My heart skipped a beat. How could that be? I had just obtained the same data moments ago. Could her abilities truly be that extraordinary? Was she so far ahead of me?
I refreshed her feed, and there it was—she had posted the exact steps of her experiment, and to my horror, they were identical to the steps I had just completed.
Panic surged through me. What went wrong this time? I read through her post again and again, comparing it with my own experiment. There wasn’t a single difference.
Determined to avoid this happening again, I quickly made a decision: I would change the research topic entirely. Surely, this time, our paths wouldn’t overlap.
Without wasting a moment, I got back to work. Using the lab computer, I meticulously outlined a new experiment. I finalized the steps, laying out 11 pages of detailed instructions.
As I stepped out of the lab, the night sky was adorned with stars. It was late—too late—but I had no choice.
Just then, my phone rang. It was Nancy. “Felicity changed her topic,” she said. “You might want to check her Facebook.”