PROLOGUE
Nothing in the world is harder then watching the person you love walk away. You're left feeling lonely, hurt and angry and the situation becomes all that much more painful to bare when there's a child involved.
Dan Scott found out first hand how agonizing this ultimate act of betrayal felt when his high school sweetheart Karen Roe abandoned him and their two month old son Lucas. To add insult to injury the woman had left him for his own brother, Keith whom of which he later found out had been sleeping with the former captain of the Ravens cheerleading squad for two years.
It was a quiet a heartbreaking situation but Dan never gave up. His son was his world and he was determined to make the best out of a bad situation so he did what he could to move on with his life and be the best father he could to his son.
Dan started working several jobs to support his son and had returned to school to get his degree in business, determined to be successful and make it to the top on his own. There he met the lovely, rich and intelligent Deborah Ann Lee and married her one year later.
Fifteen years down the road the couple is happy and living the high life in Tree Hill with their two amazing boy's Lucas and younger brother Nathan. With his family at the top of the social ladder and his boys being the reigning princes of football and basketball Dan felt as if his world were perfect and there was nothing that could possibly ruin it.
At least that's what he thought.
What happens when Karen Roe returns to Tree Hill threatening to tell her long lost son of her existence and emotionally blackmailing her former lover to do her biding?
What lengths will Dan be willing to go to in order to protect his son and his family?
Read Desperate Measures to find out.