I Love You, Miss Genius

Chapter 5

“Her name? Bonnie Shepard, B–O–N–N–1–E, S–H–E–P–A–R–D.”

“Please hold, sir. Let me check the records.”

A minute later, the voice came through, stammering this time.

“Y–you’ve made a mistake. Bon” she coughed, “Bonnie Shepard hasn’t broken any law or escaped from the police.

“If you make a false report again, we’ll charge you!”

With that, she hung up.

Gresham was stupefied. Vera was beside him and had heard everything the police officer said.

“Are you done? I’ll go upstairs then.” Bonnie left.

Vera felt a sense of pity as she watched her walk away.

After all, Bonnie might be a loser, but she was still her daughter.

“I’m sorry, Bonnie. We were wrong about you.”

Saddened, Bonnie stopped and looked over her shoulder at Vera. That woman hardly ever apologized to her and was never so gentle to her.

Gresham sighed.

“I was just worried about you. Anyway, I apologize.”

Bonnie frowned. “It’s okay.”

The living room fell silent, and Bonnie spoke first.

“I’m hitting the sack.”

“Wait!”

Vera stopped Bonnie. “What on earth happened the other day? Why did you get taken away?”

“I told you, it’s classified. I’ll tell you when the time is right.”

Bonnie told her the truth.

Vera was losing her patience and felt disappointed and angry.

She didn’t want to hear any more lies, so she changed the subject.

“The school called. They said they might kick you out if you skip classes again.”

“I’ll handle it.”

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school because she could easily get someone to

care of

But Vera exploded.

you’re the principal or something? You’re 20 years old, Bonnie! You could have graduated long ago if you hadn’t skipped school so often.

on the same day as you,

fooling around like this, you’ll never get into college!

it’ll probably be some third–rate college!”

she had to take a break from school back then.

didn’t believe her and

didn’t bother trying to explain

I’m not going to some third–rate college. I’ll

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

the best university in Pyralis! Only the cream of the crop gets

studied hard

What makes you

in if I become the top scorer in the entrance test.”

Bonnie was confident.

By the time she regained her composure, Bonnie had returned to her

bedroom.

for two days straight, and she was

she received a

a handsome man

to have a game with

was intrigued. “Are you sure

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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Shepherd and the Knight are the titans of the chess world. This will be the game of the century! I’m really looking

“Sure.”

took a hot shower and lay down in bed to sleep.

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a.m. the next day, Bonnie left her house in a tank top and a

training in a long time, so

saw an old man shadow boxing while

go, Orson!”

a

the man with their

herself, “Your footwork is

kickboxing from a young age, so she couldn’t help