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 know, I know. I could have handled that better, you’re right.”


“You could have handled that somuch better,” Rosemary smirked, “but whatever, we’re cool now, right?”


“And we’re still on for Friday?” Rosemary pressed.


Her best friend offered an eye roll in return.


“Don’t sweat. Danielson’s not going to be there.”


There was a moment, and then Charlie said, “Yeah, about that…”


Rosemary blinked and gestured with her hand for the sentence’s conclusion.


“I bumped into him yesterday,” Charlie continued. “I think things are okay. Like, what he said sucked and everything, but I get why he said it. I think he’s just really unhappy.”


“Wait a minute, you’re asking me to sympathize with a jerk like Jason Danielson?” And then understanding dawned. “Wait, wait, wait, you don’t actually likehim, do you?”


Chapter 27