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

of

But Vera exploded.

think 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. Hell, you even took one whole

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

this, you’ll

do, it’ll probably be some

why she had to take a break from school

believe her and had

trying to explain herself

third–rate college. I’ll be going to Pyralis University.”

“Pyralis University?”

believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

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

she studied

repeated grades for two years. What makes you

no problem getting in if I become the top scorer

Bonnie was confident.

exasperated. By the time she regained her composure,

bedroom.

on her research for two days straight,

getting ready to shower, she received a video call from one of her

it, and a handsome man showed up

wants to have a game

“Are you

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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excited. “The Shepherd and the Knight are the titans of the chess world. This will be the game

“Sure.”

Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down in bed

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next day, Bonnie left her house in a tank top and a pair

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

saw an old man shadow boxing

go, Orson!”

can take a punch like that!”

the man

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

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