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

"It's okay, I guess."

Flora replied casually.

"Either it's good or bad, what's 'okay' supposed to mean?" Debra frowned, turning to Joy. "Joy, weren't you in the same exam room as Flora? Did you notice how she was doing?"

"Flora, well..." Joy fiddled with her hair, looking a bit troubled, unsure how to put it. "From the moment she walked in, she was asleep. She only woke up in the last half hour to finish the test and hand it in." The room fell into a stunned silence.

They couldn't believe what they'd just heard.

Flora had been sleeping since she entered the exam room?

And only started working on the test in the last half hour?

Ridiculous!

"Flora, that's too much!"

Debra, finally snapping out of it, was almost in tears.

The other members of the Austenberg team glared at Flora with a mix of anger and disbelief, their eyes red, as if they wanted to tear her apart.

They had sacrificed sleep for months, seizing every moment to study, just to score an extra point or two in this competition. But Flora?

They didn't expect her to score high. They had even accepted the possibility of her dragging them down. But Flora's attitude was something they couldn't stomach.

Did she even care about this competition? Did she care about them at all?

she wouldn't have slept

grudge against us? Can't you

And you're still making excuses!" Debra roared. "If we lose, it'll be your

into this competition?

you even join? We

have been

they could tear

and Flora had no right to sleep through the

situation spiraled out of control, Mr. Tanner rubbed

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a

make more of

the exam was over; what use was there in

would only give others more reason to

commotion had already drawn attention from

late. Let's go have dinner,"

okay, stop crying.

the others followed. They

the sight of

they could punch

an estimate. How much do you think you scored?" Mr.

to have an

was

too low, and, Austenberg wouldn't even make it to

tilted her head, thinking carefully.