After Being Wrongly Accused of Plagiarism by My Best Friend

My name was Gina Graves, and I was a well-known talented musician in the industry.

I produced and sang many popular and well-known songs.

But the tweet where I released my new single was full of comments accusing me of plagiarism.

It was only then that I found out that my best friend, Shannon Ogley, had released a song identical to mine just an hour ago.

I wanted to clarify, but before I could do so, Shannon tweeted.

"I did send this song to Gina, but I never expected my best friend to plagiarize me."

She even provided the process of producing the song and the chat records of sending the audio to me as evidence.

But I couldn't find the chat records on my phone at all!

I was cyberbullied and faced a breach of contract penalty of tens of millions of dollars.

My boyfriend, Brian Barker, stood by me and encouraged me to continue proving myself.

But I had already lost the courage.

Not wanting to implicate him, I wrote a confession letter and walked into the sea.

When I opened my eyes again, I returned to the day before the song was released.

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"Gina, are you going to release that new song tomorrow? What time?" Brian asked me with a smile, occasionally looking at his phone.

I hadn't reacted and casually said, "Two o'clock in the afternoon, just like before."

Brian nodded, put down his phone, and continued, "You have worked on this song for so long. I bet it'll be a hit."

Only then did I realize that I had had this conversation with him before. I was stunned for a moment, and then I picked up my phone and checked the time, finally confirming that I had been reborn.

On this day in my previous life, I finally finished producing my song and planned to release it tomorrow afternoon.

Once the song was released, just as Brian said, it became a hit. But every comment was insulting, accusing me of plagiarism, being shameless, and betraying their years of love.

Only then did I know that my best friend Shannon Ogley had released this song one hour before me, with exactly the same lyrics and composition.

If we had simply released the same song, it wouldn't make everyone think I plagiarized. After all, my skills were way better than Shannon's, and even if she released it before I did, people would suspect that I was the one being plagiarized. But after Shannon found out that I "plagiarized", she immediately posted a tweet.

"I did send the song to Gina. I never expected that my best friend would actually plagiarize my work."

She attached our chat records, which showed that Brian had sent me many thoughts and production processes about the song.

But I didn't have any of those conversations on my phone at all.

I couldn't defend myself, and everyone thought of me as a plagiarizer. I was abandoned by everyone and faced a breach of contract penalty of tens of millions of dollars.

Brian was the only one who still believed in me and patiently used his professional expertise to give me psychological counseling, encouraging me to continue to create to prove myself.

But I was already completely collapsed. Not wanting to implicate him, I wrote a confession letter and walked into the sea. I regretted it the moment I entered the sea, but it was too late.

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Thinking of this, I took a deep breath. Fortunately, fate gave me a chance to start over. I perfunctorily said to Brian, "The song needs some changes. I'm gonna go work on it. Go ahead with your work."

After speaking, I came to the studio on the lower floor of the villa alone.