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

"No worries, I've already eaten."

"Alright then." Mr. Tanner kept his warm smile, "Have a seat for a bit; the competition's about to start."

"Mm-hmm."

Flora nodded absentmindedly.

At 9:10 AM.

The host stepped onto the stage, speaking slowly, "Good morning, everyone. Congratulations on making it through the preliminaries to the semifinals. Now, let me go over the details and rules for the second round=" The semifinals would still be individual contests, but team scores would be calculated.

This round, Lone Island would present twenty questions. Contestants needed to answer on stage within a thirty-minute timeframe.

Since it was a draw, only ten out of the twenty contestants from each team would ultimately take the stage.

After explaining the rules briefly, Mr. Tanner rubbed his hands together, silently hoping Flora would be drawn!

The other contestants felt the same way.

With Flora on stage, victory was almost certain.

They had once seen Flora as a weak link, thinking she would drag them down. But now, she was their secret weapon.

What a turnaround.

"Alright, team leaders, please come up to draw."

climbed onto the stage, his steps a bit stiff from

Then, the drawing-

...

who did we

Tanner came down, all the contestants

Did we get Flora?

really matter who

bit theatrically, and if you looked closely, there was a slight

competing shortly. First, Selene, second, Joy,

Tanner paused, and under the expectant gaze of everyone, he

"Flora!"

trembled

'Flora' prompted cheers from the

This round's in the

knowledge, and Flora had scored perfectly in the first round. These questions were nothing for her.

preliminaries, if they took first in

a shot at

it

"Good luck!"

rooting for

their tone carrying a hint of flattery towards

almost grinding her teeth

once belonged to

What's there to be proud of Debra, too, was green with envy.