MAID OF REVENGE
“Please sit down properly, Ms. Madrid. Your time to answer has passed. I made it clear from the start—this was an IQ-style question designed to test observation, not rote knowledge.”
Crissy frowned deeply, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment and lingering disbelief. She sank lower into her seat, unable to mask her irritation at being outshone.
I leaned toward my friend Joy, who sat two rows behind me, and whispered, “I’ll wait for you at the library. It’s still early—I want to get some reading done.”
Joy nodded with a small smile. Even with a full schedule, I had always made time for books. In the quiet aisles of the library, surrounded by the scent of aged paper and ink, the world felt cl
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