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My father was a top lawyer at a leading firm. My mother was a tenured professor at a prestigious university. The day they divorced, my father took my sister, the social butterfly who thrived in high society. My mother took my brother, the so-called "coding prodigy." As for me? Plain, unremarkable Emily Clark. I was left behind like a piece of forgotten furniture. Everyone assumed I'd be the biggest failure in the family. But fate had other plans. When SAT scores came out, my sister's "socialite" image crumbled overnight, and my brother's prized tech project was exposed in a major scandal. Meanwhile, I scored a perfect 1580, the highest in the state. I was the top scorer. In an instant, I went from being invisible to being the star everyone wanted. My father and mother, once cold and indifferent, wore eager, fawning smiles, both reaching out to claim me. I gently pushed their hands aside. From my bag, I pulled out two legal documents. "You always taught me that people should calculate return on investment." My voice was soft, yet it struck their hearts like a hammer. "So, here's the deal. Whoever signs this asset transfer agreement gets to be the parent of this top scorer."