On his way to realizing his Olympic dream, Tom Alan Baranowski finds himself in the midst of a dilemma. His traditional Japanese coach is insisting upon an arranged marriage between his biological daughter Erika and adopted son Tom Alan, who are partners on the ice. Tom Alan loves Erika, and his coach literally saved his life, rescuing him from an abusive home. How can he say no?<br><br>Somewhat resigned to his “not so bad” fate, everything changes when Tom Alan meets British ice dancer Milo Fisher. The spark between them is almost hot enough to melt the ice beneath their blades, and the two fall into an affair.<br><br>What about Erika? What about loyalty? What about gold? For Tom Alan, the impossible throw quadruple jump is suddenly the least difficult thing in his life.

Quadruple Flip

“Look, why don’t we plan on doing exactly that? As soon as I get home.”


“I didn’t know,” she said sarcastically.


“We’ll sit down and talk this all out, okay? With Papa.”


“Shoganai desho.”Erika was all “Whatever.”


“Take care of your injuries, Kiki.”


Tom Alan got out of bed. He remade it, turned it down, and got back in. He fluffed his fat, squishy pillow, flopped around like a boated carp a few times, then gave up and got up. He pulled some thin off-white knit pajama pants over his bright-green boxers. The pants were too sheer to conceal the colorful underwear, but they covered what needed to be hidden, just in case Ben was up and around. Tom Alan headed down to the kitchen for some milk.


Maybe some leftover cold spaghetti. Mmm.


Chapter 33