Annie: As a child I was unwanted and unloved. Tossed aside until my maternal grandmother came to claim me. Life got better after that, and it got better still when I met Ethan Michaels, the boy down the street who was determined to make me feel like I mattered. At first he was my friend, but then he became much more. But love isnβt real. Not in my world.
When Ethan left to pursue professional hockey I had to make a clean break. I couldnβt wait for him to find someone better, couldnβt wait for him to break my heart. Itβs better to leave than be left. But now heβs back, and I can't run from him anymore.
Worseβ¦he won't let me.
Ethan: Annie Fraser owned me as a kid. She owns me still. When I got my first contract to play professional hockey I asked her to come with me, but she wouldnβt leave Rawdon, not while her grandmother was sick. I understood. Still, I wanted to stay together, do whatever I could to keep her.
But she wanted to run.
I loved her enough to let her.
Now Iβm back in town and Iβm pissed. I think I hate her. Iβm sure of it. Until I see herβ¦ and those old feelings come rushing back. I wonβt let her walk away again. I donβt care what it takes.