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

“I’ve been going through some…stuff…and I took it out on your brother, and I said some things about you, and I’m not proud of it…and I’ve been thinking about that a lot, so I wanted to say sorry.”


Charlie swallowed and nodded hesitantly.


“It’s…okay…I’m sure it was nothing.”


Before today, they had shared few moments together. Certainly, Charlie knew who Danielson was—had seen him on the school bus, in the Market, on his way to church with his parents—but they had little in common, and their paths had never crossed; they were different people who attended the same school.


“It’s not okay,” Danielson said. “I’ve been acting out at everyone. I’m sorry that I said what I said. I’m sorry I acted like I did.”


“If it helps, no one has told me what you said.”


Chapter 25