Chapter 21. To Pick You Up

The two discussed food: the twelve top dishes that feature shrimp, techniques to roast pork to retain its juiciness, and secret family recipes for meat sauce. Scarlett went back to school satisfied.

The academic transcripts for the junior year students were publicly displayed on every board in the hallways. The teachers also announced the annual scholarship winners.

Nobody was surprised to see that Scarlett was on the list again. To her delight, she found that she would receive around 6k in scholarships alone. She took another glance at the notice board and then went upstairs to the classroom.

Bell was late. She walked with light steps into the classroom and took the seat next to Scarlett. Scarlett was listening to Professor Suvorov talking passionately about the new policies toward Russia proposed by President Trump and suddenly interrupted in a low voice, “Have you heard of the list of winners of the Sandler Scholarships?”

“Nope. Who is on the list?”