Luckily, Felix was in a great mood. He’d been invited to a birthday party at the ice skating rink. Felix was a klutz on skates, but he loved the frosty air of a rink. He could spend hours slowly circling, clinging to the walls. Of course, Julie was thrilled to take him to the party. This was what he needed—a chance to connect with the kids here, to find out how different life was in a slower-paced town like Jupiter Point.
It was the last place she would have expected to see Ben.
But of course, with her luck, there he was, helping a dimpled little blond girl skate for the first time. The girl was younger than the kids at the party, and she and Ben were at the opposite end of the rink. Julie shrugged it off and focused on helping Felix with his skates, then assisting the birthday boy’s mot
