When They Beg, I Rise!

The teacher said purposefully, keeping them dangling, "So, who wants to take a wild guess at who our class top-scorer might be?" Evelina chimed in, "It's gotta be our No.1 class rep, right?"

"Absolutely, if we're talking top scorer, it has to be our class rep. His grades have been top three in our grade for years. No doubt it's him." Just then, the class rep stood up and said, "Not me."

"How is that possible? If it's not him, then who else could possibly be the top scorer? Maybe the runner-up?"

When the teacher saw reporters also joining in, she quickly announced, "It's Lemira."

The classroom went dead silent.

Then Jessica let out a squeal, "Oh my god, it's you! You're the top of the city? Wow, you're incredible!"

The rest of the students were stunned. They had guessed many names, but Lemira as the top scorer was beyond their wildest thoughts.

How could Lemira be number one in

hit Evelina harder than a freight

sidekick, "Ha! Remember who was offering to retake the year with our city's top scorer, as if they had the right to talk about retaking the year with her? Such a shame." "Don't make me laugh, Jessica. This is

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the year together. Where does she get the nerve to even suggest

if she had bitten

top-scorer? There must be a

the same way. How

became the dark horse. Instead of being happy for her, as her classmates, as her family, you doubt her achievements.

to comfort her. Everyone was too busy discussing Lemira's

reporters approached, followed by the principal and the vice

a kindly old man, looked at Lemira with a proud smile, "I never expected you to score