The ball trembled like it knew. Every failure, every swallowed dream, every time she’d stepped back so someone louder could step forward seemed to hum beneath her fingertips. The crowd blurred, the noise thinned, and all that remained was the man who refused to stand in front of her, choosing instead to stand beside. The hoop shrank. The moment swel… Continues…
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