“His other friends were all fake as hell. Rickey saw right through all of them. They would make fun of you behind your back, calling you the silver spoon dog sledder. Yet, Rickey saw you for what you really were,” she confided.
“He was able to find out about you. We both just kept that to ourselves. No one else needed to know your business or who you really were.”
“Rickey would always tell me how much he respected and feared you. He would tell me that you were the real deal, a true warrior for our people.”
“Hearing Rickey and Alex talk so much about you, it instantly made me a little jealous and a tad bit curious. At times, it felt like he loved you more than me.”
“I also respected Rickey,” I broke in.
“He’s a good man. I’m just happy he accepted such a poor sled racer on his team.
