They Wanted Her Gone, Now They Kneel by Evelyn Marlowe novel Chapter 100

Chapter 100 The Light Behind The Curtain

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Taylor remained perfectly calm, lifting his gaze toward Scarlett with the faintest of smiles tugging at the corners of his lips. The look in his eyes gradually softened.

Scarlett had already stepped forward. Once she confirmed the USB was in place, she bowed to the panel of experts and the audience before beginning in a calm, steady voice. “My research focuses on labeling cancer cells. The approach is as follows…” She clicked the remote in her hand and pointed to the screen behind her. But at that moment, the entire screen went blank.

Rebecca’s heart fluttered with joy. This had to be Oliver’s move. She couldn’t wait to see Scarlett humiliated. From this moment on, Scarlett would fall from grace, mocked by all, and eventually become her personal toy-someone she could break at will. The rest of the Joyner family smiled smugly, all except Stanley, who looked concerned and tried to rise, only for Eugene to stop him.

“Eugene!” Stanley whispered urgently. Even he could see this was one of Oliver’s tricks-there was no way Eugene hadn’t noticed. But Eugene’s eyes were fixed on John in the panel of experts, a storm of thoughts swirling behind them. Helping Scarlett now might earn John’s goodwill, but to the rest of the academic world, it would look like unprofessional bias. Even with John’s support, it could cost him everything. This was a high-stakes gamble he didn’t dare take.

“Just wait,” he said under his breath.

Stanley reluctantly sat back down. “I’m worried Scully can’t handle this.”

“If that’s really the case, I’ll step in,” Eugene replied, clenching his fists and taking a deep breath.

“Five more minutes,” Stanley said, nodding.

Across the room, Micah looked uneasy as well. But the moment he saw the smirk on Calvin’s face, he stayed quiet. He didn’t have the power to challenge someone of Calvin’s level. Not yet.

The screen remained white. Whispered murmurs began to spread across the room.

“Did she forget to prepare? Maybe she’ll blame it on the AV system.”

“She asked some good questions earlier, but now? Can’t even get her slides up.”

“Makes you wonder if those questions were even hers to begin with.”

“Gross. What a scam.”

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Chapter 100 The Light Behind The Curtain

“Is this really the best that school can do?”

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“Thank god I didn’t enroll there. I didn’t know theater was part of the medical curriculum.”

The room filled with snide remarks and smug amusement. Everyone was ready to see Scarlett fail.

But then the screen flickered-and her presentation came to life.

Everyone fell silent.

Oliver shot to his feet in disbelief as Scarlett smiled and began calmly explaining her methodology and experimental data. Her voice was soft, yet somehow magnetic. But Rebecca couldn’t hear a word. She kept looking to Oliver for answers, but he gave her nothing. How had Scarlett pulled this off? She shouldn’t have been capable of this. It was over. Everything

was over.

Next to her, Calvin had started off uninterested, but as the presentation continued, his expression tightened. Then, it turned to shock. Eventually, he was frozen, unable to move.

Thirty minutes later, Scarlett finished speaking. The question session began immediately.

“Using pig genes to mark viruses?” someone laughed. “What is this, a sci-fi novel?”

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