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

“Are things ever perfect?” Charlie asked softly.


“You’re asking the wrong guy,” Danielson replied with a smile. “I’m kind of new at this, and, well, I think maybe things are a little different for us.”


“Maybe.” Charlie shrugged in a non-committal fashion.


“But you look good, Charlie Calohan,” he said after a while.


“I look terrible,” Charlie countered quickly.


“Just take the compliment,” Danielson replied. “I suck at this so don’t make it any harder for me.”


“You don’t suck,” they said quietly.


“Whatever,” the boy answered, then stopped, and laughed. “I guess we’re both bad at accepting compliments.”


“Where do you see yourself in five years?” he asked, and Charlie shrugged in response.


“Happy,” they said, then added, “I hope.”


“You sound really confident about that.”


Chapter 37