Twenty Four Weeks - Episode 18 - "Twenty Nine" (PG)

By James David Denisson

Twenty Four Weeks
Episode 18- "Twenty Nine"

Quinn gives Judd an unexpected and early birthday present... The show starts to move in a different direction... A tragedy cancels counselling...
“Just so you know,” she says, looking at me now, “if I wasn’t fighting you now, I’d be crying. He helped us when we were unhelpable.”
“That’s not a word.”
“You can be an ass sometimes, you know that?”
“I think you’ve told me a few times before.”

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 18 – Twenty Nine

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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…

She can’t take her eyes off the ring I bought her all the way to our counselling session. She’s talking about our future as we drive and even though I’m not saying anything I’m more glad than I can say that I’ll be part of it. We have a short list of names now, just three. She’s not settled on one, not yet. She still refers to our baby as ‘our girl’, but I guess she’ll start referring to her by her name and I’ll know what she’s picked. That’s what happened to our baby boy. Thomas she named him and that’s what sits on the little plaque at the cemetery amongst all the other children taken before they had a chance to live and grow and love.

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I take her for her check-up after work. She’s almost six months in and doing well. I guess there is another cloud looming in the distance that we’re not talking about. Maybe it’s something that we’re not ready to face. I know I’m not, and I don’t expect that Quinn is any stronger than I am. Unfortunately Quinn obstetrician is not afraid to ask the questions we are.

And your first pregnancy, Dr Heigel says, reading through Quinn’s notes, ended at eight months - a still birth.

…

Wade is frantically signalling to me from behind the glass that stands between us. I’ve still got my phones on but I’ve cut the sound while I’m reading the bio of our next guest. His waving has caught my eye and he’s tapping his phones. I pull the sound up to hear his latest caller.

"... and you just sit there tell us how it is, but you don’t care what that does. We listen to you, we follow you, and it ruins our lives. It’s ruined my life."

I’m sorry that’s happened...

"You don’t care! the caller yells. You don’t have to pick up the pieces. We do. And you just keep getting richer on our pain."

I’m holding my hands up to Wade, like I can’t see a