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

Flora strolled into the lab right on time.

The place was eerily quiet today. Darcy, Shawn, and the others were all at their desks, but no one had started working yet.

"What's up?" Flora raised an eyebrow, curiosity piqued.

Darcy grabbed her and nodded towards Dr. Ray's office.

From inside, they could hear Dr. Ray's muffled yelling mixed with the sound of a woman crying.

Darcy whispered, "Dr. Ray's giving Alexa a hard time, settling old scores."

"Oh."

Flora shrugged it off and headed to her seat.

She couldn't care less about Alexa.

Seeing Flora so indifferent, Darcy and the others felt maybe they were overreacting. Wasn't it totally normal for Dr. Ray to be grilling Alexa?

Soon, they all got back to work; if Dr. Ray came out and saw them slacking off, they'd get an earful too.

Inside Dr. Ray's office.

a mess, tears streaming down her face as she begged, "Dr. Ray, whatever I did wrong, I can fix it. Just please, don't kick me out, okay?" Getting kicked

future would

glasses and said, "Alexa, I've told you clearly. You can't stay in this lab. The best thing for you is to

you trying to ruin me? Are you all trying to

stuff and leave now,

"Dr. Ray!!!"

screamed, her eyes bloodshot with rage. At that moment, a destructive madness

-What's going on?

then, Flora's voice came from outside the

hit its boiling

was being kicked out like a stray dog, yet Flora had the

burst out

and laughing with Shawn and

"Flora!"

name, wishing

Dr. Ray's furious shout echoed, Flora turned just in time to see Alexa charging at her, grabbing a folder from the table and hurling it

was beside