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The final whistle blew and the victorious cheers of Tommen High bled into a dull, indistinct noise. I shouldered my gear bag, my tall frame still humming with the aftershocks of the match. My eyes weren't on the celebrating crowd or my teammates; they were already searching the dimmer area near the locker room doors, where I knew she'd be. Months of shadowing her younger sister, of inserting myself into the Lynch family's complicated life, had led me here. I saw it again—that deep, quiet sorrow etched into Alicia's expression, a private storm that mirrored her sister's but ran on a different, more profound current. The air between us felt charged, thick with everything we hadn't said. I adjusted my grip on the bag's strap, my pulse racing for a reason that had nothing to do with rugby.…