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18 year 70

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    After hanging up, Emma filled Alek in on the sponsor crisis.


    +25 Points


    “This is exactly what I was afraid of,” she said. “Moving to Toronto might destroy everything I’ve built here.”


    “Or it might force you to build something even better,” Alek countered. “Emma, you’ve faced hostile business environments before.”


    “Not while pregnant. Not while grieving. Not while trying to relocate my entire family.”


    Alek knelt in front of her chair, taking her hands. “What happened to one hour at a time?”


    Emma managed a small smile. “I’m up to one day at a time now. That’s progress.”


    “It is progress.” Alek squeezed her hands. “And we’ll handle this the same way we handled everything else – together.”


    “Even if it means your board gets upset about us appearing to work together?”


    “Especially then. Emma, hiding our partnership is what got us in trouble in the first ce.”


    Before Emma could respond, Charlotte appeared with her tiny suitcase, packed with an odd assortment of toys, books, and what appeared to be an entire box of crackers.


    “I ready!” she announced proudly.


    “Ready for what, baby?” Emma asked.


    “Moving! To Toronto!”


    Emma and Alek exchanged nces. They hadn’t officially told the children about the move yet, trying to wait until ns were more concrete.


    “How did you know about Toronto?” Alek asked.


    “I listen good,” Charlotte said matter-of-factly. “We going to new house?”


    “We’re thinking about it,” Emma said carefully. “How do you feel about moving to a new city?”


    Charlotte considered this with the seriousness only a two-year-old could muster. “Will my room be purple?”


    “If you want it to be purple, we’ll make it purple,” Alek promised.


    “Then it’s good,” Charlotte decided, and went back to her packing.


    “Well, that was easier than expected,” Emma said.


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    “At least one decision-maker in this family is decisive,” Alek joked.


    +25 Points


    That afternoon, while the children napped, Emma called the Toronto sportswork back.


    “I’m interested in the hosting position,” she told the executive. “But I need to be upfront about someplications.”


    She exined about the sponsor issues and the political sensitivities around Alek’s involvement.


    “Actually,” the executive said, “thoseplications might make the show morepelling. Real behind-the-scenes look at building women’s hockey while navigating industry politics.”


    “You want to document the drama?”


    “We want to document the reality. Women in sports leadership face unique challenges. Your story could inspire others facing simr situations.”


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    “What kind of timeline are you thinking?” she asked.


    “Softunch in September, right around when you relocate. We’d film through your first season in Toronto.”


    “And if the sponsor issues kill my league?”


    “Then we document how you build something new from the ashes.”


    Emma found herself smiling despite her stress. “You really think there’s a story worth telling?”


    “Emma, you’re pioneering women’s hockey while managing family life, career politics, and a cross-country move. If that’s notpelling television, nothing is.”


    After the call, Emma found Alek in his office, reviewing contracts.


    “I think I’m going to do the Toronto show,” she announced.


    “Good. What changed your mind?”


    “The realization that I’ve been so focused on protecting what I’ve already built that I forgot about building something new.”


    Alek looked up from his papers. “That sounds very Franklin-esque.”


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    +25 Points


    “It does, doesn’t it?” Emma settled into the chair across from his desk. “Alek, what if the Toronto move is exactly what my career needs? What if trying to preserve the New York league exactly as it is actually limits its potential?”


    “Then you’ll figure out how to make it bigger and better in Toronto.”


    “Even with all the politicalplications?”


    “Especially with theplications. The best storiese from oveing obstacles, not avoiding them.”


    Emma felt something click into ce – not just about her career, but about their marriage, their family, their entire approach to life’s challenges.


    “We’re really doing this, aren’t we?” she said.


    “Moving to Toronto? Starting over? Building something new together?”


    “All of it.”


    “Yeah,” Alek grinned. “We’re really doing this.”


    Outside, New York hummed with its usual energy, oblivious to the fact that one small family was preparing to write an entirely new chapter of their story.


    But for the first time in months, Emma felt excited rather than anxious about the nk page ahead.


    Some adventures were worth the risk.


    This one definitely was.
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