All Chapters of My Wardrobe Proves I'm No Copycat: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I turned toward her. "What, did you come up with that line yourself? Trademark it for something?"Tammy clearly hadn't expected me to call her out in front of everyone. She froze."By that logic, whoever said it first must be furious," I went on with a grin. "Imagine finding out the entire Internet's been copying you this whole time."People around us started glancing over, curious about the commotion.Tammy's face went bright red. She shot me a furious glare but didn't say another word.The second we got back to our dorm, Tammy confronted me. "What was that supposed to be in class today? Were you trying to embarrass me on purpose?"I stared at her. "Weren't you the ones insulting me first? Are you seriously okay?"My two other roommates immediately jumped to Tammy's defense. "You didn't have to be so nasty about it. Besides, you were the one in the wrong to begin with."Tammy scoffed. "Exactly. You're a copycat. What, are we not allowed to call you out on it?"The whole conve

Everyone stared at her in disbelief.Tammy's group had already presented earlier. Their project was a farm-to-market initiative designed to help small tea growers sell their products directly to consumers.It had nothing to do with our product for seniors.Apparently determined to prove her accusation, Tammy marched to the front of the room and started going through our slides one by one."First of all, look at their presentation and ours. They both use green as the main color. We chose green because our project is about tea. What's your excuse?"I stared at her, dumbfounded.We'd picked a PowerPoint template because it looked nice.It just happened to be green.Tammy kept going, "And look at this. Our project has a logo, and theirs does too! If you look closely, even the shapes are kind of similar. There's no way that's a coincidence. They obviously copied our idea!""I designed that logo myself!" one of my teammates hissed under her breath.She'd gone through more than a do

After that, Tammy seemed to hate me even more.Sometimes, the way she looked at me was so venomous it was almost unsettling.Still, she never actually did anything, so I couldn't be bothered to pay her much attention.When fall break rolled around, my cousin promised to take me out for a nice dinner.The only problem was that I had to wait for him to finish work first. With nothing better to do, I wandered around the mall to kill time.It was much more crowded than usual. Apparently, some celebrity was making a promotional appearance on the lower level, and the event had drawn a massive crowd.Curious, I leaned against the railing and looked down.Lucas stood below in a perfectly tailored suit, smiling as he waved politely to the fans gathered around him."Maren Osborn!" A familiar voice rang out behind me.It was Tammy.She glared at me with open disgust, practically grinding her teeth. "And you still say you're not obsessed with copying me? I knew it! Now you're even preten

I figured the whole bag fiasco would finally get Tammy to back off, so I stopped keeping such a close eye on her social media.Then Lucas mailed me a copy of his new photobook.Naturally, he had to send me a smug text about it too. "Try not to be too overwhelmed by your cousin's devastatingly good looks."I barely made it through a few pages before I got too sleepy to keep reading.Still, knowing Tammy, I wasn't about to leave the book lying around where she could pull something weird with it. Before climbing into bed, I made a point of putting it safely inside my drawer.I thought that would be the end of it.The next morning, I was jolted awake by my phone ringing nonstop.Still half asleep, I answered without even checking the number.A strange man's voice immediately exploded through the speaker. "Finally picked up, you disgusting woman! What the hell is wrong with you? You really think you can…"I snapped awake and hung up.Before I could even process what had happened,

Tammy wasn't actually the worst offender in the whole cyberbullying mess.The person who'd doxxed me was the biggest problem, followed by the gossip account that had taken her posts and blasted the story out to a massive audience.Tammy had started the whole thing, sure, but her own posts hadn't reached nearly as many people as theirs had.She'd also been careful to keep most of her accusations vague enough to hide behind the excuse that she was only sharing her "personal experience".The clearest lines she'd crossed were posting a recognizable photo of me without my consent and making false claims that damaged my reputation.In the end, she deleted every post she'd made about me, uploaded a handwritten public apology, and faced disciplinary action from the university as well as the legal consequences of the complaint.But eventually, she returned to campus.By then, the scandal had spread through the entire university.Someone even dug up the old dining hall incident and repos