Getting out of a battle as a winner does not always mean that it was you who won the victory. Just like losing does not mean becoming a loser.
When Justin announced the victory for Christian Denver's project, Emily was delighted.
It was a strange sensation. In theory, she should have experienced the opposite.
This meeting and preparation for it were accompanied by tension, expectations, hope, faith, fear. The girl experienced such a range of emotions that she will have enough of them for a long time.
Denver was probably right. She was a naive little fish in a sea that was teeming with big business sharks. Emily suddenly remembered Dory the fish from the children's cartoon Finding Nemo. To some extent, they were similar.
After all, Hayes, there is definitely something wrong with your head.
She had every right to vote for her team's project, and victory would be on their side. But this victory would have had a rotten smell.