No More Room for Dad

Synopsis

"Next time... should I make two 'DAD' cards? That way, Daddy won't have to put someone else's kid in my spot." Ever since his partner died saving his life in a construction accident three years ago, taking care of the man's wife and frail son became Ethan's ultimate emotional shackle. He took it for granted that his eight-year-old daughter, Lucy, was "mature enough to understand." What he failed to realize was that the currency he used to pay off his guilt was Lucy's childhood. From taking someone else's child to her school breakfast to leaving her violin solo's front-row seat painful empty, Ethan broke his promises over and over again. Lucy didn't throw tantrums. Instead, she quietly drew page after page of empty chairs in her secret notebook, trimmed her dad out of the family photo, and slowly shrank her own world so as not to burden anyone. When her mother, Nora, finally realized that teaching Lucy to be "understanding" was only teaching her to accept coming last, she took her daughter and moved across the country to Seattle. And Ethan faced a heartbreaking truth-his daughter had learned to stop saving him a seat.