Cracks in the Facade

Hadley’s POV

"You killed it, Hads!"

"Nice work!"

"Damn, you're fast!"

They all said it, one after the other, as they passed me by. And like always, I smiled. Big, confident, unbothered. My signature I've-got-it-all-together look.

“Thank you,” I said, giving a little wave, a nod, a shoulder bump. The usual.

But the second they were out of sight, that smile fell faster than my self-esteem on a bad d