Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

Chapter 16

On Wednesday morning, Mr Keaton walked into Class Z with a lack of report cards, his expression less than pleased.

This was a fomillar sight for the students of Class Z. Every time after exams, Mr. Keston would look as if he’d lost a dear family member

“This time, everyone has performed quite well on the test. Jennifer and Holly have shown the most improvement. Then there are some of you who didn’t even pass the basic requirements. I really don’t know what you’ve been up to. Please, make more of an effort “Now, let me announce the rankings. First place, Jennifer, with 570 points. Second place, Holly, with 556 points. Third place…. “And the last place goes to Dane.”

Everyone had a general idea of their own scores and rankings, so there was no surprise there. However, they were curious about Flora’s score, which Mr. Keaton hadn’t mentioned.

“Mr. Keaton, why didn’t you read out Flora’s score?”

“Yeah! Haha, is it because Flora scored so low that you’re embarrassed to say 11?”

Mr. Keaton’s gaze swept over to where Flora sat quietly in the back row, his expression complex. “Flora, come with me, please”

Flora stood up and obediently followed Mr. Keaton out of the classroom. The students were even more curious about what Flora was needed for.

paton took Flora to the administrative office.

Mr. Keaton

Inside, all the teachers were gathered around a stack of papers, looking grave. Each paper had Flora’s name written in the top left

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one point in the reading

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of teaching, they had never seen such

perfect, exactly matching the answer keys, and

“She is here!

Mr. Keaton and Flora entered, all the teachers looked

a cold smirk

Take a look for yourself and tell us what you think!” Mr.

on the table. English 149, Spanish 150, Math 145, Social

scores were even higher than she had

You’ve been ignoring school rules and acting recklessly, and

now. They thought

not cheat,” she said,

you think I don’t know your level? How did you score full marks? The essay contained many advanced words that are not typical

just tell us where you got the

was kind–hearted and, despite Flora’s unacceptable behavior, wanted to give her a

it. I didn’t

answers matching the answer key exactly?” Mr. Trevor accused her

student’s

was so angry he was practically gnashing his teeth: “Fine! Very well! We can’t handle

commotion in the office didn’t take long to spread

She cheated her way to