Chapter 16 The Real Winner

• Three weeks after the gala, school felt like a different school.
• The white lights from the gala were gone. The foundation banners were taken down. Mr. Chen’s office on the third floor was locked and empty, with a sign that said “Under Review.” Mrs. Albright was still the counselor, but she didn’t talk about influence anymore. She talked about stress management.
• The scholarship was still frozen. No one knew when it would be unfrozen, or if it would be. The ministry investigators came twice, interviewed all ten finalists, took the USB, took Sofia’s folder, took screenshots of the @kingwatcher account that Ms. Avery had saved before it was deleted.