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

The results were out; what more could anyone say?

Even thinking about blaming Flora seemed pointless now.

Because honestly, what good would it do?

It was just heartbreaking.

A few girls, led by Debra, couldn't hold back their tears.

Months of hard work, just down the drain, completely wasted!

Joy felt a bit bummed out too, though she never expected Flora to score zero.

But Flora's score didn't really affect her much.

Ms. Abbey had assured her she'd find a way to get her into the medical program anyway.

"Flora, what happened?" Selene asked, her voice full of worry.

Scoring zero was just too bizarre.

There had to be some sort of mistake.

Flora's eyes were icy as she stood up, pulling her hand out of her jacket pocket.

jaw was set tight, and she

locked onto the scrolling results on the big screen, and suddenly, she let out a

really thought they could play her

How could you score zero?" Selene's

of Flora's zero score and her elimination from the prelims would wreck her reputation once it hit

country, young and old, would be on her

back to Austenberg would be like walking

"The results are wrong."

worry in Selene's eyes, Flora pressed

wrong?!" Mr. Tanner jumped out of his chair when he heard that.

competition has been around for years, it's super credible. There's no way

just that unlucky, not getting a single one

stared hard at Flora, asking

it was hard for him to believe Flora could score

Flora aced it, and she always got perfect scores at the University of Maple Grove

volumes about

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hadn't attended the pre-competition medical training and had guessed on

mentioned it,

kept his eyes on Flora, and after seeing her nod,

would request a review of the

Flora's score was over fifty, they could still make it to the next