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But insults were hard on Sullivan Sulli the Sasquatch signs and haters ere jealous of her success Saying she wasn’t deserving of gold They couldn’t see how many hours and months and years she sacrificed All they saas her wealth and fame

A bright spot: Sulli has kept row up on We Are Calloway like the Cobalts and iven her soment

Her teammates on the Olympic swim team were kind to her To her face and behind her back I’d have called them her friends, but Sulli always shuts that word down She couldn’t confide in her teammates about her family Didn’t trust them fully, so to her, they couldn’t be more than acquaintances

I don’t knohat that’s coh school Banders who did martial arts People that I actually cared about and people who cared about me

But after y to build my empire

Returning to our ca to the bathrooood deal of ti in Thatcher about Tea in with Michael Moretti

He arrived in Philly

He’s settled in, hopefully

And as far as his short texts and calls go, he said he has everything handled Normally I like brevity It saves

Maybe because I haven’t shaken his hand yet Or given hih and rundown

It’ll be fine

It’s going to be fine

So I shove my phone in my pocket By the ti

Dinner for today: an add-water pouch of Beef Stroganoff for an—a cup of oatmeal

Sulli is already gri as she chews “It’s the consistency”

Banks says, “We have dried cranberries and salted nuts if you’re into squirrel food”

Sullianimal likes chocolate syrup and whipped cream”

I lift a spoonful of Stroganoff “Sounds like a Sulli animal to me”

We laugh

I ask her, “Re your nose while you drank your protein shakes? You took that worse than your hundred pushups a day”

“Because those protein shakes s your nose, too”

Banks wolfs down his food The Stroganoff is subpar to me but not inedible Another s or a Thai omelet