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

On the other side of the spectrum.

With Amanda and the others gone, the once bustling office now housed only Tommy, Abbey, and Elijah.

"Grandfather..."

Abbey was terrified of Tommy, especially after her recent blunder, which left her feeling utterly vulnerable and her voice barely a whisper.

"Abbey, I've always had high hopes for you, but look at this mess you've made!"

Tommy was livid, a mix of disappointment and heartache etched on his face.

"No matter how much you detest Flora, sabotaging her at the medical league was utterly foolish! She's just an Austenberg woman for crying out loud. Why did you resort to the dumbest, riskiest move?" "Sir, it's not entirely the young lady's fault!"

Elijah jumped in to defend Abbey, "You don't know how horrible Flora has been to her. She did countless awful things, and Abbey just snapped..."

"Who gave you the right to speak?"

Despite his age, Tommy's authoritative presence was still intimidating, causing Elijah to shrink back and fall silent.

"Grandfather, there's no need to worry so much. Flora can't cause much trouble without solid evidence. If things get too heated, we can always find someone to take the fall."

overly cautious. Was Flora really worth all this fuss? Even with Connor's protection, what could she

Lone Island

do you know,

Miss Abbey, there's trouble! Something's

from his chair so fast that he nearly toppled over, his body unsteady

...

At the competition venue.

hundred teams

hanging around, growing

increasingly impatient. The

team had been gone for more than an hour to

with no sign

scores were really tallied

QUMS

global competition, it's been around for ages;

just

back by now. It's been over an hour! My guess is the Austenberg team found out their player scored a big fat

answers. Scoring zero is no

place

going to be