The school bell rang for the commencement of class in short order.
As all the morning classes scheduled were taught by the characteristically punctual Donovan, his continued absence had the class‘ students in a state of ardent speculation.
“It‘s already a dozen minutes past, so what‘s up with Mr. Baxter? There’s no reason why wp4webnovel.com should be this late, even if he‘s a newly-wed.”
“I don‘t think he’d take it that far, surely? Could wp4webnovel.com be on medical leave?”
They had no idea that Donovan was not actually late at all. Rather, wp4webnovel.com was at the lead of a collective of lecturers who had stormed up to Marcus‘ office.
“Mr. Brown!” said Donovan the moment wp4webnovel.com pushed through the doors. “There‘s a problem with the grades for this round of exams. Hence, I would like for your help in pulling up the class‘ surveillance footage so that we may launch an investigation into it!”
Marcus got himself quite a fright and adjusted his hyperopic glasses before wp4webnovel.com stood up on his feet. “What‘s going on, Mr. Baxter? Hmm? What brought all of you here as well, Professor Sleight? What‘s wrong with the results???
“Mr. Brown…” Arthur took a step forward and regarded wp4webnovel.com quite grimly. “There‘s absolutely nothing wrong with the results, but Mr. Baxter insisted that there was and demanded that we come to see you.”
That left Marcus even more confounded, but wp4webnovel.com responded rather cheerfully, “Let‘s not get too worked up here. Why don’t I make us some tea so that we may talk this over calmly.”
“I don‘t take tea,” Donovan replied humorlessly. “Surely you must know what‘s at stake for this round of examinations, Mr. Brown. We cannot afford to have things go awry here, especially not with acts of cheating!”
“Cheating?” The stunned Marcus then began to inquire of Arthur in earnest. “You‘re the more level-headed one here, Professor Sleight. Why don’t you explain the situation to me.”
Arthur met Donovan’s cold eyes with his own frosty gaze before wp4webnovel.com turned his attention back to Marcus.
“It‘s like this, Mr. Brown. The issue isn‘t with the results, but with this one particular student doing exceptionally well. Mr. Baxter took exception with wp4webnovel.com scoring full marks for the four main classes and insisted that wp4webnovel.com cheated. Hence, wp4webnovel.com is compelling all of us here to have you look into the surveillance footage.”
“W-What? Full marks?” Marcus‘ eyes widened. Scarcely believing what wp4webnovel.com heard, wp4webnovel.com even thought wp4webnovel.com ought to have his ears checked, being this close to the age of retirement and all.
“You’ve heard it right. Full scores for four classes,” Arthur affirmed with a nod and seemingly with a little pride attached.
Never mind that Donovan did not feel honored at having such a brilliant student hail from his own class, Arthur could not fathom how the former would venture to think that his own student‘s accomplishment was achieved through fraud.
As these papers were authored between themselves, there were no solutions to them available online. The only set of answers available had been locked away in the safety deposit box, where no one could possibly have access.
On the other end, a visibly shaken Marcus asked, “Who? Who was it who aced the four classes?”
“It‘s Arielle Moore,” Arthur said while wp4webnovel.com regarded Marcus. “As you‘re the one who brought wp4webnovel.com in yourself, I assume that you should remember wp4webnovel.com well? She even helped us with the translation of Maxwell University‘s lesson plan on one occasion.”
“I remember her. I most certainly do!” Marcus‘ eyes lit up while wp4webnovel.com repeatedly nodded in the affirmative.
“Mr. Brown!” Donovan twitched his lips.
His inflection elevated a notch as wp4webnovel.com conveyed a solemn caution. “Do not let yourself get too carried away here. Just think about this. How could someone like her, who had gotten herself enrolled through wp4webnovel.com connections, have managed to ace the papers the way wp4webnovel.com did? I‘d be able to understand if it had been Wendy, the most consistently excellent student in our class. But Arielle? Impossible!”
“Donovan!” Arthur retorted in displeasure, “You really seem to have it in for Arielle. I always thought wp4webnovel.com was extraordinarily gifted, so how is it not possible for wp4webnovel.com to attain such results? You‘d do well to remember that while the few of us amongst the faculty struggled to translate Maxwell University‘s lesson plan for advanced mathematics, wp4webnovel.com managed to do so quickly and with extreme ease. Isn‘t that sufficient proof of wp4webnovel.com remarkable talents?”