Second Chance His Unending Love (Calista Hartwell) novel Chapter 31

Chapter 31

He called Evander and Calista back, his excitement palpable.

He clutched the test paper and burst out laughing. “I found

her!”

Evander, as if he’d anticipated this all along, tilted his chiseled chin slightly, a hint of pride in his eyes.

“I told you I wasn’t exaggerating, Professor Wiseman.”

Logan grabbed Evander’s hands with both of his own, his voice brimming with enthusiasm. “Evander, you did it! You brought me such an extraordinary talent!”

“I’ve always had an eye for excellence,” Evander replied without the slightest hesitation, his intense gaze lingering on

Calista.

Calista paid no attention to him, her heart racing as she looked at the almost delirious Logan.

“Professor Wiseman, how did my daughter do?”

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measure.

“A perfect score!”

Logan exclaimed, spreading the test paper out for them to see, “In all my years of teaching, she’s the first student to get a perfect score on this exam! Not a single question stumped

her-and Olivia finished it in just one hour!”

At first, Logan was being all official, but his attitude totally changed; he got really eager.

As a seasoned educator, he knew well that the gap between

a perfect score and an A+ was never just about that single

grade.

A student who scored an A+ had reached their limit, while

one who earned a perfect score did so only because the

test’s maximum score was limited.

Olivia belonged firmly to the latter group.

Calista’s excitement surged. Overwhelmed with joy, she couldn’t help but take Logan’s hands.

“Does that mean Olivia can join your class at the Yale Scholars Program?”

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Logan smiled, “Absolutely! A student this gifted… I’m determined to help her reach even greater heights! Olivia,

take these next few days to relax, and then we’ll start

classes!”

Calista and Logan clasped hands in celebration.

“Count me in,” Evander said, stepping forward and wrapping

his large hand around theirs, subtly separating them.

“Professor Wiseman, thank you for taking care of Olivia these

next two months. Please guide her well,” Calista said.

She felt pure joy from the bottom of her heart.

Her daughter deserved to shine brightly without restraint, not

to live in fear and self-doubt under the Frost family.

Olivia let out a quiet sigh of relief, then tensed up slightly.

“Mom, what about Austin? Does he need to take the test

too?”

Resources had always been prioritized for Austin.

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immediately turned to Austin.

She worried that if Austin also got into the Yale Scholars Program, it might affect her.

Calista fell silent for a moment.

Getting one child into the program was already a huge accomplishment; they’d only gotten this opportunity thanks to Evander’s influence.

For a split second, maternal instinct made her want to fight for Austin, too, but she quickly came to her senses.

She said, “If he wants to get into the Yale Scholars Program, your father will arrange it for him. Olivia, just focus on yourself. You don’t need to worry about anyone else.”

Logan snorted, pulling no punches. “You mean the one who placed first in the city? I wouldn’t teach him if you paid me.”

A skewed moral compass, lack of gratitude, and a careless attitude-no matter how intelligent or high-scoring he was, Austin would never make the cut.

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“Olivia, will you blame me for being too meddlesome? Now,

you have to go to classes even during the summer break,” he

asked.

“Of course not! I’m not that ungrateful!” Olivia replied,

pausing for a moment before adding.

“Austin may seem free now, with no one to discipline him, but I know they are just indulging him. No one else is responsible for his future. Only Mom truly cares about what happens to

him.”

Calista stroked her daughter’s hair affectionately.

Through all these years, she was grateful to have such a thoughtful child by her side.

Human nature craves comfort, yet a mother’s role often disrupts it: no excessive phone use, no slouching, no picky eating, no bad company; do homework, go to tutoring, follow the rules, and so on.

Austin had never understood these things, but Olivia did- every single one.

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