Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

"It's okay, I guess."

Flora replied casually.

"Either it's good or bad, what's 'okay' supposed to mean?" Debra frowned, turning to Joy. "Joy, weren't you in the same exam room as Flora? Did you notice how she was doing?"

"Flora, well..." Joy fiddled with her hair, looking a bit troubled, unsure how to put it. "From the moment she walked in, she was asleep. She only woke up in the last half hour to finish the test and hand it in." The room fell into a stunned silence.

They couldn't believe what they'd just heard.

Flora had been sleeping since she entered the exam room?

And only started working on the test in the last half hour?

Ridiculous!

"Flora, that's too much!"

Debra, finally snapping out of it, was almost in tears.

The other members of the Austenberg team glared at Flora with a mix of anger and disbelief, their eyes red, as if they wanted to tear her apart.

They had sacrificed sleep for months, seizing every moment to study, just to score an extra point or two in this competition. But Flora?

They didn't expect her to score high. They had even accepted the possibility of her dragging them down. But Flora's attitude was something they couldn't stomach.

Did she even care about this competition? Did she care about them at all?

If she did, she wouldn't have slept through the exam!

Debra bit her lip hard, her eyes burning red as she stared at Flora. "Do you have a grudge against us? Can't you take this seriously for once, without messing everything up?" "I did take it seriously. I didn't mess up," Flora said, lifting her eyes.

"Seriously? What can you do in half an hour? And you're still making excuses!" Debra roared. "If we lose, it'll be your fault! You're a curse!"

"Do you realize how much we've put into this competition? And you're just throwing it all away!"

"With that attitude, why did you even join? We would've been better off forfeiting right from the start!"

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Everyone was seething, wishing they could tear Flora apart.

They felt like a joke, and Flora had no right to sleep through the exam! "Enough!"

As the situation spiraled out of control, Mr. Tanner rubbed his

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said in a low, angry

voice, "Do you want to make more of a spectacle of ourselves?"

He was irritated, but the exam was over; what use was there in saying more?

It would only give others more reason to laugh.

Their commotion had already drawn attention from other teams.

"Alright, it's getting late. Let's go have dinner," he sighed.

"Debbie, it's okay, stop crying. Let's go eat."

Joy pulled Debra, who was still crying, and the others followed. They didn't want to see Flora anymore.

Just the sight of her made them furious.

They wished they could punch her.

"Flora, just give me an estimate. How much do you think you scored?" Mr. Tanner hesitated but eventually asked.

He needed to have an idea of the

score. He was genuinely afraid that

Flora had scored too low, and, Austenberg wouldn't even make it to the semifinals.

"Um..." Flora tilted her head, thinking carefully. "Full marks, I guess."

Mr. Tanner: "..."

Never mind.

He wouldn't ask anymore.

The scores would be out by the afternoon anyway.

He sighed, "Let's go have dinner."

"Nond. "You guys go ahead.

Flora stood up with her

Someone's coming to have lunch with me."

Saying that, she picked up her backpack and left.

The news of Flora sleeping for an hour during the exam quickly spread among the teams from various countries.

They were all stunned.

It was the first time they had seen someone daring to sleep during such a competition.

At the same time, they began to sympathize with the Austenberg team.