After the race, Dante hurries off the ice—he’s leaving. He’s about had it with Dietrich and there’s nothing he can say or do about the harassment, who’ll listen to him? His father’s not the club’s main sponsor…hell, he’s not even sure who his father is, and his mother’s never been one of those sports moms who attend every practice, she’s never even seen him skate. So if he complains, what good will it do? It might get Dietrich in trouble and then the kid will really come after him, and Dante doesn’t need that. He can live with the slurs, he can stay out of Wil’s way long enough to get a little further on his way to the World Championships. Then he’ll be seen by a national sponsor, he won’t need the skate club to help fund his way into events. That’s the only reason he’s still with them, he
