CHAPTER FIVE
Alison
“There you go, Lacey! Keep your head up and focus. You’re doing great. One more lap around the ice, then we’ll wrap it up for today.” Alison watched her student glide around the ice rink effortlessly. Lacey was a natural.
Alison hated asking Lacey’s mom to simply drop off the girl for practices, and it took her a few weeks to convince the mom, but it was for the best. Mom’s constant glaring made Lacey a wreck, and the poor girl wasn’t learning anything. She’d end up down on the ice and Mom would do nothing but yell. Looking at the big smile on the girl’s face now, Alison knew she’d made the right decision.
Alison looked around the rink, watching couples skate side by side, some hand in hand. She hadn’t seen Kaden in a day, and she missed him. Glancing at her phone,
