"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 through

you take this

can you do in half an hour? And you're still making excuses!" Debra roared. "If

into this competition? And you're just throwing it all

join? We would've been better off forfeiting right from

been such a

was seething, wishing they could

a joke, and Flora had no

out of

temple14

in a low,

make more of a

was over; what use was

others more reason to

already drawn attention

Let's go

stop crying. Let's go

Debra, who was still crying, and the others followed. They didn't want to

of her made them

wished they could

give me an estimate. How much do you think you scored?" Mr. Tanner hesitated but eventually

needed to have an idea

He was genuinely afraid

too low, and, Austenberg wouldn't

thinking

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