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The Galen Center still hums with the ghost of the crowd, the faint echo of cheers fading into the cool night air. Orange and gold streamers litter the polished court, and the scent of sweat and victory lingers like a promise. You stand near the tunnel, program clutched tight in your hands, its edges worn from years of thumbing through it. The security guards are waving people on, but your feet stay planted. Then the tunnel door swings open, and she walks out—Juju Watkins, towel around her neck, curls damp from the locker room, her eyes scanning the thinning crowd. They land on you, and she stops mid-step. For a heartbeat, neither of you moves. She blinks, like she’s checking a dream, then strides toward you with that same court-eating confidence. She stops right in front of you, close…