Chapter 332 The One Who Can’t Stand to Lose
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Owen stared at Lily across the dinner table, his tone laced with suspicion. “Aren’t you even a little shocked that Yunice took the SAT?”
Lily waved it off. “Must be a mistake. Someone probably used her photo or something. That tag’ll be gone in a day or two. Wyatt didn’t say anything, right? If it were real, he’d be all over it.”
Owen thought about it and nodded. That did make some sense.
He glanced over at Elsie’s usual seat. “She’s not coming home again tonight?”
“She’s working overtime,” Lily said smoothly. “Hospitals don’t exactly run on a nine–to–five.”
Owen didn’t say more, but the posts he’d seen online stuck in his mind. Everything about Yunice’s supposed SAT sit seemed too detailed to be fake.
The next morning, curiosity got the better of him. He rerouted his commute and stopped by the testing center.
Sure enough, outside the gates, parents were still talking about the girl in the cheating scandal. When they mentioned her, their faces twisted in disgust.
Owen’s expression turned ugly. He couldn’t believe Yunice had brought shame on the family–again.
He stayed by the front gates, scanning each arriving student.
Then, when a girl with a face mask walked past, he reached out and grabbed her by the arm. “Yunice. You think a mask’s gonna fool me?”
Yunice hadn’t expected to run into him.
Owen yanked on her arm. “You’re coming with me.”
“I’m here for the SAT,” Yunice snapped.
“SAT? What a joke. You know what people are saying about you? About us?” His tone turned nasty. “You cheating on a standardized test–is this your big plan? Humiliate the Saunders family in public and watch us get trampled?”
To Owen, this was all deliberate. He thought Yunice was making a scene just to drag their name through the mud.
He noticed the pencil pouch in her hand and lunged for it. “Faked an ID too, huh? You know you could go to jail for this?”
He tried to tear up her admission slip on the spot.
He figured if he could stop this madness right now, before the test, maybe the whole thing would blow over. Better to pull the plug than let her finish the test and stir up even more trouble.
But Yunice was faster. She snatched the pouch back and darted to the side, ducking behind the uniformed guard stationed nearby.
3:31 PM

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