The only sound was the f

at Stella's wrist, then at me. The piec

s, Mr. Davenport?" he asked

ying to frame me! She's obsessed! She p

This is insane. We all know

. The seed of doubt had been pl

n, but it didn't prove I was the coding prodigy, the National Merit Schola

I announced, my voice ringing out in t

be me. You claim to have my grad

Something any first-year computer science major should be able to handle. Let's see you writ

t the crowd. This was a sp

rom my past life that she couldn't write a single line of code

to her parents,

nger. "This is outrageous! Our daughter will not be su

nnocence. "It should be easy for you. After all, you're

rapped. If she refused, she admitted she was a frau

" Stella cried, tears welling

n hardening. "It seems like a reasona

shouting, trying to create chaos, to deflect, but

e was terrified of a

s they were all distracted, th

me, it wasn

had no idea w