The Queen They Buried

Chapter 57

The prelims had finally anived.

The exam hall was packed with over a hundred students. Some nervous types were already trembling before the best papers were even handed out

Over the past couple of days, Aubree had done some targeted practice on competition questions, focusing especiall

they were challenging, she still handled them with effortless ease.

As soon as the test papers were handed out, Aubree quickly scanned through them and already had a plan in mind. Without a moment’s hesitat started sohing problems at lightning speed, to others, these numbers might be hard to crack, but to her, they were like long lost friends, intimately

familiar.

Less than halfway through the exons, she had already finished the text, handed in her paper, and left the room.

Before leaving the exam hall, Aufmee made a quick stop at the restroom. The sound of running water from the faucet blurred out the convertions in the hallway

That voice sounded a bit familiar,

She didn’t pay it much mind and was about to leave after washing her hands when the voices outside suddenly became class

“Dr. Wilson, this matter is rather delicate to handle,” a hoarse voice of the middle–aged man came.

Aubree thought, ‘Dr. Wilson?

‘Could that be Darton”

Her hand, which had been resting on the doorknob, quickly withdrew, Acting purely on reflex, Aubree pulled out her phone and hit record

That familiar voice continued, it was indeed Darton

He said, “Isn’t this just a small favor for you, Mr. Mccoy? For the art competition, only the finals require contestants to paint on

on site, the earlier rounds just

need submitted works. If you make a few minor adjustments, who’s ever going to know who actually made it to the finals

This art competition was hosted by the Rithol City Art Association, and Alec Mccoy, whom Daxton mentioned, was the key person in charge.

While clearly tempted, he feared exposure. After all, this was a state competition.

Dr. Wilson, you know our vice president is the chief judge this time, he’s as stubbor

can choose any floor

little sister Carmen lacks skill, she just missed the registration deadline. With her abilities, making it to the finals would be a

talking about cabbages at the market rather than a

risk, and multiplied returns. Only an idiot would

who studied art. Her skills weren’t exactly top tier. She might scrape by for an award, but making it to the finals was no problem. Besides, the list of finalists had just been drafted and

“Well, since you put it that way, Dr Wilson, I suppose I can

he said

in the hallway faded into silence. Aubree waited another moment, holding

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phone in her

this scene feels all too

would change, and this wouldn’t happen again. But here it is, resurfacing in a

tests and assignments, so nothing else ever happened. Back then, the art competition schedule

someone in was as easy as snapping their fingers for the Wilson

well Looking back, it was almost laughable that

later did Aubree realize that Carmen wanted the gold medal but, lacking the skill, used her to

with Aubree’s work, Since she had the scores to back herup, when Aubree ghostpainted for her in the finals,

her previous life, and now this evidence had fallen right into her hands, Aubree would be wasting a opportunity if she

through her memory for a contact, the vice president the two

lived and breathed art, remaining a lifelong

who questioned Carmen’s results. But lacking concrete evidence, he could only postpone her

Rithol High School clutching the painting she had phostpainted for Carmen. When he asked if she was the true artist, his eyes shone with such intense

that he could check the security footage from both the restroom area and the

her previous he, he’d managed to track her down with only the faintest clue. Now that there was both audio and video evidence, there was no way

walked past a sleek black Maybach, its tinted window slid down

doing here? Don’t

standard

an embarrassing disgrace. She doesn’t even know her

few days before the finalisty list would be announced and the championship round

the head coach was overseeing operations. He had recruited a new batch of staff and