Chapter 5
Once out of school, they suddenly represented the United States of America, not Mountain Senior High. While the little ceremony at the state level had been an important milestone in their journey to Worlds and the Olympics, it seemed paltry once they were on the biggest stages in their sport.
They were in love, and they loved what they were doing. But when they tried out for their first World Cup, Jean was selected for the team, but Riley didn’t make the cut. Black-haired seductress Margo Watson, whose arrogant pushiness Riley couldn’t stand, did.
The humiliation devastated and numbed her. It wasn’t just because she wasn’t on the US team, but the woman who’d taken her spot for the downhill was the poorest skier on it. Riley was by far the best. Why had this happened to her?
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