Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 20

“You got it!” Janet quickly produced the worksheets, covering everything from math to physics and chemistry.

This was more than a “few” problems!

Janet added enticingly, “Fried chicken covered in cheese, with a freshly squeezed mango juice on the side.”

“Deal.” Now that they were talking, her exhaustion suddenly vanished.

Juniper explained the problems with meticulous detail. Janet sat frozen, pen in hand, staring at her with wide, star-struck eyes like a little wooden doll.

“Anything else you don’t understand?”

“Nope, all clear!” Janet shook her head vigorously, her voice filled with adoration. “Juniper, you’re amazing! Your methods are even simpler than our teacher’s.”

“Extra cheese, please. I love cheese,” Juniper said, patting Janet’s shoulder. She popped a mango candy from her pocket into her mouth and headed for the bathroom.

Saskia walked in just then, looking around. “Janet, are you done tutoring Juniper?”

Janet slumped onto the table, staring blankly at the ceiling, completely devastated. “Who am I to tutor Juniper?”

Saskia was confused.

“From this day forward, Juniper is my one and only goddess!” Janet leaped up from her chair as if possessed and recounted everything that had just happened.

“So…” Saskia was stunned, her mouth agape. “When Juniper said she could get into college by studying on her own, she wasn’t bragging?”

“Of course not!” Janet nodded emphatically. She gathered her books, rolled up her sleeves, and headed for the kitchen. “Juniper is exhausted from tutoring me. I’m going to make her some fried chicken.”

What was going on? Listening to the sound of the shower, Saskia sat down in a daze, her mind reeling. Juniper, who had only finished her freshman year, was tutoring Janet, a top-thirty student in the city from a magnet high school?

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