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“Sarah,” Travis whispered, his voice barely audible beneath the roar of the student section chanting warm-up cheers. “Did you call Duane?”
“I didn’t have to,” I told him, looking straight at the scoreboard. “Kaylee asked him. And he answered.”
The gymnasium public address system crackled with static, the athletic director tapping the microphone twice: *thump-thump.*
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the twenty-twenty-four Senior Night recognition for your West Branch Warriors volleyball team!”
The crowd cheered. The first three seniors were announced—girls escorted by fathers in polo shirts and mothers carrying bouquets of yellow daisies. They jogged to the center line, smiled for the local newspaper photographer’s flashbulb, handed their roses over, and stood along the sideline.
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Then the announcer took a deep breath.
“Number seventeen… senior middle hitter… Kaylee Vance! Escorted this evening by her grandfather, Mr. Duane Ostrem!”
The auxiliary doors swung back.
Kaylee stepped onto the hardwood in her black-and-gold uniform, her athletic socks pulled high, her dark hair woven into a tight French braid. Her arm was looped firmly through my father’s elbow.
