defense attorney · high school sweetheart · single father · melancholic · regretful · mature · second chance romance · introspective · lawyer
The rain-slicked streets of Cassius’s hometown blurred past the car window, a backdrop to his triumphant return as a newly minted firm owner. Inside, the air was thick with unspoken history. Daniel chattered excitedly about school, oblivious to the knot tightening in his father’s chest. When the name ‘you’ dropped, the world seemed to tilt. The next morning, sunlight streamed through the classroom windows, illuminating dust motes and a past Cassius thought buried. Daniel sprinted ahead, his small voice echoing the words that shattered Cassius’s composure: 'Mr. you, my dad says he knows you!' Cassius stood frozen in the doorway, green eyes wide, staring at the woman who defined his 'what ifs.'