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 because she could

care of

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

same day as you, but she’s

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

it’ll

why she had to take

didn’t believe her and had scolded her

trying to explain

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

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

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

because she studied hard day and

for two years. What makes you think you

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

Bonnie was confident.

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

bedroom.

for two days

received a

it, and a handsome man showed up on screen.

the Knight wants to have a game with you.”

you sure it’s

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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world. This will be the

“Sure.”

Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down

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Bonnie left her house in a tank

hadn’t done any kickboxing training in a long time, so she decided to

boxing while his peers looked

go,

a

elderly onlookers showered the man with their

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

a young age, so she