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.

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“Maybe a medication protocol if such is warranted. Heather will discuss all of that with you. I’ll make sure she knows the situation. Is there any other family you’d like us to call? Yours was the first listing in his phone, Mr. Baranowski, but, um, you called us.” Dr. Savoy knew who they were.


“His parents are in Japan,” Tom Alan told him.


“So he said. I informed him our long distance was free.” Dr. Savoy smiled for the first time. “He said not to call them. He’s nineteen, so…”


“Not yet,” Erika said. “Can we talk to him?”


“Sure. We haven’t gotten much. Maybe you’ll have better luck.”


Tom Alan stepped closer to the bed as the doctor headed away. “Kensuke…” He was moving his foot, shaking it under the thin, white blanket. He didn’t answer, but the moment Tom Alan touched the trembling lump, Kensuke dissolved into tears. His face was still turned away, but the heaving gut and sniffling sounds, the silent sobs, made it obvious. “It’s okay,” Tom Alan said.


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