Mrs. Chilsony hurried the girls to get ready and join the others for breakfast at the hotel´s restaurant. It was very enjoyable. There was a fellowship among the students that came from many parts of the country to compete. The truth is that they shared the love of math and found it enjoyable to discuss these matters with their peers.

They were accommodated in a long table for more or less thirty people, and the other hotel guests would be impressed when eavesdropping on their chats, “Did you find the coseno and cotangent at first try?” “Nooo. It took me a while. How did you do with the hypotenuse?” And so on… The competition was only on Saturday. For now, they saw each other as friends with a similar interest. Many of them kept in touch for the years to come.

But what impressed everybody the most was the beautiful roses bouquet delivered to Mandy there. They were from Mark. And they kept coming every morning to her surprise and del