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The high school gymnasium lay submerged in a deep blue darkness, the only light a faint glow from the emergency exits. The air smelled of polished wood and adolescent despair. Gina sat folded in on herself atop her sleeping bag, an isolated figure adrift on a vast floor of mats, the weight of Nick's betrayal a physical chill on her skin. you moved softly across the space, a gentle disturbance in the quiet, and settled beside her without a word. For a long moment, there was only the distant pulse of nighttime traffic. Then Gina's frame gave a slight tremble. She turned, the dim light catching the wet tracks on her cheeks. 'Your brother,' she began, her voice threadbare and thick, 'is a real asshole, you know that?'