Her Final Experiment: Their Regret
Webbe
Chapter 1
“Luna, do you realize your mistake?”
Russell Fisher’s voice snapped Luna Hayes out of her thoughts, and her gaze slowly focused on the face in front of her.
Wasn’t she dead? She’d died in the second year after her mentor sent her to prison. There, depression prompted her to crash into the wall and end her life.
How was she now opening her eyes again and seeing Russell, her senior in school?
Luna blinked with her sore and uncomfortable eyes.
Was she seeing things again? Was she imagining that Russell was here to take her out of prison?
“We understand that you want to join Professor Hanley’s research team, but that doesn’t justify you slandering Mia.
“Do
you
know that because of you accusing her of plagiarizing your thesis, she got depressed and hasn’t been to school for days? If this continues, you’ll just end up driving her to her death. Since when were you this cruel?”
Upon seeing that Luna remained unmoved, Russell grew irritated and slammed the cup in his hand onto the table.
The crash of the cup against the table finally made Luna react.
It seemed like this wasn’t just her hallucination. She was indeed seeing the same Russell from
ten years ago.
So,
T
, she’d been reborn to a decade earlier.
Currently, she was in her senior year at Velmora Medical School. She’d just taken the entrance exam for Wilson Hanley’s medical research team too. She’d entered the final selection stage by achieving the highest score in the written exam.
Coincidentally, Mia Monroe’s thesis for the final assessment had almost the same approach as hers. Their research methods and ideas aligned perfectly.
Luna didn’t believe that there was such a coincidence. But just as she began investigating, whispers of Mia’s plagiarizing somehow began circulating in the circle.
Wilson’s research topic was a domestic first, and the research team was the top in the country. Among the previous team members were Luna’s five seniors. They’d been working with her
since her sophomore year. The group of six not only helped each other in studies but also took care of Luna in her daily life.
She’d long considered them family, but ever since Mia joined, everything changed. Luna didn’t know when, but all the care and help soon shifted toward Mia. Even Wilson, who’d always praised Luna for being diligent, began treating Mia differently.
After the plagiarism rumors spread, her five seniors believed that Luna was the one who’d started them. Even the team’s professors had angrily accused Luna of it.
Luna admitted that she hadn’t been able to like Mia after what’d happened. In fact, she’d always tried to outdo Mia and hoped to win back everyone’s attention. But she’d never slandered Mia nor spread such rumors!
Russell softened his tone and said, “You’ve made a grave mistake. Professor Hanley said that as long as you apologize to Mia in front of the entire school, he won’t press charges. He’ll also explain to the school and have your punishment lifted.
“But if you remain stubborn and continue to slander Mia, the punishment will be the least of your worries. You might even be expelled.”
“Fine. I’ll apologize.” Luna indifferently looked up at Russell.
Russell was one year older than her and had grown up in the countryside like her. He was the first senior she’d met out of the five of them. They’d known each other for four years now.
Luna had assumed that given their mutual understanding, Russell would trust her and not think she was fabricating things out of thin air. But she never expected him to be the first to persuade her into apologizing!
Russell’s mouth fell slightly agape, and he found Luna’s expression a little strange. From what he knew of her, she wasn’t one to apologize so easily.
Still, an apology was a good thing, and he didn’t think too much about it.
“It’s settled then. I’ll tell Professor Hanley while you hurry up and write an apology letter so you can read it in front of the school tomorrow,” he said.
Luna’s lips curled into a sarcastic smile.
Now that she’d been reborn, she knew that those rumors had been spread by Mia herself. She was playing the victim card to drive a wedge between Luna and the seniors and professors!
Her so–called depression was nothing but a carefully crafted facade to manipulate the seniors‘ sympathy.
But now, none of that mattered anymore. What truly got Luna thinking was how Mia had managed to steal her thesis without anyone noticing.
In her past life, Luna had refused to apologize, and things escalated. When the school intervened in the investigation, they couldn’t find any evidence that Mia had plagiarized her
paper.
Not only was she scolded by her five seniors for being heartless, but she also received a disciplinary record. That led to many companies not wanting to hire her after graduation.
This time around, someone else would take that disciplinary record. She wanted no part of it.
By the next morning, Lama had prepared herself to publicly apologize and left her dorm with her backpack on.
Along the way, people were muttering behind her back.
“Look. That’s Professor Hanley’s only female student. She was jealous of the campus belle and spread rumors that the latter plagiarized her paper.”
“She’s just relying on her good grades to get the attention of the five seniors in our faculty. Who would’ve thought that Mia, who’d just transferred in, is not only on par with her academically, but is also beautiful and kind–hearted?”
“Look at her ugly face. She’s not even fit to be compared to Mia. I wonder why the five seniors are still protecting her.”
“Who said that? Haven’t you heard? This time, they’re all on Mia’s side. It was Wyatt’s idea for her to make an official apology.”
So, it was Wyatt Dalton’s idea!
Luna softly sneered and quickened her pace to leave. She’d just reached the field when she ran into Kevin Dorsey approaching her.
Kevin was in his first year of graduate school. Back when she’d just entered her senior year she struggled with some major courses. It was Kevin who handed her the well–organized notes and helped her pass the exams.
When he was preparing for the graduate entrance exams, Luna had also helped him with research and found him some reference books. All in all, she never owed the seniors anything!
Kevin looked at her with a trace of disappointment. “I’d always thought you were kind- hearted. Who would’ve thought you’d do such a despicable thing for this assessment? Fortunately, Mia was kind enough not to hold it against you.
“You don’t realize what you’ve done to her. She’s lost weight, and she looks haggard. Her big, watery eyes don’t even shine anymore. Yet, she’s still concerned about you. She even pleaded to the professor on your behalf to spare you from a public apology.
“You need to have a conscience. When you see her later, make sure to apologize. Understood?”
Luna lowered her eyes and muttered, “I understand. I’ll apologize properly.”
“You shouldn’t have acted so vain if you’d known this would happen.” Kevin wanted to reprimand her a little more, but when he saw Luna lowering her head and looking like she was
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genuinely admitting her mistake, he suddenly felt a little heartbroken.
Over the years, Luna had always been well–behaved and thoughtful. They’d all seen her pursuit of academics and appreciated her effort and determination. However, to see her go so
far as to plagiarize to secure a spot was truly disappointing!
Kevin led Luna into Wilson’s office.
