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?

wouldn't have slept through the

"Do you have a grudge against us? Can't you take this seriously for once, without messing everything up?" "I did take it seriously. I didn't mess

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

you realize how much we've put into this competition? And you're just throwing it

did you even join? We would've

been such a

was seething, wishing they could

Flora had no right to sleep through the exam!

the situation spiraled out of control, Mr. Tanner

temple14

in a

want to make more of a spectacle of

was over; what use was there

others more reason to

drawn attention from other

Let's go have dinner," he

okay, stop

still crying, and the

sight of

wished they could

you think you scored?" Mr. Tanner

needed to have an idea

He was genuinely

Austenberg wouldn't even make it to

Flora tilted her head, thinking carefully. "Full marks, I