It was a beautiful day. A nice day for the Elementary School to have their bake sale. Danielle "Dani" Allerton-Burns came with her son, Jared, to check it out. She was the mayor of the fine city of Clearwater. Her son was eleven now, but Dani used to help out with these bake sales when he went to this school too. Jared was admiring Mrs. Parkinson's cupcakes. Those were always a big hit and her son never could resist chocolate.<br/><br/>Dani tried to be a good mayor and it wasn't that hard to do in a small town. Everyone knew everyone in Clearwater. People certainly knew Dani and her family and Dani knew who most of them were. Like she knew who Brad Parkinson was. A sweet, innocent little boy, that always made her stop in her tracks whenever she saw him.  The boy looked nothing like his late father. Instead, he always reminded her of her younger brother when she saw him. He might have his mother's eyes, but when he smiled, Brad looked just like Keith.<br/><br/>It wasn't something that made Dani thrilled. Although she didn't like a lot of things her brother did. Keith always liked to remind her that his personal life was none of her business. Although he seemed to forget that whatever he did could look bad on their family and on her. A part of Dani was always tempted to ask Mrs. Parkinson how close she and Keith really were, but Dani felt she already knew the answer.<br/><br/>Whatever Dani's thoughts were about who Brad's biological father was, she was never rude to the boy. She gave him a pleasant smile in return.<br/><br/>"Good morning and yes, I would. Jared, pick out three. One for me, you, and Dad."<br/><br/>Dani told her son. Her husband was the fire chief and was on duty. Tom couldn't make it to the bake sale but he had sweet tooth, just like their son. Jared nodded his head.<br/><br/>"Sure thing, Mom."<br/><br/>He didn't have to be told twice about that and went to see which cupcakes would be perfect. Dani turned back to Brad and asked.<br/><br/>"How much do I owe you, young man?"