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"I went out with Harry, and I actually met somebody."
"Yeah? Well, it's about time you got snatched off the market."
"Here's hoping," Daniel laughed. "Goodnight, Ted."
"Night, Daniel."
Ted had been there since the early days after Candace passed away and would bring over groceries, coloring books, and little toys for Tina. It helped to have a neighbor who'd lend a helping hand, especially in those early days when he had no idea how to carry on.
Back at home, Daniel stripped off his shirt and plopped down on the couch with a beer. He took her number from his wallet and smiled just looking at it. His head was racing with thoughts of Cassandra, and it felt like a teenage crush, completely exciting and all-consuming.
That night, for the first time in years, he lay in bed and touched himself while thinking about someone other than Candace, and it felt like turning over a very important leaf. He couldn't stay married to a dead woman forever; maybe there was life and love beyond what he'd lost with Candace.
CHAPTER4
"OK, I need to know about a man that you work with."
She had to call her sister when she got up in the morning. She needed to know more about this man.
Ben was building a train track on the kitchen floor, and she was pouring her second cup of coffee.
"Who? And why?" Octavia laughed. "Most of the guys I work with are . . . never mind."
"His name is Daniel; he says he knows you."
"Daniel Goffman?" Octavia mused as if the name were a statement.
"Well?"
"He's nice."
"And?"
"I don't know him super well, but he's always really polite and chatty. How did you meet him anyway? I heard he's a bit of a homebody."
"At the new bar on Main Street, he was shooting pool with his brother."
"Harry? Damn! He's a nice piece of ass, right? But he's very happily married, so I'll behave myself," she laughed.
"We just got talking, and he said he'd be willing to come over and have a look at the electrical."
"That's nice."
"Yeah, he seems really sweet, and he's seriously easy on the eyes."
"Do you think you'll end up dating?" Octavia asked.
"I was hoping to stay single till everything is more settled. I'm in a ridiculous spot at the moment, but I hope so."
"That would be nice for him. He hasn't seen anyone since his wife died, and that was years ago.
"He mentioned that he was a single father. How did she die?"
"Car accident, two other people died in the car too. She was just coming home from Christmas shopping with her girlfriends. It's the saddest thing I ever heard, and he was left with a five-year-old daughter to raise alone."
"That's horrible, and he's such a nice guy too."
"Are you going to tell him about everything?"
