in season eight, Nathan's strict college professor. At first, he and Nathan dislike each other, but after Kellerman takes the blame for an accident his son caused, he and Nathan make amends. Eric McIntire portrayed Kellerman's son, Ian, who is a talented baseball player. Nathan discovers that he is the one that drove the car that hit the car Brooke and Jamie were in. Chloe Hall Leven Rambin portrayed Chloe Hall in season eight, a troubled young girl, who chose Brooke and Julian as the parents of the child she is expecting, but when the baby was born she changed her mind, for the father had come to the hospital. Ted Davis Robert Theodore "Ted" Davis Jr. portrayed by Richard Burgi is the father of Brooke Davis Baker and the husband of Victoria Davis. Absent to his daughter's life from many years he comes back in Tree Hill to the baptism of Brooke's sons Davis and Jude and be the godfather of his grandsons. Later Brooke asks him to help her with her new company Baker Man. Ted says 'Yes' causing new fights between Brooke and Victoria. Ted later comes back, claiming to check up on Brooke after she'd been attacked by Xavier in season 9. However, it is later revealed that he is only back to try and sell Brooke's new company Baker Man, rather than to check up on her and forge a relationship. In the last few episodes, he gets back together with Victoria Davis, acting like the parents Brooke always wanted, having "Baker Man" as a family business. Tara Richards Tara Richards portrayed by Chelsea Kane first appeared as a rival cafe owner to Haley and Brooke, who opened the "Tree Hill Cafe" across the street from the newly re-opened "Karen's Cafe". She played dirty tricks to win customers, including planting cockroaches and hanging a sign that says Karen's Cafe hires murderers (from when Dan helped out Haley when she was short-staffed). After Tara sends a note that says "Fry your burgers, not your babies!" referring to Julian and Davis's accident, Brooke vandalizes Tree Hill Cafe. When Xavier, Brooke's attacker and Quentin Fields' killer, is released from prison, Tara hires him as an employee at Tree Hill Cafe, despite Brooke's warnings. After Xavier attacks and nearly kills Brooke, Tara saves her by striking him from behind with a taser. Brooke later settles her differences with Tara,