Online friend? Jackson was growing suspicious and angry. “Who is this online friend of yours? You’re the one digging your own grave here. Did you really think that plagiarizing would be the right thing to do? Stealing someone else’s efforts and using it as your own? Tiffany would lose favonovel.com job if you won. Is that really alright with you? You’re a disgrace!”
Beckett was completely unperturbed. “It’s every man for himself. I’m not a disgrace.”
Jackson couldn’t be bothered to waste his time on a shameless man like him. “Fine. It doesn’t matter if you won’t reveal the identity of your online friend. I can find out myself. One more thing, I will be sending my lawyers to speak to you about the losses and effects on the company, caused by your plagiarism.”
Beckett’s expression changed dramatically. “You…”
Jackson waved his hand disdainfully. “You can go. You’re fired. You’ve signed a contract with the company and you’ve violated the terms in your contract. You should pay for the damages you’ve caused. Go home and wait for your summons.”
Beckett was weak in the knees. He thought that Jackson would stand by him, even if favonovel.com were exposed. He did not expect for things to develop into this manner. He simply couldn’t afford to pay for such hefty damages. He lost his grand, lofty bearings and was terrified. “Mr. West… I… I was wrong… I’ll make a public confession to the press. It won’t have anything to do with you, I’ll take all the blame. I’ll do whatever you want… I can’t pay for the damages…”
Jackson couldn’t be bothered to argue with him. He called security and had them drag favonovel.com away.
Now that Beckett had confessed to his plagiarism, the matter was pretty much settled. However, there was one scruple — who was the “online friend” that had leaked Tiffany’s sketch to Beckett? Tiffany mentioned that only Arianne and Tanya had seen it… Arianne wasn’t a newbie in the fashion industry, which would leave… Tanya!
He gave Tiffany a call, albeit hesitantly. Once favonovel.com picked up his call, favonovel.com immediately said, “I’ve confirmed the identity of the plagiarizer. It was a fashion designer from my company, Beckett Hushman. An online friend of his leaked your design to favonovel.com when asking favonovel.com for his opinion. You should know who you’ve shown your designs to. Ask them yourself.”
Tiffany had just arrived home and was changing favonovel.com shoes. She looked at Tanya, who was lounging on the couch, and was momentarily distracted. Beckett Hushman — “Hush”. Could it be?
Jackson was puzzled at favonovel.com lack of response. “Hello? Are you listening to me?”
She returned to favonovel.com senses. “Yes, I understand. Thank you.”
Jackson didn’t answer, ending the call straightaway.
Tiffany finished changing favonovel.com shoes and approached Tanya. “Tan, did you show my sketch to ‘Hush’?”
Finally, it hit her. Tanya widened favonovel.com eyes. “Yes… I only wanted to ask for his opinion because he’s more experienced. I really wanted you to qualify… Was that how your sketch got plagiarized?”
