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He loved the shorthand. A tiny triangle for an ace. A circle for an error. A dash for a perfect reception. The sheet filled up like a musical score.

He folded the ghost-marked original—the one with the crosses and the torn corner—and slipped it into his shirt pocket. He walked out into the cool Mexican night, leaving the empty gym behind. He knew Don Joaquín was still sitting at that table, waiting for the next game, the next pencil stroke.

He looked up. The game continued. The ball flew back and forth. Las Panteras’ captain, a fierce woman named Valeria, dove for a ball and slammed her hip on the floor. She didn’t get up. hoja de anotacion voleibol

But tonight, Don Tino had won. He had outscored a ghost on his own scoresheet.

The referee stopped the clock. Don Tino looked at his sheet. Next to Valeria’s name, a new cross had bloomed. He loved the shorthand

For thirty years, Don Tino had been the official scorekeeper for the San Miguel de Allende women’s volleyball league. His weapon of choice was a worn, wooden pencil, sharpened with a pocketknife, and his bible was the hoja de anotación —the official scoresheet.

As he finished, the gym lights flickered. The air turned cold. The old, torn sheet on the table next to him fluttered and lifted into the air, as if an invisible hand was holding it. Then, slowly, it tore itself in half down the middle. A dash for a perfect reception

Don Tino pulled out a fresh hoja de anotación from his leather folder—a spare, untouched by time. He began copying the scores, but he left the crosses out. He rewrote Valeria’s line clean: “Pérez, #7, 12 puntos, 3 recepciones.”