Gabriela stepped into the gym, finally dressed in her team’s uniform, trying to rein in the panic that was threatening to overwhelm her. She had thought that seeing Sebastian after all this time would be fine — they were in public, with many people around them, so he couldn’t do anything. Yet her body felt weak and her hands shook so much she wasn’t sure if she could hold a ball without dropping it.
Her eyes stopped on Kyle, who was talking with the coach by the net, nodding from time to time. As if sensing her gaze, he turned around and looked straight at her. Gabriela made her way past the bleachers and towards where her team had gathered in a circle with Lina in the middle. As she joined them, Lina pulled her inside the circle, raising a piece of paper.
“You said you needed to know t
