“It's not the game, Zee. It's the fame. Everyone wants to be affiliated with a winner.”

“The weight of her expectations crumble me. I've always done the right thing. She expects me to make good choices but I don't even know what good choices look like...”

“It's not the game, Zee. It's the fame. Everyone wants to be affiliated with a winner.”

“His chair glides a few inches closer and he's in my face, all shoulders and cologne.”

“A small metal marble pinballs within my chest, banging and clanging against all the routes inside me.”