Josephine started to panic a little. "A… A retest?"
Corinne nodded. "Yeah. We should do a retest since this one ended up in a draw. I'm sure everyone was hoping there will be a clear winner in today's competition. Don't you think so?"
Josephine's gaze started to dart around. "Umm… I…"
At that moment, Josephine's mother ran up to the stage. "Don't be a sore loser, Corinne!"
Corinne smiled. "But I didn't lose. We both got perfect scores."
"Even so, everyone seems to think my daughter is the clear winner. You say you want to do a retest again? How? It takes time for the teacher to come up with the test paper, so it's not like you and Josephine can take another test immediately."
Corinne smiled. "I didn't say we need the teacher to come up with another set of questions. We can just use the ones who did before."
Josephine's mother was caught off guard by her answer. She had no idea where Corinne was going with this. "Then what's the point of doing the retest? The two of you will just get perfect scores again. Or do you want to compete to see who hands in the test paper the fastest?"
The reporters and camera people were confused by Corinne's suggestion, too.
"Yeah, what's the point of doing a retest with the same questions?"
"I bet she's just doing this to buy herself some time. Is she going to ask for another retest if this second test ends up in a draw too? When will it ever end?"
"Why can't she just be honest and admit her wrongdoing? Everyone will probably forgive her if she makes a sincere apology."
Corinne turned to face the audience and shouted to get heard over the noise, "There's no need to come up with new questions since we only need to replace the numbers in the question with new numbers!"
"Yeah! You should do it! We're all rooting for you!"
"You have nothing to lose since Miss Corinne said she'll admit defeat if you both get perfect scores!"
Josephine could not get out of the retest anymore, not when everyone was cheering her on.
Corinne, still twirling her pen, looked at her quietly. "Miss Josephine, are you perhaps scared of competing against me again?"
Josephine did not say anything. 'Oh no, what should I do?! I have no idea how to calculate the answer at all… It was only through memorization of the answer that I managed to get a perfect score!'
Seeing this, Josephine's mother immediately said with annoyance, "My daughter is tired. She doesn't have the energy to do a retest."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...