The Playbook for Heartbreak
Up in the booth, Eve was standing against the glass, her hands resting against the cold surface.
On her screen, Terry’s heart rate was finally beginning its slow descent from the red zone, the crimson warning lights dissolving back into steady green telemetry numbers. He had secured the victory. He had protected their standing. And he had done it without losing himself.
Across the distance of the roaring arena, through the thick glass separating their worlds, Terry locked his eyes onto hers.
He lifted one gloved hand, tapping the left side of his chest right over his heart, sending a quiet, unshakeable message through the noise of eighteen thousand cheering voices: