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

AS he closed the lid on his suitcase, Tom Alan looked around his apartment, at all the things his papa had bought for him over many years, had gone into debt paying for. He knew it wasn’t all him. Erika was spoiled rotten, and they had a nice home, vehicles, took vacations as a family, and Nobuo Tsuchino stood in line for the latest tech gadgets. Tom Alan vowed he was going to start paying more attention to his finances. His earnings sat somewhere. Papa took care of all that, too. Tom Alan had to wonder, just for a moment, how much of his life was actually his.


He sighed as he picked up his not-inexpensive bag. Did I pay for this or did Otousan?


Tom Alan stuck his thumb in his mouth and headed out. 25


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