in their sadness to walk out. Vallone created Wish, aiming to give them hope and warmth through the power of music and help them step out of the darkness!’
However, Abbigail knew nothing about music and the tutor she hired was an amateur piano player, so what she learned was nothing but superficial knowledge.
They only knew that the climax part was sad, but they did not know that under the destruction of sadness, there was a force encouraging the survivors to live well.
“Why am I so sure that Vallorie created Wish? In March, this piano piece was selected for the textbooks because of its positive impact. I made a few small changes to it before. The new textbooks have been printed. In September, everyone can hear Vallorie’s work! That’s why it hasn’t been announced yet!”
Everyone was stunned.
They didn’t know this before.
Even Abbigail was shocked. She could not believe it.
“Vallorie’s original version is way more beautiful than yours!
“If I guess right, you copied the climax part of Vallorie’s work, but you were afraid that others would find that out, so you wrote the front and back parts by yourself. However, you’re not good enough to compose such a great piano piece. The front and back parts are not as majestic as Vallorie’s climax part, so the whole tune sounds strange because you forcefully combined those parts together!
“When I listened to it, I did not notice the similarity between the two piano pieces at first. I even felt that it was a bit unpleasant! It was only when the climax part sounded that I vaguely felt that it was somewhat familiar!
“If not for the climax part, those judges would not have given you high marks.
“The front and back parts of your piano piece are prosaic, or precisely, unpleasant to hear when we hear them alone! Without the climax part, you can never win second place. Honestly, you can’t even win twentieth place!
“You copied Vallorie’s work, but you refused to admit it. You are not worthy of this award! You are not worthy of playing piano! On behalf of the Piano Association, I refuse to accept you in this life!” Malia said firmly.
Every word she said was beyond something that would shock them.
They didn’t expect that Abbigail would dare to copy a master’s work at such a young age. She not only refused to admit it just now but even tried to discredit Malia to divert everyone’s attention.
Abbigail’s face was taut and pale. She couldn’t even stand steadily. She was judged by the president of the Piano Association that she didn’t deserve to play piano in this life in public. It was worse than dying!
Chapter 120
No, she could not admit that she plagiarized!
Otherwise, it would mark the end of her days as a pianist.
Her glory as the second place would also disappear.
She would be despised by everyone.
And her reputation would be tarnished.
Other people would treat her as a joke.
Once she admitted it, her parents and Davon would be disappointed in her. Mr. and Mrs. Tate would dislike her and refuse her to step into the Tate’s house. Her fans would become her haters.
She could never let it break her!
She gritted her teeth. “Well, that’s your version of the truth. Is it on textbooks? Who saw it?” “You…” Malia found her so headstrong. She was furious. “Alright, I’ll convince you with facts!”
She had someone take a picture of the latest textbook and project the score onto the big screen.
“This is Vallorie’s ‘Wish!”
Malia looked at everyone. “Those who can understand the music score can see that there are so many similarities. They didn’t happen to sound similar on several parts, but the whole salient points of the tunes were identical!”
“Yes, Ms. Ballard is right…
“The climax sounded the same
“Ms. Ballard was right about her. She did copy the ‘Wish’.’
“The other parts composed by Vallorie are much better than Abbigail!”
“Those who don’t understand the music score, please calm down. The climax of Wish’ of Vallorie will be played. You can judge with your own ears if the two tunes sound identical!”
Malla’s gaze swept across the audience and fell on Celia Lomas. “Play it.”
Celia was the third place, and she was enough to humiliate Abbigail.
Celia was stunned when she was appointed by Malia, but she quickly gathered her senses and sat in front of the piano and played the climax of Wish, the scores of which were displayed on the screen The exact same melody reached everyone’s ears. Even Tyrell and Lindsey, who were protective of their daughter, were stunned.
Although they could not read the score, they heard identical music. They couldn’t deny it.
Every time Cella played a note, it was like a slap to Abbigail’s face. In the end, Abbigail could not resist, and her face turned extremely pale.
Sitting in the first row were a few judges of the competition. They thought highly of Abbigail. One of them liked her so much.
She helped Abbigail a lot so that she was able to get second place.
But now, with irrefutable evidence, she was disappointed and angry. She once thought that Abbigail was a good student, but it turned out not.
After Celia finished playing the climax of the tune, the host knew that Abbigail’s plagiarism was already a certainty. He held the microphone and said earnestly, “predecessors have worked hard to plant a tree, but someone plucked the fruit without permission. Their rights were damaged.”
He took a look at Abbigail and said firmly. “As the host of the competition, I’m sorry to announce that Abbigail fate as the second place has been disqualified because she plagiarized the work of Vallone. According to the rules of the competition, she won’t be able to participate in competitions in the future.”
Abbigail felt her whole body trembling
“Now, let’s welcome our winner, third place, and Ms. Ballard to take a picture. The host planned to divert other’s attention by saying that.
“I didn’t plagiarize” Abbigail burst out.
“There’s evidence Why is she still denying it?”
“Is she really innocent? Look at her stubborn eyes. The plagiarizer should be feeling guilty unlike her…”
“But the climaxes of the two tunes are the same. Is she implying that Vallorie copied hers”
“This is plagiarism!”
Malia did not expect that she would not give up even though there was enough evidence. She said angrily. “Nowadays, the pursuit of fame and profit has eroded the ethics away. You copied Vallone’s work, and we removed you from the industry. You should leave here with your tail between your legs. How dare you insist on claiming that you did not plagiarize””
“I did not plagiarize!”
“This song was composed by me at home! Can you prove that I didn’t compose it at home?” Abbigail insisted.
“Then, can you explain why your climax is the same as that of Vallarie? The other parts are not as good as the climax. How can you explain that?”
Malia obviously did not believe her. “Do others believe your words? You said that you did not plagiarize. Do you have the audacity to say it in front of Vallorie?”
What?
Vallone?
Vallorie has always been elusive, and no one has ever seen her before…
Not only did Malia know her, but it seemed like she wanted to invite her out…
However, would a master show up for a trivial matter?
Abbigail did not expect that Malia would invite Vallorie to suppress her. Everyone knew that Vallorie never revealed her whereabouts. Abbigail guessed that Vallorie did not want to get the spotlight, so she hid her identity for a long time.
Malia asked her to say it again before Vallorie. Would Malia call her? Or would it be a video chat?
No matter how Abbigail felt uneasy. Unconsciously, she clenched her fists tightly.
“Vallorie happened to be here today. She was in the audience and witnessed all. Yet you refused to admit it!”
As soon as this was said, the audience burst into an uproar, and everyone looked around for Vallorie.
The color on Abbigail’s face was completely gone. Vallorie was here? No, impossible…..
How could a big shot like her show up at such a small competition?
Malia looked at the good-looking girl in the audience and said respectfully. “I’m really sorry for disturbing you. I intended to solve it as soon as possible…”
When she said this, she cast a fierce look at Abbigail. “I didn’t expect this girl to deny it when she copied your tune! This is not only disrespectful to you but also disrespectful to the creative environment.”
Malia looked at Paige and said word by word, “We must punish plagiarism so that the plagiarist would have no place in this industry. And that would set an example for others. Otherwise, it will only embolden plagiarism and disappoint the creators. We can’t allow plagiarism to happen again!”
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