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

“Very…when you’re walking around. Once you’re in bed, it could come off.”


“Sometimes I have to get up a couple times during the night.”


Billy pulled the nightgown over Erika’s head and tossed it aside. “You’d look so fucking hot wrapped in a big, plain white sheet dragging half of it behind you.”


“I’m not sure Etsuko…” Her words trailed off when Billy turned her toward the door and pulled her close from behind.


“Come here. We’ll think about that when we have to, and…” He kicked the books off the bed.


“We’ll worry about studying and the fellers in the morning.”


Things were worrisome then, and also noisy. Milo was on a rampage by the time Erika came downstairs before the sun was up. “Why the frick do you have to hang your flannel on the hot water knob?” He poured her coffee, but the gesture didn’t undo the venom.


“Good morning to you, too.” Erika mopped up the spillover before taking a sip. “What’s a flannel?”


Chapter 52