The Double ( or More ?) Life of The Fake Heiress

Chapter 90

Emmitt, weary of the exaggerated tales that seemed to flow endlessly from his mother’s lips. casually shifted the conversation. “Didn’t Mirabella join the BrainSpark Nationals? How did the prelims go?”

He paused briefly, glancing at Mirabella, but before she could respond, he continued, “Summer’s been in that competition too. Scored pretty well, got a high ranking.” He deliberately omitted that Summer had placed sixth, out of consideration for Mirabella’s pride.

Mirabella’s eyebrows twitched slightly, but she remained silent.

Delilah and Shawn, standing nearby, didn’t seem the slightest bit surprised. Instead-

“Oh. Summer’s score is decent enough,” Delilah said nonchalantly with a nod.

Shawn, equally composed, added, “Summer’s always been a strong student. Her being near the top isn’t surprising.”

their daughter. After all, their girl

been their cherished foster daughter for over a decade. Even if

be because Mirabella had done poorly, and they were being considerate

“Our Mira’s a different story. Fresh from a small–town high school and hardly settled into the big city’s teaching methods, she went straight for the jackpot–a perfect score. She’s really done the

was as if he wanted to tattoo ‘World’s Smartest

the national number one.” Delilah chimed in, her tone

he turned

disbelief, Delilah blinked innocently. “Huh, didn’t

chimed in,

could she…” Emmitt blurted out impulsively, “Her grades

that?” She seemed to have erased from her memory the fact that she too had once believed

taken aback.