NBA WAGS: EAST

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3601 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19148 • Sixers vs Wizards.

| Thursday May 27th 2021 • 7:05 PM |

Following the brunch turned book club, Zwena escaped back to Imahr's apartment. Once behind closed doors in Imahr's company, Zwena crumbled. Mostly, she was confused about how she'd handle her and Ben's situation but in a not so dark corner she clenched annoyance and anger towards Yadira. In her mind, Yadira overstepped multiple boundaries and trampled all the building blocks of their friendship.

Not one to wallow in her own sadness for too long, Zwena went on a long run to occupy her time before she had to go to the game. She'd arrived exactly five minutes after tip-off taking her sweet time to find her seat next to Embiid's girlfriend, Anne De Paula.

Once settled into the suite, Zwena enjoyed ten minutes of peace before the last joyful voice she'd like to hear filled her ears.

"Is that...?" Zwena whispers to Anne not wanting to turn back and ultimately face the woman behind her.

"Hey, Anne. Could I please steal her for a quick second?" Yadira politely questions the only one of the two women to actually look her way. Courteously, Anne gets us laying a calming hand on Zwena's shoulder before leaving the two women alone.

"What do you want, Yadira? You've done quite enough today, don't you think?" Zwena monotonously questions not once facing Yadira.

"Zwena I came to apologize to you. Could you please give me a chance at the very least?" Yadira, still standing, pleads waiting on Zwena's response.

Finally turning to Yadira, Zwena looks her up and down before shrugging, "Sure."

Taking that as a green light, Zwena settles herself into the seat next to Zwena, "Once you left it all hit me and I realized that saying all that in front of all the other women was in no way okay, and I deeply apologize for that. I'm tired of seeing you constantly hurting because of Ben and my emotions got the best of me. I understand that you're a grown woman who is very capable of making good decisions for herself but I hate seeing you hurt because of someone else's actions that counteract your decisions."

Zwena exhales deeply before drily chuckling, "Although that was the wrong time and place, you did help push me to something I've been thinking about all week long..."

"...And what's that, Z?" Yadira nudges, curious as to what Zwena had decided.

"I think I'm going to break up with him..."
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With her mind occupied by multiple thoughts and memories of why she got into a relationship with Ben in the first place, the game ended faster than expected. The Sixers win convincingly, one hundred and twenty to the Wizards' ninety-five. Ben had an overall good game, two assists and one rebound shy of a triple double along with combining for forty-four points with Joel.