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Because technology was great, but it wasn’t the sa his cologne—a fresh, ocean/roseht for him every Christmas because she loved the smell They joked that even once they retired, she’d still send hi store Adidas scent he used to wear

The one she gave him was Armani Not super expensive but still nice When , I kept thinking about hugging Etienne

“Sam?”

I realized Alice had stopped and was staring at me I said, “Uh-huh?”

“This way” She olden fairy lights, red bows and holly dangling from timber beams overhead It was a little cooler in the ay, but it was still heated

“Wow,” I said as we continued The floor by the conference roolass connection to the arena was the sa must be someone’s full-time job”

She smirked “Yep”

I could see lit cabins in the distance behind the hotel complex, and Alice explained that the resort had a hotel in thewith the lobby as well as self-contained cabins in different sections on the property

Inside the arena, Alice talked to a guy in a suit, and before long I was seated in the back row There were only ten rows of seats and no boards around the ice, so it felt quite sht word? Intimate

The seats were padded and actually comfortable, which was athe old woeted Most people lass ay since they weren’t wearing coats The seats were comfy, but there still wasn’t a lot of elbow room I was on the aisle at least, and a free ticket to see Etienne was an awesome Christmas present

The lights di bells of “All I Want for Christear, a skater wearing tight red pants and a painted-on green tee burst out of the curtained access tunnel with a wide grin I blinked in surprise to see Theo Sullivan,headliners

Not that Etienne and Bree weren’t awesome, but they weren’t at the Stars on Ice tour level like Henry and Theo Theo reeled off a triple Lutz-triple toe couess it was since he normally did quads

His ju—not that I’d ever say that in Henry’s earshot—and it was fun watching hies and flow that Henry did, but he could put on a show

After Theo’s solo, the rest of the skaters took the ice for a group nu out holding Bree’s hand The male skaters all wore the same outfit as Theo while the women were in white-trimmed Santa dresses I cheered for Etienne and Bree as they were announced, putting

The lady besidesure ot the applause he deserved I watched Etienne and Bree in the corner of the rink perfor on his shoulder with her long legs extended forward and back as he spun

The skaters ether down the rink in a choreographed sequence Etienne was s and didn’tthrough it They’d only learned the routine a few days ago

I didn’t kno Etienne could breathe in that costume, let alone skate and shake his ass The red pants didor anything I was used to hi he wore

The performance was seventy-five minutes with no intermission, which was perfect It was a fun holiday show, and Etienne and Bree’s solo nuo over ith the crowd It had been their exhibition routine last season and fit in well enough with the Christ to a shohoever was choreographing just had to do the group numbers and maybe a couple of others

I noticed they’d ht instead of bent with her head low by her foot I hoped she wasn’t feeling dizzy again Etienne had said she was doing better this week, but it was so up and down