The Mocked Miss’s Hidden Crowns novel Chapter 238

“Don’t you have anything better to do?”

The judges paused, then it hit them. Right, they still hadn’t sorted out the mess with Echo being plagiarized.

They hurried back to their seats. Laura, quick on the uptake, stood up and moved behind Charlotte. Her gaze was cold as she stared Olivia down. “Echo is right here. We have both the witness and the evidence. Are you still not going to admit you stole her work?”

Olivia’s mind was spinning. Laura’s words yanked her back to the present.

Charlotte was Echo? There was no way that could be true.

“She’s lying!” Olivia blurted out, pointing at Charlotte, her voice sharp as she met the crowd’s skeptical stares. “Charlotte barely touched a piano growing up. She never really took lessons. Then she moved to the countryside and had no access to any training at all.”

“How could someone like that suddenly turn into the famous pianist and composer, Echo?” Olivia’s lips curled in a mocking smile. “Do any of you actually buy that?”

The room buzzed with hushed voices. Finding out Echo was just a teenager had already shocked everyone. If Laura hadn’t confirmed it herself, no one would have believed it.

Olivia saw the uncertainty on their faces and pressed on. “And another thing, she was sick as a kid. Diagnosed with severe schizophrenia. Are you really going to trust what a mental patient says?”

“Laura, is this your backup plan? Since the real Echo couldn’t make it, did you just pick someone to pretend so you wouldn’t be embarrassed?”

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