Her voice fractures in the glow of a dashboard screen, but the world scrolls past. Cameras zoom in on her tears, then cut away to ad breaks and sponsor spots. Millions debate her worth between memes and outrage threads, while she refreshes a message thread that never lights up. Every notification is noise; the one silence that matters stretches, unanswer
She grew up learning the shape of her father’s name from the backs of jerseys and the tops of arenas, not from birthday cards or late-night talks. His legacy was a language she never became fluent in, spoken through commentators, contracts, and crowds. To the public, he was mythic. To her, he was mostly buffering icons and unanswered rings. The world argued over whether she deserved more, less, or nothing at all, as if love were a prize to be won by committee.
