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."

Mr. Tanner climbed onto the stage, his steps

Then, the drawing-

...

did we

down, all the contestants couldn't

Did we get Flora?

doesn't really matter who we draw, does

Tanner coughed into his hand, a bit theatrically, and if you looked

I'll announce the names of those competing shortly. First, Selene,

paused, and under the expectant gaze of

"Flora!"

voice trembled

'Flora' prompted

got Flora! This round's in

Flora had scored perfectly in the first round. These

already secured first place in the preliminaries, if they took first

shot at winning the

give it

"Good luck!"

all rooting for

with excitement, their tone carrying

grinding her teeth

once belonged to her was

be proud of Debra, too, was green with envy. Her score wasn't low either, over eighty points. Why did