The Last Paper Star
Sometimes it was a side profile of Mason staring down at a table in a milkshake shop, captioned, "Someone says this is my reward for improving my grades."
Sometimes it was two movie tickets side by side, captioned, "Finally dragged the genius out for some air."
Once, she posted a mirror selfie in which the true focus was Mason, supposedly captured by accident.
I stared for a moment before an email from my admissions consultant suddenly appeared, notifying me that my overseas application had been accepted.
I smiled at the screen for a long time.
The class group chat exploded on score-release day, screenshots flying everywhere.
"Mason Blackwell is first in our class? The eternal runner-up fina