Chapter 621
le picked up his phone, almost called Julia.
hen thought better of it and put it back down.
lis eyes drifted back to the screen, scrolling through comment after comment heaping praise on Maggie. His expression went cold.
laggie had no time to think about what anyone else had going on in their heads.
hat same afternoon, she sat down for an interview with one of the major outlets.
‘hen she finally finished and checked her phone, she saw a message from Isabella sent a little while earlier. Grandpa and Grandma were back home. Frai anted everyone at the old house for dinner tonight, and she was already on her way there.
aggie typed back: Okay, got it, sweetie.
e interview footage went live that same evening, and it even made the national news broadcast.
le Wison family had just finished dinner and were sitting around the living room snacking on fruit and chatting when it came on.
ord about Maggie working at Cole had gotten around long ago, even Old Mrs. Wilson, who generally kept herself out of the loop these days, had picked up d pieces. So everyone else definitely knew. And that morning’s buzz over Maggie’s paper had already made the rounds too.
e only one in the dark was probably Isabella.
e knew Maggie had done an interview that morning, but she had no idea why reporters were coming after her mom in the first place. She was still little, a e news mostly went over her head, but she could tell the anchor kept saying nice things about Maggie. Her eyes went wide.
Wow, Mommy’s so amazing! Mommy is that cool?!”
aria and Stella were both well aware that a small corner of the internet still had doubts about Maggie. They didn’t say anything. York, though, had sent Mag ongratulations message that very morning, and hearing Isabella now, he pulled the little girl into his lap and gave her chubby cheeks a happy squeeze. “Of urse she is! Your mom is the coolest!”
bella lit up even more. She grabbed the phone sitting next to her. “I’m gonna call Mommy!”
e TV was still going in the background, Isabella wandered off for some quiet, and Maria watched her go before turning and saying, “She’s published three pers now, hasn’t she? Three high–impact papers in such a short window… I’d imagine she’s in the running for some of the major Al awards this year. mestic and international both?”
e topic had actually come up during Maggie’s interview earlier that day too. The host had brought it up.
ana was dearly directing the question at Franklin.
ankiin made a quiet sound of acknowledgment “Barring anything unexpected, the odds are pretty good
either Maria nor Stella knew for certain whether Maggie’s work was genuinely that impressive on its own merits
ut if it was…
here was no getting around it Maggie’s ceiling would be sky high
laria said evenly, Guess we underestimated hei
ranklin and Stella both stayed quiet
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