SEVENTY THREE – OUT IN THE OPEN

All the guests watched on in shock, some even whipped out their phones to record the embarrassing situation. Luke, however, did not care. He was hell bent on proving that Andrei was a complete cheat.

“Mr. Luke, is this because you’ve already gotten information that you bagged the worst project award for the competition?”

Luke’s eyes narrowed.

“What?”

The MC shrugged.

“You heard me, sir. The judges believed that of all the projects presented here thus far, yours was the worst. Not only did you waste a lot of our time, you ended up not being able to prove that your acclaimed Super Power Mobile could perform any of the functions which you said it could. Hence, the judges came to a unanimous decision that you and your project deserve the loser award.”

Whispers rippled through the crowd as everyone waited patiently for Luke’s next course of action.

“My project did not work out because it was hijacked!” Luke bellowed. “My car was stolen, tampered with and returned with one hundred percent d