Jude Calohan has been keeping his head down for years. In the quiet town of Bower Bliss, Texas, he has tried to be a good man, a good father, tried not to think too much about his relationship with his own father ... and yet despite this, in the gentle autumn of an uneventful year, Jude Calohan soon finds his relationship with both his eldest child and his own identity as a father called into question.<br><br>Amidst the sleepy apple groves of small town America, will Jude Calohan be able to keep his family together while his eldest child Charlie discovers the confidence to make one of the biggest choices of their young life?

Love Among Strangers

Charlie had always been like that when he was younger. He was so seldom in trouble, and yet whenever something went wrong, he would always try and take the blame for it, even when it was quite clear that there was no way he could have committed the crime. It was almost as if he couldn’t stand the atmosphere that arose whenever there was conflict, couldn’t bear to be in the middle of strife between people he cared for. Jude had always loved him for that, though, at times, he had wished that the boy had occasionally been guilty of the things he owned up to. It would have made him seem more like a normal kid, would have made him seem more like—


Chapter 6