Noah
The sponsor call turns out to be manageable, another venue lined up within the hour once Priya calms down enough to actually problem-solve instead of panic, but the whole time we're on speakerphone working through backup options, I can feel Ethan across the room, both of us carefully not looking at each other, both of us still vibrating with whatever almost happened before Priya burst through the door.
We don't finish the conversation. Not the real one. By the time the sponsor crisis is handled it's late, and we both retreat to our rooms with a tension between us that's shifted shape again, less angry now, more raw, like something got exposed during the fight that neither of us knows how to put back.
It follows us into our next mandatory session with Dr. Patel two days later.
We'r
