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

Tom Alan watched her walk away and then dialed the first digits of Milo’s number three times before he let it ring through.


“Don’t say anything. Let me say everything before I chicken out.”


“Milo. Stop. We have to break up.” He waited for Milo to speak then, but he didn’t. “This whole wedding thing—my marriage—you’re better off not being a part of that.”


“What in hell is happening over there?”


“Kyoko-san is insisting Erika and I get married. So we are. You need to accept that it…it’s not a good situation for you.”


“Do I get to bloody speak now? Because you don’t fucking make up my mind for me, Tom Alan.”


“I’m making up my own mind. No one could be that understanding, that willing to play second string, or whatever,” Tom Alan argued. “Bill and Kiki are done. It wouldn’t be fair for her to have no one and me to have you.”


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