What could I do? I love Charlie so much, but could I throw away all of the training we had done to get to get to where we are today.
Who sent me this and would he really hurt Charlie or I?
How can I be expected to make the choice for both Charlie and myself to throw the Olympics. Had this not been our goal since childhood?
I was going to have to think about things while waiting to hear back from whoever sent me the photos.
What would throwing the Olympics mean to our careers? What kind of person does it make me if I choose success over Charlie?
That night I got no sleep, at five am I gave up trying to sleep and went for a run to clear my head. It didn't work.
Soon enough it was time for me to leave for the rink to meet Charlie. Seeing Charlie and not saying anything may have been the most difficult thing I have ever had to do. Charlie kept trying to make we laugh and when he could not, he asked if everything was alright. I told Charlie that I just wasn't feeling too well. Finally, eight hours later, we were done for the day and I could go home again.
The second that I walked in the door of my apartment, the phone rang.
Should I hope it's the note writer or that it's Charlie? I summed up the courage and answered the phone.
It was..............
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Retrieval of Secrets
FanfictionMeryl and Charlie have known each other for 17 years. They can practically read each other's thoughts. What will happen when Meryl is forced to keep something from him - a very big something. Sometimes the truth is just as painful as a lie.
