The Spite Play

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Author: Aeliana Thorne

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ADELINE

We eventually find the air hockey table — tucked between a photo booth and a flashing wall of pinball. After absolutely obliterating Reid (and celebrating like I’d just won an Olympic medal), I start to feel like myself again.

We move from game to game — racing sims, whack-a-mole, that ridiculous fruit-slicing thing — and in between, we pause. We watch other people play. We laugh at a todd