Love on Thin Ice
She didn't look up from her tablet, her manicured finger tapping rhythmically on the edge of her glass desk.
My hand shook so violently I could barely keep the pen steady.
I dragged the blue ink across the lines, signing away the rights to the last six months of my life.
The Heartbreak Finale.
That was what the producers were calling it in the edit bays.
They had their narrative: the tragic hero who won the trophy but lost his heart to a calculating,
deceitful student journalist.
It was neat. It was viral.
It was exactly what the ratings demanded.
"And that’s it," Sarah said, finally looking up, a cold, professional smile stretching across her lips.