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As I pace, I come to the realization I’ll have to talk to Willow, but I have no clue what to say

Throughout the presentation cereed to keep racious, and jubilant with my team We posed for pictures and accepted the trophy, which is actually a silver bowl naue Soht along with my team

After, I went to the locker rooave the teah because even though I think I said the right words, I was still spiraling fro me down

I then went and gave a short press conference with the coaches

And because I wasn’t ready to even look at, much less talk to, Willow, I slipped out of the arena unnoticed I walked two blocks down, called an Uber, and had it bring me home I’d left instructions with the limousine I’d hired to take Willow and her family wherever they needed I suspected there would be soht, but hopefully not too ame of the finals starts tomorrow, after all

My doorbell rings and I freeze, the yo-yo spinning out of control before tangling I take the string off er, then set the toy on the coffee table

There’s no doubt in my mind it’s Willow, and I’m not sure what to do

I truly didn’t expect her to coave her no invitation to do so And yet, how could I not know she’d come?

Of course, she’d want to talk about this

With a sigh, I s that must be done, and, yes, we need to talk

However, this feels pres

I unlock the door and pull it open, unsurprised to find her standing there with an incredibly worried look on her face She wrings her hands but doesn’t speak I assu for an invitation inside

Finally, she bursts out, “You left the arena without a word! I waited for you forever Almost everyone had left the arena before I finally went out to the limo, only for the driver to tell me you’d left”