Marco’s hand trembled over the paper.
“My brother gave me this the night before my exam,” she said. “He stole it from the teacher’s desk. I passed. Got my certificate. Went to university. Became an engineer.” She paused. “My brother? He failed. Not because he wasn’t smart. Because he never learned how to try.”
Marco blinked. “That’s impossible. This edition is from 2023.”
She placed the paper on the table between them.
Outside his window, Lisbon hummed with evening traffic. Inside, only the tick of his watch and the whisper of his own failure.
Marco looked at the answers. Then at his own scratched-out attempts.
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