“Enough about the past.” She studies me. “What’s new with you?” “I met someone.” I say the words without thinking. Pippa is the biggest, brightest part of my life, and I’m excited about us. Telling Erin feels right. Her eyes turn soft and she smiles. “Is this the girl I saw on the sports news?” A laugh scrapes out of me. After my last game, the sports networks showed clips of me smiling at Pippa behind the glass. Streicher shut out after a Streich-ing smile! they said. It was the first time they’d seen me smile in public, the sports anchors joked. “Yeah.” I nod at Erin, and a smile twitches on
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