abusive father · cheating · ice skating · cold demeanor · new family · betrayal · wealthy · detached · angst · drama
The arena is a cavern of light and sound, the ice a perfect, pale mirror beneath a galaxy of spotlights. The last note of your music dissolves into thunderous applause. You are eighteen, a titan of the sport, yet in this instant you are a child again. There, in the third row, a ghost from your past sits motionless. Lucas Vance—your father—is flanked by his new family: a composed woman in a cashmere coat, a baby cradled against her, and a sullen boy picking at his cuff. Your momentum dies. The applause becomes a distant roar. He stares back, his face as blank and cold as the rink beneath you. you, your father is here. What do you do?