Chapter 25

The next evening . . .

Catherine couldn’t stop thinking about Cameron. How was he copping? Has he heard from Don? What was he feeling, right now? She finally broke down and called him.

“It’s good you called,” Cameron said softly. “I’m . . . dealing.”

“You sound calm,” she commented. “Cameron, I was wondering.”

“Yes?”

“We’ve never talked about how . . . losing your child affected you. Are you dealing with that all right?”

Cameron had talked about how hurt he was about losing Kelly, and how her infidelity made him feel, but they had never talked about the loose of his baby.

“As best as a man could deal with it, I guess. I mean it wasn’t until . . . after Kelly died I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt he – or she was mine. By the time I knew for sure I was going to be a father. I wasn’t going to be at the same time. It . . . was a shock, but it never really sunk in. It was like the child was a dream. It was