Keira
Monica intercepted us before we'd even made it out of the family section, tablet already in hand, moving with the brisk urgency of someone who'd clearly spent the entire third period drafting contingency statements.
"Noah's penalty is already trending," she said, falling into step beside me as we made our way toward the tunnel. "Some angles make it look retaliatory, which, given the context of Damien's comment right before it happened, isn't a good look for a team trying to prove this whole thing isn't personal."
"It is personal," I said. "He said something disgusting to me on national television."
"I know that. You know that. The problem is optics, not truth." She didn't slow down, typing something rapidly as we walked. "The press conference starts in five minutes. I need Noah t
