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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wasn’t worried about getting kicked out of school

of that.

But Vera exploded.

principal or something? You’re 20 years old, Bonnie! You could have graduated long

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

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

even if you do, it’ll probably be

told Vera why she had to take a break from school back then.

her parents didn’t believe her and had scolded

didn’t bother trying to

worry, I’m not going to some third–rate college. I’ll be going to Pyralis University.”

“Pyralis University?”

could hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

the cream of the

in because she studied hard

for two years. What makes you think you can get

in if I become the top scorer in the entrance

Bonnie was confident.

was truly exasperated. By the time she regained her composure, Bonnie had returned to her

bedroom.

her research for two days straight, and she

ready to shower, she received a

answered it, and a handsome

Knight wants to have a game with

“Are you sure it’s

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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

“Sure.”

a hot shower and lay down in

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left her house in a tank top and a pair

kickboxing training in a long time, so she decided to work out in

boxing while his peers

go, Orson!”

a

the man with their compliments.

“Your footwork is poor, and your strikes are

from a young age, so she