Chapter 76

• Emma Mitchell-Volkov pulled her coat tighter against the October wind as she watched her four-year-old daughter Charlotte glide across the ice like she'd been born wearing skates. Which, Emma thought with a smile, she practically had been.
• "Mama, watch this!" Charlotte called out, attempting a wobbly spin that ended with her tiny bottom hitting the ice. She bounced up immediately, grinning.
• "Beautiful, sweetheart!" Emma called back, her breath forming clouds in the crisp air of the Toronto community center.