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CHAPTER1
Daniel looked through his closet and sighed; it had been ages since he had to do this. Choosing clothes for a date was not part of his life anymore; his life was about childcare and trying his best to play both mom and dad for his little girl.
"You should wear your red shirt and your leather jacket."
"Yeah?"
"You look handsome in that."
"Thanks, honey."
The ten-year-old sitting on his bed was his greatest supporter and always would be. It was for her that he was doing this in the first place.
"Where are you taking her?"
"Just dinner and a movie."
Daniel took the red shirt Tina bought him for his birthday off a hanger and pulled it over his head.
"Looks good, Daddy. She's going to like you."
"I hope so."
"What's not to like?" she giggled.
"You're a little biased, but thanks."
"Biased?" she asked.
"You think she'll like me cause I'm your dad and you like me."
"She'll like you cause you're nice and funny."
"I love you."
"I love you more ."
Harry, Ashley, and Sarita arrived to babysit, but a big part of him just wanted to stay home. He'd been on his own since Tina was five years old, and he was comfortable, perhaps a little lonely for adult companionship . . . but comfortable. Tina was ten years old now, though, and he soon realized that she would want a woman in the house to talk to. He was trying to give her that. Daniel didn't know how to help her regarding boys, puberty, or anything else, but he'd always try his best.
The woman he was taking out was a colleague of Ashley's at the DMV, and he didn't know anything about her. Ashley said she was new to the office and seemed friendly enough, so he agreed to a blind date despite thinking it was a terrible idea.
"Have a good time and don't hurry back," Harry smiled.
"Yeah right," Daniel chuckled. "You think this is actually going to go anywhere?"
"Well, you have such a great attitude about it. What could go wrong?" Harry scoffed.
"I just don't know this woman; all I saw was a picture."
"It'll be fine, just relax. You need to get out there, man, it's been five years," Harry reminded him.
"I've been kind of busy raising a little girl all alone, and it's a little tricky to meet women at the playground," Daniel laughed.
"It might help if you'd take off your wedding ring," Harry sighed.
"Damn it!" Daniel groaned, twisting it off his finger to put it away before he picked up his date.
Tina was downstairs watching a movie with her Aunt Ashley and cousin Sarita as Daniel gathered up his keys and wallet to go.
