A Father For Philip — Judy Gill / Judy Griffith Gill

Eleanor's son, Philip needs a father. When his "imaginary" playmate, Jeff, turns out to be David Jefferson the husband who went missing from Eleanor's life before her son was born, can she accept him back? She knows she still loves him, but why won't he tell her why he stayed away for seven years?

When David Jefferson meets a small, very angry boy for the first time, he has no idea who the child is, only that he needs a friend as desperately as does David himself. It doesn't take him long to realize Philip is the son he never got to meet, and by the time he does, he already knows Philip's mom is planning to marry a man Phil hates. Not knowing why he was lied to seven years ago, Dave is forced to tread warily.

Not until Eleanor falls ill and young Philip overcomes a deep-seated fear to get adult help for her, do Eleanor and her beloved David find each other again. Then, despite their joy at this unexpected reunion, the overwhelming force of their love, there is much to contend with--apparent lies, questions about who deceived whom and why. All this must be resolved before Philip finally has a father.