She stared at the stiff paper.

Someone had canceled their discounted hotel room by fax.

Someone had sent Arthur an anonymous email claiming the twins were ineligible.

Now the scoring threshold had been raised right before the first test.

“This isn’t a coincidence,” Claire said.

“We’ll just have to beat them on the merits,” Arthur said.

“I can ask the director for a favor during the lunch break.

Maybe he’ll reconsider the placement.”