Chapter 394 giarism


    "What you told me isn''t reason enough for her to take revenge on you like this," Carlos said. He could


    sense that Debbie was way too eager to destroy James. ''She must have some other reason for it, '' he


    thought.


    James was reduced to silence.


    Carlos didn''t rush him. He watched while the old man worded his reply in his mind.


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    "Okay. I''ll tell you everything. You and Stephanie grew up together. Then, you two fell in love. I had


    already told the Li family that you would marry Stephanie. But then, you married Debbie. You didn''t tell


    us this until three yearster. Our son got married, but as parents, we knew nothing about it for three


    years. Just put yourself in our shoes. You would get angry too, wouldn''t you?" James asked.


    Carlos didn''t deny it. He waited for him to continue the narrative.


    James gulped nervously and went on, "So, I hate her. That year, you brought her to New York to meet


    us. She talked back to your grandma and made her angry so many times. She picked on Megan and


    made her cry every day. The most irritating part was that she thought you spoiled her, so she


    disrespected every member of the family with no regard for our feelings. Think about it. Who would


    have liked her?


    Soon after that, Hayden hade to New York to meet her. They met in a coffee bar; they kissed and


    hugged shamelessly in public. You knew about it because you were there. You were so mad that you


    didn''t speak to her for days. Unexpectedly, you forgave her.


    Just when I thought we could finally have some peace in our family, she seduced Lewis. You beat the


    hell out of Lewis and moved out with her. Your mother begged you to stay, but you didn''t listen.


    I hated Debbie even more after that. I wanted you to divorce her. After your ident, I staged your


    death and told her that you were dead. I wanted to test her loyalty. I wanted to know how much she


    loved you. And she failed, and then she med me for lying to her. Yes, I did force her into signing the


    divorce agreement, but I did it for your own good. Even though I''m not your biological father, I love you.


    It was a shock for me when I found out that she hade back for you when she figured that you were


    still alive. She arranged a meeting with me after that and swore that she would get back with you and


    destroy me. To be precise, she would rather I die in the process!" James stopped to wipe his fake


    tears. It looked as if he had aged ten years overnight.


    "I hope you now understand that she is doing everything in her power to get back at me," James


    proimed.


    "That has nothing to do with you having an affair with the housemaid and beating Mom," Carlos said


    coldly.


    James burst out crying and lied through his teeth, "Carlos, I beat your mom because she was cheating


    on me at the time. You know I have a temper. I lost it when I found out about her affair. I had to lock her


    up to stop her from seeing that man. But I didn''t think that she would get sick. As for the housemaid,


    your mom had secretly sent her into my room to make up to me. With the lights turned off, I thought


    she was your mom and—"


    Carlos stood abruptly and cut his act mid-way. "Enough! I''ll send you another copy of the divorce


    papers. Mom has agreed to leave you for good."


    "Carlos, I won''t. I won''t agree to it!" James shouted desperately.


    Carlos ignored his pleas and left without sparing him a second nce.


    Silence was restored in the ward. James let out a sigh of relief when he heard Carlos'' footsteps fade


    away. He was not sure if Carlos had believed his story. But he knew that it was time to save his own


    ass.


    ''That wretched woman!''


    He called his assistant. "Debbie is a singer, isn''t she? Which song of hers is a hit?" There was a pause.


    After a moment, he said into the phone, "Destroy her."


    The next day, something huge shook the music circle.


    One of Debbie''s hits was used of being a giarized song.


    The user was Tammy, another singer from Star Empire. She had released her copy of the original


    lyrics in the news.


    Tammy had a three-year contract with Star Empire. She had produced many albums, but unfortunately,


    she never made it big.


    When Debbie saw the title of the song in question, sheughed out loud.


    ''Another opportunity has presented itself, '' she thought with a grin.


    She didn''t call Carlos. Instead, she and Ruby went straight to Tammy''s studio.


    However, Tammy refused to see her. Debbie didn''t mind. She stood at the entrance of her studio, took


    a selfie, and uploaded it on Weibo.


    It was captioned, "You im that I giarized your song. I''m at your door right now. Why won''t you


    Debbie''s tone spoke for itself, indicating that she had nothing to hide. Many of her web friends who had


    doubted her at first went silent, worried that they might have made a mistake.


    When Tammy''s fans saw Debbie''s post, theymented on Tammy''s Weibo, "Tammy, let her in.


    Confront her! Silence her with proof. Throw Debbie Nian out of the world of music!"


    Tammy didn''t respond no matter how much her fans appealed to her. To rile her up, Debbie opened a


    cyber broadcast.


    Soon, there were hundreds of thousands of fans in the broadcast room. Everyone was excited to see


    Debbie in the video. Comments came in one after the other, nonstop.


    The traffic was so high that the website almost crashed.


    giarism was an embarrassing and serious usation. However, in the video, Debbie didn''t seem


    embarrassed or nervous. She told her fans with a smile, "Hi everyone, I''m at the entrance of Tammy''s


    studio. I came here to confront her with you people as my witnesses."


    Debbie had only met Tammy once or twice. They had never spoken to each other before. But now, she


    was being used of giarizing Tammy''s lyrics. It had to be a joke, she thought. And somehow, she


    knew that there was more to this usation.


    She gave her phone to Ruby, who directed the camera towards Debbie. A tide ofpliments flooded


    thements section.


    "Wow, look at Debbie''s figure! She''s perfect!"


    "The red and white dress looks gorgeous on her. It goes so well with her skin color."


    "Her skin looks too good. She must have done Botox for sure."


    Others started following thatment and suspected that Debbie had done Botox.


    Since more and morements started flowing in saying the same thing, Ruby took out her phone and


    dered as the administrator of the broadcast room, "Debbie has never done Botox or had any


    cosmetic surgery. Her skin is naturally beautiful. She is only wearing light makeup. So, don''t start


    rumors!"


    After Ruby''s rification, the maliciousmenters shut up for good.


    Unaware of any of this nonsense, Debbie was still waiting for Tammy to let her in while she leaned


    casually against the door.


    When Tammy found out that Debbie was broadcasting the whole thing, she opened the door quickly.


    She was wearing a long blouse. "I''m so sorry. Since I workedtest night, I was fast asleep and didn''t


    hear the doorbell. Come in."


    Debbie wondered if she was telling the truth. Tammy''s hair was unbound and was a little dishevelled.


    She looked a bit muddled as well.