Orphan to Unbreakable Queen novel Chapter 104

Chapter 104

Carmen’s face turned deathly pale. “The chief judge found out I took someone else’s spot in the finals, and my eligibility has been revoked. If news of my cheating gets out, it’ll be announced to the whole school. How can I ever stay at this school again?”

She thought, ‘With this stain on my record, Rithol Art would never accept me. Alvin is definitely going there… I’m drifting further away

from him. How can I ever be with him now?’

“How could this happen…” Daxton was utterly stunned. He thought, ‘Only Alec and I knew about this. How could Stan possibly know? Is he psychic or something?’

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Before he could finish speaking, the loudspeaker crackled to life, cutting through the air, and it was the announcement of the International Mathematics Competition results.

A person said, “First, we would like to thank all participants for their hard work. Now, we announce the top three winners. The Gold Medal goes to the Department of Mathematics at Rithol University. The Silver Medal goes to an international contestant. The Bronze Medal goes to Aubree Miller.

“Remaining participants may check their rankings on the scrolling display. Top three medalists, please proceed to the award podium to claim your prizes.”

The announcement was broadcast three times in succession, sending waves of astonished murmurs through the square.

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It wasn’t the gold medalist who stole the spotlight at this competition, but the bronze. The single name announced meant this contestant had fought their way up from the open qualifiers.

The International Mathematics Competition had been held for several editions, yet never, regardless of the host country, had an open qualifier become a medalist.

A person asked, “Who the hell is Aubree? She’s insane!”

Another said, “Wow, what a legend! I gotta head to the award ceremony to catch the interview, I’ve never even heard of this prodigy before.”

A third said, “Wait, I just remembered! There was this young girl in my exam room, she looked like a high schooler. Could that be her?”

Someone exclaimed. “A high schooler! With skills like that, shouldn’t she have been fast-tracked to college already?”

The Wilson family were equally dumbfounded when they heard the announcement.

Alice was so shocked she forgot to comfort Carmen. Grabbing Daxton’s arm, she gasped, “Daxton, did I hear that right? Did they just say Aubree?”

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