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Mason’s last message was still open.

I typed:

Rowan:

That’s what I’m worried about.

Then stopped.

Deleted it.

Typed again.

Rowan:

Same.

Sent.

Because that was simpler.

Less honest in a way.

But still true.

My phone buzzed almost instantly.

Mason.

Mason:

Yeah.

No extra words.

No joke.

No distance.

Just agreement again.

And somehow that felt like the most unstable thing of all.

Fifty Two

CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

MASON

Coach called it “simulation week.”

Which meant everything was now treated like NYC had already started.

No warmups.

No easing in.

Just pressure.