Chapter 24The pre-meet press conference, Ben knew, was going to be torture.
Cory Jordan got the first question, an easy one, a nice one: “How did it feel to have such a great TQ routine under all the pressure?”
“Felt good.”
Cory probably didn’t have much of a future in anything involving communication skills.
Ben’s questions, luckily, stayed on the topic of his sport and off the topic of his s****l activity. That was, until: “Benjamin, what made you decide to come out at the Olympics, and how has doing so and this morning’s article affected team morale?”
Ben ignored the lead-in question. “That article—” he focused on the second part “—is a bunch of rehashed gossip. I’m here to concentrate on six things—bars, pommel horse, floor, vault, high bar, and rings. My personal life has no effe
