Chapter 38: Epi's Epiphany“I'm not sure about this,” I announced tentatively. Conal was on one knee in front of me, tightening the laces on the ice skates we'd just hired.
“Relax, Charlotte. Ice skating is fun.”
I raised my eyes, watched as Marianne and Ripley skated past in perfect synchronization, their movements fluid and easy on the ice. Conal had brought us to the Rockefeller Centre, insisting it was something I had to experience. “I'm sure it is fun. If you actually know how to skate.”
Conal stood up and held his hands out. “You're about to learn, Sugar.”
I gripped his hands cautiously and got to my feet, the ice skates awkward and strange. “I'm not sure I can do this.”
Conal eased me carefully to the edge of the rink, stepping back easily and confidently onto the ice and graspi
