The Weight of Gold

Hadley’s POV

Five years later.

For one short second, I forgot how to breathe.

The trophy was heavier than I expected.

Not physically. Physically, it was just glass and metal and weight and shine, something you could hold in both hands and turn over and read the engraving on the base of.

But emotionally?

Emotionally, it felt like every version of me was hanging around my neck at once.

The little gi