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.”

was, she wasn’t a match for their daughter. After all, their girl had aced it, clinching the top spot

reactions, Emmitt looked up. puzzled. Summer had been their cherished foster daughter for over a decade.

because Mirabella had done poorly,

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

exaggerated, it was as if he wanted to tattoo ‘World’s Smartest Daughter‘ across

chimed in, her tone

registered shock as he turned to

blinked innocently. “Huh, didn’t I

chimed

she…” Emmitt blurted out impulsively, “Her grades were not great, were they?”

at her eldest son. “Who told you that?” She seemed to have erased from her memory the fact that she too had once believed her daughter’s academic performance was lacking.

taken aback.