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Rhea looked at her niece in surprise.
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She had thought Michelle would leave the mess for her to handle. Unexpectedly, Michelle showed up aggressively.
As for the allegedly injured calf, Rhea wasn’t worried at all, because she had personally seen Michelle wrap the gauze around it, circle by circle, before she went out today.
At that time, she only thought Michelle was up to some new mischief in her acting class.
Rhea composed her expression, raised an eyebrow, and wanted to see what other drama she would put on.
However, she saw Michelle raise a finger and point at Olivia, who was glaring at her with a gaze that could almost pierce through her, then took a large stride sideways, giving way.
“Officer, she’s the one who hurt me! Please arrest her now!” Michelle Said.
Everyone was shocked, and the living comments went wild again.
[I’ve wanted to say this for a while. This beautiful girl was blocking the door just now, and the lighting made it hard to see, but the uniforms of the people behind her are clearly police officers‘!]
[What does this mean? So Olivia caused Michelle’s leg injury? God! My mind can’t this.]
[WTF, how did I end up here? From dance to morality, now straight to crime docs?]
The reporters were overjoyed because tonight was full of juicy news.
They kept clicking, their cameras almost overheating.
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They captured the stunned, terrified, or confused expressions of Andrew, Madeline, Olivia, and Lucas.
Finally, Olivia realized that “Chasing the Wind” had been a trap from beginning to end.
And Michelle, looking so energetic just now, hardly seemed like she was seriously injured as reported.
Olivia’s eyes were red with rage. She wished she could devour Michelle whole.
‘She set me up!‘ Olivia fumed.
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Michelle crossed her arms and snorted, “You villain, how dare you glare at me?”
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She looked at the expectant, gossipy live audience and didn’t beat around the bush, stating directly, “That day, she clearly peeked at me dancing, then, feeling guilty, deleted the surveillance footage of us meeting and talking.
“To prevent me from exposing her before her premiere, she even viciously arranged for a car
to hit me!”
Rhea’s eyelid twitched.
She recalled the gauze Michelle used for disguise before leaving, and her accusation that Olivia hired someone to hurt her.
Her cold gaze fixed on Olivia.
Michelle continued rambling, “But you wouldn’t have guessed that I already saved the dance studio video, and I even found the person you hired.”
With that, she crossed her arms and cackled in triumph.
Simultaneously, a video suddenly began playing on the stage’s large background screen.
The two talking in the video were precisely the two protagonists of the plagiarism incident, Michelle and Olivia.
It was the scene of their first meeting.
The video clearly showed Michelle dancing in the practice room, while Olivia stood outside, watching her intently, which contradicted Olivia’s claim that Michelle secretly filmed her first.
Moreover, during their conversation, Olivia had been constantly trying to elicit information from Michelle.
Of course, Michelle had edited out some of her leading remarks, leaving only vague statements behind, making it seem like all judgments about her background were just Olivia’s own speculation.
[So Olivia just assumed the pretty girl was a nobody and took advantage of her.]
[How terrifying. Although Olivia in the video pretends well, she is so different from the image we usually see.]
[When the girl said she wasn’t selling the rights, Olivia’s gaze was terrifying. It scared me.]
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[This girl is simply suffering an undeserved disaster. Hope her leg is still good for dancing.]
[Disgusting! She’s so evil! If even Rhea’s niece got bullied like this, what about ordinary people?]
[Olivia finally got caught. I’ve wanted to say for a long time that it isn’t the first time Olivia has plagiarized.]
With irrefutable evidence, Olivia couldn’t argue her way out of it.
For the first time in her life, she was cornered.
The Clark family looked conflicted. Although they had doubts, they still generally trusted Olivia, never imagining the truth was like this.
Olivia’s moment of glory was instead turned into a spectacular downfall.
It was a twist no one saw coming.
Those police officers walked up to Olivia as everyone watched.
Miss Sutton,” one of them said, “we suspect you of hiring someone to commit assault. Please come with us.”
Olivia tightly grabbed Lucas’s arm, her nails almost digging into his flesh, looking at him with pleading eyes.
The Clark family, despite their anger, still couldn’t help but worry.
Inside the theater, the atmosphere was exceptionally oppressive.
Olivia. Just then, Rhea’s voice broke the stalemate.
Her cold gaze met Olivia’s. “Do you know why, even though you performed the best, I didn’t accept you as my student back then?”
Everyone looked at them both, not having expected Olivia and Rhea to have such a
connection.
Olivia instinctively didn’t want to listen, but Rhea continued speaking on her own.
“Back then, the student I favored was your sister,” Rhea said. “But your family repeatedly interceded, saying that you also studied dance, that your ability was no less than your sister’s, and hoped I would give you a chance.
“That’s why I decided to hold an open assessment and select the best candidates. You don’t
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have Natasha’s talent, but you are very diligent and work hard enough. I was actually impressed.”
She gave Olivia a complicated look.
Then, she continued, “Before the assessment, I had already made up my mind. Besides your sister, who should naturally be under my tutelage, I also wanted to help you out.
“However, before that, Natasha had a car accident and regretfully left the stage forever. And you, the only other person I had high hopes for, stole your sister’s choreography in the audition and claimed it as your own.”
Seeing Olivia’s incredulous gaze, Rhea said calmly, “Are you wondering why I didn’t expose you on the spot?
“The moment I finished watching your performance, I realized.
“You might not know this, but that dance was actually something I secretly helped your sister create. I had seen a much more complete version of it than what you performed.
“But at that time, besides me, there were also several other industry colleagues. You were young, and I felt I should still give you a chance, so I didn’t call you out on it directly.
“I privately approached your parents after the interview, and they pleaded with me not to tell anyone else.
Their reason was that Natasha had already lost her chance to dance, and since you two had a close bond from childhood, she hoped that one day you could take her place on the highest
stage.
“Your parents said that you carried the dreams of two people. They begged me not to ruin you.”
A hint of pity and deep sorrow was in Rhea’s eyes as she added, “Natasha was injured and completely disheartened then. And though she suffered the most, my heart ached too, so I relented. I don’t know what they told you later, but I deeply regret it now.”
Rhea’s gaze turned cold as she said, “If I had directly pointed out your plagiarism back then, perhaps you wouldn’t be recklessly going down this irreversible path now,
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