Some people don't learn. They just recalibrate.
Mia finds this out on her first morning back to the office.
She's been away for nearly a week—academic deadlines don't negotiate with hockey schedules. After a conversation with Anderson and Professor Williams, they'd adjusted her rotation to accommodate the research report.
Elias had texted at some point during the lab stretch, asking if she was unwell again, which she found baffling.
She'd submitted the report, slept for nine hours, and arrived back at the team center ready to feel like herself again.
Then she turned the corner into the main corridor and found Claire.
"Mia! You're finally back!" Claire falls into step beside her with the effortless warmth of someone greeting an old friend. "I was wondering when you'd be in. The schedu
