"Anne-Merry nee Lafitte?" On the telephone, Genevieve's warm French Canadian voice was recollective. "Even though you are not in my field, you probably know who Midori Ito is. Probably you also know who Kristi Yamaguchi is. But it is not likely that you know who know the name of no 11 Internationally-ranked Canadian skater Karen Preston. A while ago, Anne Merry Lafitte was ranked a little further down, but what it took to get there, was, as always, a long path of hard work and the giving up of many things important in normal lives. I could tell you the same story about my life."

"I know who Anne-Merry Lafitte is because when she was at McGill, I was her coach." Genevieve paused. In the quiet of the coach's cottage, Caydance waited for her to continue. "The World Figure Skating Championships in Lyon is where Anne Merry fell and did not get off the ice without a stretcher. Multiple surgeries later, she could no longer compete at that level. That was also when a dashing Frenchman, Nicolas St. Denis, showed up in her hospital room. It was not love at first sight for Anne-Merry, although it was for Nico."