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

As the crowd was busy making fun of Flora and Team Austenberg, the electronic screens that had been dark all around suddenly flickered to life. Everyone turned their heads, thinking there was some big announcement from the event organizers.

Backstage, the multimedia staff were just as confused.

"What the heck? I didn't press anything," one of them muttered, staring at the screens in disbelief.

"What's going on?" The host rushed in, looking frantic.

"I don't know..." the staff member replied, still pressing buttons in vain.

At that moment, a video began to play on the screens.

In the video, Abbey and two people with staff badges were focused on a computer.

"There's a contestant with a perfect score!" one of them exclaimed, causing Abbey and the other staff member to crowd around.

"What? Who got a perfect score? I thought Joy was the top scorer?"

"Yeah, Joy only got a 91."

The crowd was buzzing with confusion.

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The video kept playing.

"Who got the perfect score?" Abbey's voice echoed.

"Let me check... It's someone from Team Austenberg, named Flora. That name sounds familiar. Isn't she the one who fell asleep during the exam? She-" Gasps filled the room!

Flora?!

Flora got a perfect score?!

"No way! Did I hear that right? Flora aced it?!"

"With questions that tough, how could anyone get a perfect score?!"

"Hold on," someone chimed in, "If

Flora got a perfect score, why did et Conal score end up as zero?"

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Everyone started murmuring, realizing something was off. Yeah, if Flora nailed it, why did her final score show zero?

Backstage, the host's face went pale as a sheet. She had a sinking feeling about what was coming. She knew if the video continued, chaos would ensue.

"Quick! Turn off those screens!" she shouted, sweating bullets.

The staff were in a frenzy, "We can't! We've been hacked; we can't shut it off!"

And Abbey's voice continued on the screens-

"Whether Flora gets a perfect score is up to me. Change Flora's score to zero."

"But the Austenberg team won't accept this. If they complain-"

"Heh, what can they do? I have my ways to shut them up."

Abbey arrived just in time to hear this. Her vision blurred, and she almost fainted.

She stormed into the backstage the door open, and

area,

, "What is this?! What

Usually so proud and aloof, she now looked deranged, her face contorted in rage.

It was a pitiful sight.

The staff were terrified, "We... we don't know!"

They were on the verge of tears, having tried everything, even pulling the plug, but nothing worked!

"Ahhh!" Abbey screamed, smashing the computer to bits.

But it was no use.

No use at all.

Her voice echoed through the venue, over and over again.