Chapter 58 

Elise flashed a smile and said, Im Elise.” 

Samantha gaped at her in astonishment. Wait, youre Elise?” 

Elise nodded. In the flesh.” 

For a moment, Samantha could not recover from her daze. She thought about what Elise had said to Amanda minutes ago, and only then did all the pieces click. That explains why you put Amanda down the way you did; if someone was badmouthing me to my face, Id have slapped them!” 

Seeing how serious Samantha was amused Elise. She liked that Samantha was not the stereotypically aloof heiress that one might expect, but she gave off the impression that she was kind and approachable instead

By the way, Elise, I heard that Zachary Newman is here at the boot camp, too. Having the both of you here is like waiting for a legendary showdown to happen! I can’t wait to see which of you will emerge victorious at the end of the boot camp!” 

Daily new chapters in www.noveljar.com  This was the second time Zachary’s name was brought up in Elises presence. She figured he must be some kind of math whiz for everyone to praise him behind his back.

Presently, Elise and Samantha came to a stop at the classroom doorway, whereupon they saw that the room was filled to the brim with other boot camp participants. Their arrival instantly caught the room‘s attention, though everyone’s gazes lingered on Samantha the longest. After all, it was hard for a finelooking girl like her to keep from standing out in a crowd.

Excuse me,one of the boys piped up boldly, addressing Samantha. You can sit next to me if youd like.” 

However, his invitation was swiftly rebuffed when Samantha, having taken one glance at the vacant seat next to him, said apologetically, Sorry, but Im going to sit with my friend.” 

With that, she pulled Elise over to the last row of seats and declared, Lets sit here, Elise.”

that there was a new message from Jamie, which read, ‘Hey,

much, Jamie, Elise thought with a rueful smile. A few taps on the screen

done, she kept her phone just as a middle–aged man appeared at the classroom entryway. He was holding a thermos

as we kick off this boot camp, let‘s hope that all of you will give it your best for as long as

chapters in www.noveljar.com  Upon hearing this, Samantha immediately grew reluctant. She had initially hoped that she could play a game or two that evening, but now that she was going to surrender her phone, she might very well die

on the other hand, was unfazed by this. She didn‘t think having a phone would make a difference to her boot camp experience. When the student in charge of collecting everyone‘s phones reached their row, Elise handed

me privately,” Mr. Bolton announced. “Seeing as today’s the first day, I‘ve prepared a set of exercises for all of you to get a feel of what this

Mathematics Olympiad Boot Camp were

exercises down each row, and silence filled the room as everyone set themselves to work. When Elise got her papers, she perused each page fervently and found that almost all the questions were doable, though the last one was

began writing down her

when another teacher came down

explained, “I figured I should see how well they cope

one of the students here got full marks in the City Mathematics Olympiad. That‘s potential right

had already gotten wind of this, but he admittedly had higher regards for

cream of the crop,” Mr. Bolton pointed out with a long sigh. There had been a make or-break question from the National Mathematics Olympiad last year, and no student had cracked

good news, Henry,” the other teacher quipped humorously before walking

an eye, and everyone looked defeated as they handed in their papers. Daily new chapters

last question got me beat; I couldn‘t come

understand the question, let alone work on it. I dread to think about how I did on the test.” A couple of students huddled together to lament over the paper, and the boy

pursed his lips and answered plainly,

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