Failure?

I’m 6,500 miles away from my best friend, I recently entered a singing competition and got 2nd place, my parents said if I were to get 1st-3rd place they would let me visit my best friend that I had to leave because of moving.

I miss him terribly and I don’t have any friends here.

I sang a French song La Vie En Rose even though I don’t speak ANY French, according to the judges my pronunciation was perfect (I practiced for weeks) but fore some reason my parents didn’t like that I got 2nd place instead of 1st.

So they canceled my ticket and told me to work harder.

Visiting my best friend was the only thing I had been looking forward to.