The Favorites

A documentary clip before the start of the chapter shows Garret and Bella receiving gold medals at the 2001 Nebelhorn Trophy competition in Germany; Kat and Heath earn silver. Francesca describes how Kat and Heath made her aspire to more, while Garrett and Kirk claim that Heath’s technique was lesser than Kat’s. Garret says that he offered Heath numerous pointers, but Heath refused them all; eventually, Garrett stopped trying.

Kat reminisces about her first senior-level gold medal at the 2001 Skate America, just before she turned 18. Almost better than the gold was receiving words of congratulations from Sheila. Kat and Heath are welcomed back to the academy by an elated Garrett and Bella. Bella gives Kat a phone for her birthday and invites her out to dinner. Kat brushes off Heath’s concerns about money, claiming that she can access her inheritance now. However, when she calls the bank, she discovers that her brother has already withdrawn all the funds from the account.

When Kat calls Lee, he tells her that he used the money to pay off the loans that their father took out to fund her skating career. Garrett overhears her frustrated phone call and, when she confides in him about her financial troubles, offers Kat a job in an ad campaign shoot.