Naya’s cherubic face leaped out of my holo-ranker, along with her score. 4. My heart missed a beat and then recouped it, pounding so frantically I expected I’d go into cardiac arrest any moment. I ran out of the room and screeched Mira’s name. She burst out of the front door office. “What?” “She did it! Naya’s done!” Mira notched her chin higher as though excitement was beneath her, but her subsequent silence told me she was proud.
