"Ooooo, that's juicy!" Claire exclaimed. "Did old daddy have an affair?"

"It was when he and my mother were split up, before I was even born," Amanda jumped in to defend her father.

"My mother moved overseas when she got pregnant. He didn't know," I added, not wanting to give anyone the impression my father was a bad man. I didn't know him, but I trusted the girl's opinions of him.

"It's like a soap opera from the nineties," Claire grinned.

"It can seem a little unbelievable," I chuckled. "Even to me, and I lived it."

"I bet," Claire replied, ignoring Amanda as she eyed me. "So...Nick, are you single?"...