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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worried about getting kicked out of school because she

of that.

But Vera exploded.

Do you 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

same day as you, but she’s already

fooling around like this,

even if you do, it’ll probably be some third–rate college!”

had to take a break

her and had scolded

to

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

“Pyralis University?”

hardly believe her

“Yup.” Bonnie nodded.

best university in Pyralis! Only the

in because she studied hard day and

years. What makes you

problem getting in if I become

Bonnie was confident.

was truly exasperated. By the time she regained her

bedroom.

had worked on her research for two days straight, and she was exhausted.

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

it, and a handsome

to have a

“Are you sure

“100%!”

“Okay, I’m in.”

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

“Sure.”

hanging up, Bonnie took a hot shower and lay down in bed to sleep.

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

a long time, so she decided

saw an old man shadow boxing

to go,

take a

showered the

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

kickboxing from a young age, so she couldn’t