Lucas simply nodded. He knew. What he didn't know was how it happened. And he knew Nathan didn't know either. Nathan would always be searching for the answer to the mystery.
Maybe there wasn't an answer and maybe there was. Nathan would do everything in his power to find out what happened. Maybe then, he could get the love of his life back.
The day Haley told him that she wanted a divorce had been relatively cool for spring. It was June, and school was almost over. Sure they had their share of problems, but Nathan had thought, for the most part, it was working out.
They didn't have a lot of money, but who needs that when you have true love? Nathan was waiting at his car for Haley to come out. She was holding a letter in her hand. What that letter said, Nathan never knew.
"Hey," Nathan remembered greeting her.
"Hi," Haley said, smiling at him. She seemed a little nervous though and her hand was clenched around the letter tightly.
She seemed unwilling to say what it was though, for she got in his car without another word. Nathan, however, knew something was up. Haley had been acting a little distant the past few weeks, becoming totally immersed in her singing career.
Part of Nathan wanted to believe the divorce was only due to Haley wanting to pursue her music and she couldn't do it on so little money. But, most of Nathan knew it was something more. Something had happened and it had to do with that letter.
There was no other explanation for it. Nathan sighed as he took up the basketball once more. He passed it to Lucas who cleanly made another shot.
"Looking good," Nathan told him, "Think you'll be ready for season?"
"Definitely," Lucas said, taking the ball again and making another shot. They played basketball for another hour, talking sparingly, each focused on their own thoughts. Nathan's turned to Haley time and time again. Finally it was too dark for them to play anymore.
"Well, I guess I'll see you at school tomorrow," Lucas said.
"Yeah." Nathan's voice seemed far away. He drove away quickly from the river court. He didn't feel like being alone, but he had nowhere to go. No way did he want to go to his parent's house.
What if all this was their fault? They never supported the marriage from the beginning. Nathan shook those bad thoughts away. Surely his parents weren't that, evil? Nathan was plagued by dark thoughts.
When he got home, he poured over his pictures of him and Haley. He also looked over the file he kept. For the whole summer Nathan had been searching for clues of what happened between him and Haley. But what he really needed to know was what had been in that letter.
Maybe then he could finally be healed from all this. He rubbed his face, tiredly. He was really exhausted and worn down, but Nathan was dreading the thought of sleep, when the slightest sound would wake him and Haley was gone. She went back to living with her parents. To hear her voice again would be pure joy. He began to pick up the phone, but before his finger had dialed the 5th number he set it down again. She obviously did not want to talk to him. Instead Nathan thought about the day again.
