Helanie:
After a few minutes, the class was over, and the brothers had gathered in a corner.
"Hey, Helanie," I heard Rudy call out to me, jogging toward me in his tracksuit. Their training session started after ours finished. We were preparing to head back to the academy when Rudy spotted me.
I slowed down to fall behind the crowd and have a word with him. All the while, I was aware of the eyes on me—the brothers, standing together and talking, had turned their attention toward us when they heard Rudy yell.
"Hi," I replied meekly, feeling awkward after everything that happened today.
"Don't be too sad. Not everyone can do everything. Besides, you know yourself—once you get into something, you come out victorious," Rudy stopped near me, smiling and speaking in an encouraging tone. I realized he was referring to the earlier incident.
