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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kicked out of school because she could

of that.

But Vera exploded.

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

the same day as you, but she’s already a sophomore

you keep fooling around like this, you’ll never

if you do, it’ll probably

to take a break from school back

her parents didn’t believe her and had

trying to explain herself again.

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

“Pyralis University?”

believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

Only the cream of the crop gets

studied hard day

repeated grades for two years. What makes you think

no problem getting in if I become the top scorer in the entrance

Bonnie was confident.

regained

bedroom.

research for two days straight, and

shower, she received a video call from one of her best

and a handsome man showed up on screen.

wants to have a game with

intrigued. “Are you sure it’s

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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the chess world. This will be the game of the century! I’m really looking forward to

“Sure.”

hanging up, Bonnie took a hot shower

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

training in a long time, so she decided to work out in the park.

an old man shadow boxing while

to go, Orson!”

one can take a punch

showered the man with their compliments.

to herself, “Your footwork is poor, and your strikes are sloppy.”

learned kickboxing from a young age, so she couldn’t help pointing out his