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“Honestly? Get better at tennis.”
ICONIC
If each person is blessed with an individual gift, determination is mine.
I congratulate Nicki Chan on her accomplishments in women’s tennis. But her domination is over. I’m back.
It is her right to have fun, to keep playing. To not help with dinner. And I, for one, am glad she’s exercising it.
“I want to fucking win, Carrie. I want the crowd screaming my name. I want to know that for one moment, I am the best in the world. One last time.”
I look up to the stands at Gwen and Ali. And then, in the royal box, I see Princess Diana.
JUMPSCARE
We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men.
The pink flowers are amaranth, which represent immortality—what we’re fighting for, after all. And the yellow are tansy. They are said to represent a declaration of war. Fun, right?
CARRIE CAN BEAT HER.
They are clapping for my father. For this one moment of time, it feels as if everyone in the arena misses Javier Soto as much as I do.
