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 had aced it, clinching

had been their cherished foster daughter for

for her, their response seemed off. Could it be because Mirabella had done poorly, and they were being

a different story. Fresh from a small–town high school and hardly settled into the big city’s teaching methods,

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

national number one.” Delilah chimed in, her tone shifting to one of unbridled pride, her chin lifted

face registered shock as he turned to them. “Perfect score?

innocently. “Huh, didn’t I tell you?”

chimed in,

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

son. “Who told you that?” She seemed to have erased from her memory the fact

taken aback.