SKY’S POV
Marcus’s idea of controlling the narrative turned out to mean a folding table, three microphones, and a room full of reporters who’d clearly been told exactly which questions were off-limits before they walked in.
I sat between Marcus and a PR woman I’d met twice before, whose name I still couldn’t remember, while cameras adjusted and someone in the back tested a mic.
Marcus opened with a statement about the organization’s “full confidence” in my readiness for the stretch run.
He didn’t mention Amira by name. He didn’t need to.
Everyone in that room already knew which psychologist the last three headlines had been circling.
“Sky, can you speak to your mental readiness heading into these final games?” The first question, softball, exactly as rehearsed.
“I feel good. The w
