BRENDAN WAS ABSURDLY proud of this program. It wasn’t the only one he’d crafted for this tour, though he’d had help and input from their own former choreographer and the choreographer from their past tours for some of the numbers. But it was the first one he’d dreamed of doing back when he’d first let himself imagine the possibility of skating with Katie again. It was his gift to her. More than the engagement ring she wasn’t wearing tonight because she hated wearing sparkly jewelry when she skated; more than all the time and energy he still gave the farm and the cows whenever they stayed with her family. They’d spent their competitive lives playing characters from other people’s stories. Now, the only roles they had to play was those of themselves. There was no drama, no filter, no bullshi
