Being part of an Olympic skating pair should be excitement enough for one life, but for Erika that's only the beginning. Her skating partner, Tom Alan, is her ex-husband, who fell in love with former British ice dancer Milo, and all three of them live together and raise her daughter, whose father is Erika's ex-boyfriend, Bill, a rabid hockey fan who is old friends with Milo. Whew! As if that's not enough, Erika still loves Bill, loves Tom Alan, and might just love Milo, too. Add a couple of troubled teenagers to the pile, and suddenly training for the Olympics is the easy part. But Erika's never been a fan of the conventional, and one way or another the four of them will find a way to make their strange tangle of love, sex, and family work.

Transitions

“Does it bother you?” Milo asked in the other room.


“Aww, Skater Boy. You’re my one and only.”


“And I’m yours, now, aren’t I?”


Was that it? Erika waited for more talking. All she heard was heavy breathing. “Guess so.” She picked up her phone off the dresser.


“I’ve been horny all day…especially since washing dishes,”Tom Alan said.


Every line can’t be poetry, Erika figured. She swiped for Billy’s photos from the other night. They brought a smile and a twinge.


Erika: Tonight was nice…all of us together.


Erika: I hate for it to end. Feel like some company?


A groan and a grunt said things were moving quickly upstairs. Creaking box springs and a tap against the wall came next—the headboard or maybe an elbow.


Erika: Yeah. We start late tomorrow and Mother will watch Etsuko.


Chapter 21