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fun. We’ll see you in the morning Cora, and you at the park later Joey. Good night Daniel, it was nice meeting you as well.” I stuck my hand out for him to shake which he did, his warm hand engulfing mine. He had a warm glint in his eyes as he looked up at me.
    “I will be seeing you tomorrow as well Kathryn. I want to see these skills Tyler supposedly has.” I couldn’t keep the surprise from my face but I nodded before reclaiming my hand from his then collecting my tired kids. Before we left the restaurant I chanced looking back and saw his sapphire eyes watching us. I ducked my head and followed the kids outside to hail a cab. We were all too tired to walk back to the hotel. I was in so much trouble the man I had been dreaming about for so long was showing interest where no man had shown it before.  Was I ready for that?

Chapter Two
    (Kathryn)
    The next day I was awoken early by the shrill ring of my cell phone. I rolled over and glanced at the screen, grimacing when I saw who it was. Sighing, I sat up and answered, I knew that I shouldn’t but I just wanted the ordeal over with.
    “Kathryn. Our conversation from yesterday was not over.”
    “Yes mother. “
    “I do not understand why you can fly to Paris and to Ireland, back and forth to LA and New York but you can’t stop for two days in Colorado. You never come home! Your sister had surgery this morning, and you didn’t even pick the phone up to call her, see how she was doing.” I put the phone down on the sheets next to me. Crystal Scott could talk for an hour without any response from me. I got up, moved to the bathroom brushing my teeth and running a brush through my wavy auburn hair, padding to the suitcases at the end of the bed, listening only to make sure she was still going and wasn’t waiting for a response from me. I quickly changed my flannel pajama pants and tank top into a pair of black slacks and a red sweater, feeling comfortable but professional keeping in mind we were going to the park after the morning meetings. Once I was feeling more put together and human I picked up the phone again.
    “Your father and I have discussed this several times and he is as disgusted by your behavior as I am.” That was always a shot that hit its mark, just the way Crystal wanted it to. No matter how confident I was feeling, no matter how many walls or what protection I had built against my stepmother, statements like that could tear through all of them and leave me broken. She had been doing it for years and she was a master at it.
    “Crystal I am sorry. Once we are done with this campaign in Paris we will make sure we come to Colorado before we head home to New York.”
    “What do you mean home to New York? New York isn’t home Kathryn. Colorado is.”
    I sighed as this sent Crystal off again. I sat silently, listening to my stepmother railing about how I should have come home after the unfortunate incident with Sean. That unfortunate incident was the death of my husband, Sean Matthew James, the love of my life and the rock that kept me steady. He had gone to war and had never come home. There hadn’t been anything to bury, so me and the kids had planted a tree, burying his dog tags at the base as a memorial, placing a small bench and plaque by it so once it was large enough people could sit underneath and enjoy its shade, read the inscription and know the tree that was offering them shelter was because of a man who was loved so much that his family wanted something to live in his memory. My father had called me but they hadn’t come out to help since my real mother had. He thought it would be too awkward. It was always too awkward because Crystal just couldn’t get over the fact that my father had been married before her, even though she had been married before too.
    The knock on the door pulled me out of my reverie, giving me something to do while I continued to tune out Crystal’s voice. Lily stood on the other side of the door.
    “I forgot