AFTER THE game, it wasn’t a question of whether someone was going to confront Nico—it was a question of who. So when Ryan saw Nico duck down the hallway, head low, and slip into a closet to finish the breakdown he’d started in warmup, he pulled Yorkie and Kitty aside and filled them in. Grange also wore one of the team’s As, but Ryan had noticed he didn’t exactly seem warm toward Nico. He didn’t know if it was a rivalry thing, or if he saw too much of himself in Nico, or if he couldn’t relate, or what. Maybe he was just a douchebag. “He’s gotta talk to somebody,” Yorkie said. He looked like
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