Chapter 2: A Daughter

Chase looked Cameron right in the eyes, took a deep breath. "I'm going to London, to pick up my daughter for the funeral."

Cameron gapped at Chase until she blurted out. "What?" She was shaking her head, and backing away from him. "What are you talking about? Okay, calm down Allison your boyfriend just told you he has a daughter. I'm sitting down." Cameron sat down on the couch and stared at the floor.

In truth she wasn't really mad at Chase just shocked. In fact she was curious about his daughter. Chase who knew it would come as a shock that he was a father. So he brought Cameron a glass of water. A glass of water typically helped with things like this. She took it and drank some. He had a good idea what Cameron would want to know so she he came out and said it. "Her name is Jennifer and she's is eight. Seeing that I'm thirty-one, she was born when I was twenty-three."

Cameron looked at Chase. Pure shock still resided on her face. "Is she living with her mother?"

Chase avoided eye contact with Cameron as he said. "No. My wife is dead. Jenny's been living with her grandparents for the last month."

He walked over to a bookcase and on the bottom shelf pulled out a thick brown photo album. He flipped through it to reveal a picture of a dirty-blond haired girl with blue-gray eyes. She was very pretty.

Cameron flipped the page to reveal a picture of Chase, a younger Jenny, and a very beautiful woman. The three of them were sitting on the beach. Chase looked so happy. Cameron smiled, but in a way felt sorry for Chase.

"How did she die?" Cameron asked softly without realizing it.

Chase saw by Cameron's expression that she hadn't meant to ask. "Lung cancer six week after she was diagnosed."

Cameron felt like she would cry, She had lost her husband, but she knew he was going to die. Cameron couldn't imagine losing a mother that way. She felt so sorry for Jenny. That little girl must have been so lost, maybe even now.

Cameron looked up at Chase he was leaning against the wall. Cameron went up to him and put her arms around him. Chase gently held Cameron, he felt so vulnerable and hated it.