Chapter 4

Mom and the others exchanged confused glances upon hearing my name.

"Did you get the name wrong? Cam should be the one who's the national top scorer," Cassandra chimed in.

"You're definitely asking for the wrong person. Clay didn't even take his exams. Why are you looking for him? Check the scores! Once you check the scores, you'll know that Cam's the top scorer."

"I don't think that's a good idea," Camden said. "He didn't take the exams. He'll definitely get upset when they check the scores and find out that my score is so much higher than his."

He then looked up at me, fixing a faux-concerned expression on his face.

Mom didn't think it was a bad idea at all. "It's fine! Clay is strong mentally. Check the scores right now. I want everyone to know how amazing you are, Cam."

My heart had become numb a long time ago. After all, I couldn't even keep track of how many times I had been used as an example anymore.

Ever since Mom and the others set their plan of dragging me down into motion, my alarm was turned off, and I was abandoned on the way to school. They did everything they could to get in my way and ensure that I would get dismal results.

They didn't think that they did anything wrong, treating their actions as jokes just to comfort Camden every time.

"Look! Clay's results are worse than yours this time."

"You're the smartest one in the family, Cam. You immediately left Clay in the dust right after your mood got better."

They never once cared if their actions or words hurt me. In fact, the same thing was happening at that moment. They were ready to publicly humiliate in front of everyone.

Cassandra didn't hesitate at all when she gestured at a waiter and said, "Give me my laptop. Let's check Clay's score first!"

She then swiftly typed my exam admission details into the site.

An image appeared on the screen, showing that I had gotten zero points.

The guests started to boo my poor results.

"No matter how bad a student is, they still shouldn't have scored zero points in the SATs."

"I heard Clayton used to be quite smart in the past. I wonder what happened to him. Did he mix with the wrong crowd and pick up bad habits?"

"I think I saw him at the bar once. Don't tell me that…"

Mom and the others didn't speak up to defend me.

"I told you that you're looking for the wrong person, sir," Mom said to the admission directors. "There's no way you're looking for Clay to join your colleges when his results are so dismal. Take a look at Cam instead. He must be the one you're looking for!"

She then pushed Camden toward the admission directors.

Rebecca stepped forward and gleefully said, "Come on, show Cam's score. Let everyone know just how amazing he is."

Cassandra nodded with a smile. She then typed Camden's exam admission details into the site.

Everyone held their breath in anticipation as the system refreshed.

A new image appeared on the screen, showing that Camden had also scored zero points.