"Good morning." Todd said, trying to sound as cheerful as he possibly could as he slid in the booth where his ex-wife is currently sitting. The warm California sun was beating through the windows of the hotel restaurant, a nice change from their usual crisp air back in Philly.

"Look, I know your upset but..." Todd tried again but this time, he gave up. There was no excuse for his behaviour last night and he definitely had no idea what was going on through Megan's head. Instead of answering him, she just continued reading the local news paper all the while picking up her coffee mug.

The conversation was bound to go nowhere. And seeing that it was still so early in the morning, Todd already was able to forecast the atmosphere for the rest of the day. So instead of contesting it, he let it be. They continued on, solitarily eating their breakfast before Megan decided to head back to the room again and check on Lacey.

"I can't wait to see the house. I've been doing my research and it seems like a really nice one." Lacey said, trying to be enthusiastic.

"Well, it's a fairly quiet neighbourhood Lace, but it has a very good ambiance." Todd tried, hoping that his daughter would not notice the thin ice he was currently threading on with her mother.

"Hey mom, when we get there, can we go look around a bit. See if it has some great shops?"

"Sure sweetie." Megan replied, momentarily tearing her gaze away from the car window to look at her daughter. Before the conversation could go any further, the car swerved, catching all of them in surprise. Megan and Lacey tried to grab on the over head handles as Todd desperately tried to manoeuvre the car. After a few seconds, he was able to successfully pull the breaks and the car came to a halt.

"Todd! What the hell." Megan said, directing her attention finally to him for the first time.

"I'm sorry, ok." He said with the same intensity as hers. "I think tyres bursted or something." He proceeded, opening the car door and hastily looking around the car. After regaining her self control, Megan too checked up on Lacey who was just too shock to react.

"Sweetie, are you ok?"

"Yeah mom, I think I'm fine."

Getting back into the car again, Todd fished out his cell phone from the compartment. Seeing that it wasn't there, he continued to look around, thinking that he might have dropped it. Before he could do a search again, Megan handed him his phone, fishing it out from his purse.

"The lady from the front desk gave it to me. You must have left it in your room." Without asking further, he dialled an emergency number on his phone.

"Great. No phone service."

"Well, try again." Megan said, searching for her own phone now.

"I am." Todd replied, becoming more agitated. "Nothing."

Todd finally gave up, thinking of all the other possibilities he could come up with.

"Well?" Megan tried again.

"Well what?"

"Don't you know how to change tyres?"

"Of course I do." Todd said, looking at her. Megan could see an uncertainty in his eyes. For almost fifteen years he had known Todd, she knew that fixing things was not one of his stronger assets. Why would it be? His parents were both trial lawyers, good ones she might add. If he ever needed something to be fixed, he could all too well pay for someone to fix it.

"What are you waiting for then?" Megan tried again, further challenging him. It was not because she wanted to get the car fixed and going already, but more of the fact that she just wanted to give him a little payback. She was still pissed, and one way to get even is to make him work.

"Mom, why don't we just try calling again? Maybe we'll get a reception this time." Lacey said, not sounding sure herself.

"Your dad can handle it Lace. Besides, we are in the middle of nowhere. Our chances to getting a reception would zero."

Not liking the sound of the conversation any longer, Todd shed out his jacket and proceeded to unbuttoning his dress shirt and rolling his sleeves.

"You girls stay here." He said most definitely.

"Dad!" Lacey tried again. When Todd just proceeded to open the trunk and manually handle the spare tyre, Lacey had nothing else to do but try again.

"Still no reception?" Megan tried, looking up from her ipad. When her daughter shook her head no, she just nodded.

"Mom, why aren't you worried? We both know dad doesn't know how to fix a tyre. What if we will be stuck here all day long?"

"That ought to teach him a lesson." She mumbled.

Over the course of two hours, Lacey had done every possible measure of helping her dad. She read the manual to him, handed him tools which both of them knew non of, and when all of that failed, she proceeded to walk around and tried to get a signal.

Todd himself was under lots of pressure. He was sweating from every possible pore of his body. His shirt was so soaked that he felt like took a dip in the pool with all his clothes intact. The sun was beating so strongly that he could barely see a thing. It was now noon, and Lacey was tired herself.

"Here." Megan said handing him some bottled water.

"Thanks." He took a large gulp from the water, relishing it coldness. For a moment, he felt like a human being again. When he was done, he handed the water back to Megan. With renewed vigour, he tried again to unscrew the tyres. When it finally came loose, he unfortunately made the foolish mistake of pulling at it too quickly and strongly, that he sent the wrench flying and directly on too his face. He tumbled back, feeling the instant pain as the metal hit his cheek bone.

"For Christ sake." He said, touching his cheek, seeing a bit of blood in his finger.

"Are you ok?" Megan said, trying to check the damage. When she grazed over the wound, Todd winced in pain.

"Here, let me put something on that." Megan momentarily left Todd's side, retrieving a wash towel from one of her kits and proceeded to soak it with cold water. Gently, she allowed Todd to sit down over the hood of the car and placed the soaked towel on his wound. The swift contact of the cold towel to his warm face caused Todd to be taken a back.

After a few minutes, Megan turned to Todd.

"How does it feel?"

"Better." Todd said, taking the wash towel from his face and holding it in a ball on his hands. Megan, not trying to show the guilt on her face, sat down beside him. She took a closer look at his wounds, touching it gently. Todd, for the most part kept his composure. It has been a long time since they were this close. Feeling Megan's hands on his face again brought back memories, of the old days. When Megan too sensed their close contact, she withdrew her hands and placed it on her side,

"I'm sorry about what happened." Todd began. "It was so childish and inconsiderate of me to do something like that. I should have told him the truth."

"Yes, you could have."

After a few moments of silence, Todd again spoke.

"Don't worry, I'll tell him the truth when I see him tomorrow. If the job is really for me, they would not use my being a divorcee as an excuse." Todd tried again. This time, Megan nodded; appreciating the gesture.

"Can we call it a truce?" Todd asked boyishly, smiling at Megan.

"Fine, when you put it that way."

Megan then proceeded to get up, waving her hand as she went closer to the main road. Todd looked at her, not understanding what she was doing. Out of no where, a tow truck appeared.

"You Megan Hunt?" The driver asked.

"Yes." She said, drawing closer to the window in order to talk better with the driver. Todd looked on, not knowing how to feel.

When Megan was done conversing with the driver, she walked towards Todd, trying to act so innocent. But the mischievous smile Todd has grown to love over the years couldn't be contained and gladly showed.

"What?" She tried again innocently.

"You called a truck and you didn't tell me?"

"Of course. Watching you try to fix the tyre is way too much fun to pass up." With that, Megan swayed away, the smile still apparent on her face as Todd looked on, somehow relieved but unsurprised that she did it.

"Come on, the driver is kind enough to give as a lift to a nearby motel." She said again, bag in hand with Lacey towing right behind her, mirroring her mother's smile.

Authors note: I'm so sorry for the late update. I've been caught up with so many stuffs lately. I'm sorry if its not that great. I'm trying to feel my way around the story again. If your still interested in reading, let me know. Enjoy!