Twenty Four Weeks - Episode 12 - "Twenty Three" (PG)

By James David Denisson

Twenty Four Weeks
Episode 12 - "Twenty Three"

An on-air fight threatens everything Judd has worked for... Quinn makes an unexpected request...
Wade doesn’t get to say anything else. He’s cut short as I push him hard across the room. His head phones are still on and the cord snaps taught and pulls his head sideways. He gets up in a second but I’m on him.
“What the hell, Wade!” I yell.
The problem is I’ve not pushed the mute button...

Still reeling from the shock of discovering his wife's infidelity, Judd Altman learns that he has lost his father and will be one himself. His soon to be ex-wife, Quinn, is pregnant with his child.
After almost losing the baby, Wade (Judd's old boss and Quinn's lover) realizes the truth about himself and his relationship with Quinn and leaves her. Judd, in the face of Quinn's situation, forgives her, but cannot reconcile their marriage.
With nothing but a stolen Porsche, Judd drives to Maine with limitless possibilities. A man with nothing has nothing to lose, and a man with nothing to lose can do anything.
Twenty Four Weeks begins with Judd's time of reflection in Maine and his eventual decision to return to New York City, to take back the life that has been so cruelly taken from him. Sometimes humorous, this bitter-sweet tale is full of hope, love and forgiveness.
With characters and back story based on the novel "This is Where I Leave You" by Jonathan Tropper, Twenty Four Weeks is set after the events of the movie of the same name.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James David Denisson
• Release date: Jul 27, 2016

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Twenty Four Weeks – Episode 12 – Twenty Three

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Written by J.D.Denisson.

A sequel to the movie This is Where I Leave You.

Characters and back story based on the novel This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper.

Copyright 2016 J.D.Denisson.

Previously…

...I go and see Wade who’s impatiently waiting for me.

What is it? he asks me.

Free your weekend, I tell him.

What? Why?

You and Chloe are coming with us to a marriage workshop.

What? he says, looking confused.

I explain things a little. I leave out Grant’s assignment.

Hey, man, this is not my thing, he says quickly.

It’s not my thing either, but it’s kind of important. You’ll understand that, believe me.

…

The first day was full of the same words and feelings of our sessions, perhaps a little less tailored to our own personal problems. Chloe listened intently but Wade looked like he wanted to be anywhere other than there. Still, he was keeping up a brave face and maybe is new bride didn’t notice or didn’t know how he looked when he was bored or uncomfortable. I did, and maybe Quinn did too. I didn’t ask her, and I wasn’t going to.

Vows, they said, were the links – the bonds – between us. They keep us together when everything else is insecure. For better or worse. Keeping them when times are good was easy, they said, and in a way those times mean little when hard times come and you choose to keep those vows anyway, that’s when they matter. I felt Quinn’s hand close on mine and squeeze, like she was in great pain. Her eyes were closed as they said those things and I knew that she was in anguish over how she had broken hers with me. I forgive her again. I hope she is starting to forgive herself too.

After the first session Grant saw us and approached, spoke our names. He looks at Wade and I don’t know if he’s aware who he is. If he does he keeps it from his face.

This is my friend, Wade, I say, and his wife, Chloe.

Ah, Grant says with a smile. "Glad you could come.