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

Mr. Abbott and Mr. Foss had mentioned Flora to him numerous times.

They both said this young lady was a genius in computer science. Mr. Foss, in particular, got pretty emotional, saying it was such a waste for Flora to be in the medical department. He even went to Mr. Garcia twice, trying to get her transferred, but naturally, the dean of the medical department showed him the door.

Mr. Abbott and Mr. Foss made Flora sound like some kind of legend. While he thought they might be exaggerating, he couldn't help but be super curious about her.

"Today, we're starting with a quick quiz. Some questions are beyond competition level, so if you find some too tough to crack, no worries. Just do your best."

Mr. Jurado picked up a stack of papers from the lectern and handed them to Ivan to pass out.

As soon as everyone got their papers, they glanced at the questions, and their faces fell.

These questions...

Were they even meant for humans?

Up front, Mr. Jurado continued, "There's no time limit for this test. Just hand it in when you're done, and I'll grade it."

Hearing this, everyone stopped grumbling about the difficulty and got down to work. No matter how hard it was, they had to give it a shot.

took her paper, looked over the questions, and then started working at

were stuck on the last

still on the first two pages. A hint of disdain flashed

that speed, she

realized she had

skills were so lacking they

attention back

tough; even Ivan was scratching his

minutes later, Ivan looked at the blank space under the last question's second

up, took his paper, and handed

Jurado took the paper, glanced over it

knew how tough

managed to solve the first part of the

After him, Brianna

Flora's paper still mostly blank made

matter what, she was still better than

passed, and Flora still had so much left undone. Clearly, she

else handed in their papers. Despite Mr. Jurado saying there was no time limit, if you couldn't solve a problem, there was no point