BRENDAN SPENT THE REST of the summer in constant transit between Denver and Wisconsin. He had to finish his training obligations to his skaters and help find someone who could take over his role on their coaching team. He also had to deal with a tearful Miguel and a devastated Shelby who were crushed that he was leaving, this time for good.
“I’ll still be around,” Brendan said, hugging them both tightly. “I’ll see you at competitions. And you know you can always call me.”
He hoped they would. He was fiercely proud of them and deeply invested in their future. Moving to build a life with Katie was the right choice, but one that came with costs.
There were also phone calls to be made and meetings to be had and paperwork to be signed to get set up as a coach in Minneapolis. He would be an a
