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Traci picked up her fork and toyed with her salad, moving lettuce around on the plate. "We dated for several years," she said, recalling her relationship with Brad. "But we were young, and we never talked about a future. So when I got pregnant, he was really upset. He only married me because Tom insisted he do the right thing."

"Have you heard from him at all?" Daniel asked.

"Just once, when he served me with the divorce papers."

"I'm sorry, Traci."

She frowned into her food. "I didn't love him the way I should have, but I wanted it to work. I wanted it to be something special."

Daniel sent her a sympathetic look. "Plenty of people get married for the sake of a child, but it doesn't always work out."

"I thought it was going to be different for me." She had tried to convince herself that Brad was the love of her life, but her heart had betrayed her. Traci could still recall her girlish fantasies, her hope that a child would bring them closer. But life had become more stressful after their baby was born, and Brad couldn't cope with a clinging wife and a rambunctious toddler.

"The marriage was doomed from the beginning, but I still wish things could have turned out differently for Parker. Brad had no right to leave him."

Daniel stopped eating. "Does Parker ever ask about his dad?"

"He used to, but he doesn't anymore. And he was only a year old, so he doesn't have any memories to feel sad about. He might get angry when he's a teenager, but I'll deal with that when the time comes." Giving herself something to do, she sliced a roll and buttered the center.

"Tom's the one who's had the most trouble coping. He wanted his son to be more like him, to be satisfied with simple things. But Brad wasn't happy living in a small town, following in his father's footsteps. There was always anger and resentment between them. They argued something fierce the day Brad left."

"So they never got along?"

"No. Never. True, Tom was hard on Brad at times, but I think Brad was wrong for the way he treated his father. And of course, our forced marriage didn't help matters. It was a volatile situation all the way around."

Suddenly silence engulfed the room. Daniel shifted, and Traci felt his foot bump hers under the table. Avoiding her gaze, he drew back quickly, fingering the saltshaker with a tight expression.

"Did I say something to upset you?" she asked. Had she aired too much of her dirty laundry?

"I don't want you to think I'm like Brad."

Her heart lurched. "Why would I?"

"Because I didn't get along with my dad, either. And I haven't spoken to him in over 16 years."

"Oh, my." Startled, she leaned forward. "That's a long time." Much too long, Traci thought.

"Why did you turn away from your father?" she asked, unnerved by the sudden parallel between her ex-husband and Daniel Crow.

To be continued...



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