Read My Mind, Pay the Price
I stand before the judges at the jewelry design competition and admit to plagiarism. Then, I announce my withdrawal from the contest, along with my resignation as Design Director of Fairchild Group.
My fiance, Caleb Fairchild, shoots daggers at me. "If you walk away from this competition, our engagement is off!"
My father follows up by slapping me across the face. "First, you plagiarize your own sister, and now you're breaking off your engagement with the Fairchilds? Are you trying to ruin our family?"
"Oh, I'm not just calling off my engagement. I'm also cutting off my ties with you," I respond apathetically.
I make this decision because I have been given a second life.
In my previous
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