No Way Back (Jane and Hugh) by Anna Mac novel Chapter 27

Chapter 27

“What!” everyone exclaimed.

They had all been so sure Jane would fail, except for Lila.

The outcome was a shock.

Jane had succeeded.

Furthermore, she only used 48 minutes.

“How is it possible?” people wondered.

It was unprecedented.

She had even broken the previous 54–minute record held by Peter Fowler.

She was quicker by six minutes.

People were flabbergasted.

Peter Fowler was a rarely seen genius from the Computer Science Major at the University of Oricle.

All the professors had nothing but praise for his outstanding talent.

Jane had exceeded their expectations.

She had surpassed her brother, Peter.

Not just by a little, either.

“Yeah! Janie, I knew you could do it!” Lila cried.

She ran to Jane excitedly, adoration obvious on her face.

Jane patted Lila’s head adoringly. “For your unwavering faith in me, I had to do it.”

Jane could have fixed lan Henderson’s program in 20 minutes.

She had not done it slowly on purpose.

It had taken longer because she could not use the hacking software she had written herself.

She could only use the school’s software. It was too slow.

That was why she had taken so long.

The news that Jane had completed the challenge in 48 minutes soon spread throughout the University of Oricle.

There were no exceptions.

Larry and Peter got wind of it too.

“Hahaha! Peter, Jane succeeded! She did it in 48 minutes! Six minutes faster than your old record!” Larry exclaimed.

Peter’s hand froze in the middle of writing.

He asked in disbelief, “What… How is that possible?”

“Look! Professor Henderson has just made a post congratulating Jane Fowler. You owe me a month’s lunch,” Larry said.

He knew Peter would not believe him, so he showed Peter his cell phone.

Peter looked at Larry’s Moments. Professor Henderson had indeed just

made a post.

The post read, “I hereby introduce to everyone, the student I am proudest of in my 20 years as a teacher, Jane Fowler.”

There were two pictures attached to the post.

The first one was of Jane talking to Lila.

In it, Jane was confident and radiant.

The second picture was of the stopped timer and the fixed program.

The time on the timer showed 48 minutes.

Exactly.

Not a second more, not a second less.

“She did it…” Peter muttered.

He was talking to himself.

His gaze wavered.

“Peter, it seems your sister is not as simple as you make her out to be,” Larry said.

He continued, “I’m beginning to become curious about her.”

Larry rubbed at his lip contemplatively.

Peter suddenly shot to his feet and ran toward the library.

“Hey, Peter, where are you running off to? Wait for me!” Larry called out.

He was just asking the obvious. Larry knew full well where Peter was

The only place Peter could be headed was Class 2903.

At Class 2903…

Madelyn decided to return to her class when she heard about Jane’s challenge results.

Jane had been faster than Peter by six minutes.

She was stunned.

“How is this possible? How did Jane succeed?” Madelyn wondered, incredulous.

Jane had surpassed Peter’s timing.

It was simply impossible.

Just then, hurried footsteps approached.

Madelyn looked up.

It was Peter.

“Peter, where are you going in such a hurry?” Madelyn asked.

Madelyn swallowed anxiously.

She did not share what she knew.

She wondered if Peter was in such a hurry because he knew that Jane had broken his record.

“Could he be looking for Jane?” Madelyn thought.

“Maddie, don’t you have class? What are you doing here?” Peter asked.

“I… I’m on my way to class now,” Madelyn said.

“Okay, we’ll chat later, Maddie. I have something urgent to attend to,” Peter said.