×××××× CHAPTER THIRTY TWO ××××××
NADIA
There was only one way it was going to end!
I don't even know whether to call it the worst or the best day of my life. It certainly felt like a rollercoaster. Four days earlier, my teammates, the coaching staff, and I had traveled down to Oklahoma for the inter-college basketball competition. On the morning of our first game, I woke up with a flutter of excitement in my chest, the kind of feeling that makes you bounce out of bed. I quickly got up, stretching and peering through the window, taking in the beautiful streets of Oklahoma and bathed in the morning light.
"What are you thinking about?" Lucy, one of my teammates and my roommate asked as she groggily got out of bed, rubbing her eyes.
“Well, I’m just excited about the game,” I replied with
