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The whole cheating incident fizzled out online. With no updates or follow–ups, people quickly forgot.
Meanwhile, Yunice got back on track and threw herself into the lab, shadowing Laurie and observing the use of advanced equipment and ongoing PhD–level research projects.
Laurie was a stickler. No matter how eager Yunice was to try the equipment herself, Laurie wouldn’t let her touch anything. She could only watch.
Time flew by in those busy, productive days, and before long, it was score release day.
Everyone–except for the Saunders family–was anxious on Yunice’s behalf.
Yunice sat in front of the computer, Wyatt standing behind her, arms braced on her chair.
She typed in her info and hit “Search.”
Wyatt leaned in, visibly more invested than she was.
But when the scores came up, his brows slowly knit together. “What the hell?”
Yunice, holding the mouse, froze too.
Her phone rang. It was Carl.
She picked up. “Hey.”
“Did your score come out?” Carl asked.
Yunice hesitated. “Something’s… off.”
Carl picked up on her lack of excitement and tried to comfort her. “It’s okay if it didn’t go well. There’s always next year.”
Freya’s voice piped up from the background. “Didn’t you say you felt good about it? You even threw a party. Was it the cheating scandal that messed you up?”
If that was the case, then all that confidence and celebration would’ve just been a giant flop.
Yunice stared at the screen, then glanced up at Wyatt and muttered, “I think I got flagged.”
Wyatt frowned. “Flagged? You think someone’s sabotaging you?”
Before Yunice could reply, Victor’s voice drifted through the phone. “Top ten scorers in Silverburgh get their results concealed. It’s a standard privacy protocol to avoid public hype and pressure around the ‘perfect score‘ kids. Keeps the process fair.”
Wyatt’s jaw tightened.
Yunice, sensing his pride was wounded, rushed to explain. “I didn’t even know they did that. This is a first for me too.”
Wyatt didn’t look any better.
Three years ago, Yunice had taken the SAT, but her results were stolen and used by Elsie. She hadn’t even been allowed to check her own score.
Looking at where Elsie ended up academically, it was obvious Yunice had scored pretty damn high back then too.
“Top ten in the province?” Carl and Freya both exploded on the other end of the line.
They figured she’d done well–but top ten? That was insane.
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After checking her scores, Wyatt even started walking differently–like he was carrying a national treasure.
He called Laurie into his office and practically shoved the screenshot in her face. “You see this? That’s the kind of academic ‘lack‘ my wife has.”
But her heart had long been set. She wanted to go to Med U.
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