Twenty Four Weeks - Episode 19 - "Thirty" (PG)

By James David Denisson

Twenty Four Weeks
Episode 19- "Thirty"

Wade gives Judd a sizeable bonus... Grant’s life is laid bare at his funeral... Quinn makes a confession...
“I’m a selfish person,” she says, putting down her book.
“No. You’re not.”
“I am.”
“Why do you say that?” I ask her.
“What I did to you - that was immensely selfish. I was thinking about myself, what I needed, what I wanted. I wasn’t thinking of you at all. And I should have...

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 19 – Thirty

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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…

Okay. She steels herself. I was having sex with two men. With you it was kind of an obligation. I mean I loved you, don’t ever doubt that. But the sex with Wade was the sex I was having without obligation and that was kind of better.

I close my eyes.

Damn it, Judd. I warned you about this.

Keep going, I say.

She sighs. It was hard not to think of him when I was having sex with you. I kind of needed it to get through it. She shakes her head. This makes me sound like a horrible person.

…

Wade Beaufort, Wheeler says.

Present, Wade says back with an easy grin.

So, what do you think about our idea?

I’m here, right? You see me here? I must be just a little interested.

And you’ve brought your manager?

Wade turns slightly. I brought my producer.

Wheeler nods. He’s regarding me, like I’m an insect that he’s about to dissect, like he’s examining all my thoughts, cataloguing them. He says nothing, he turns back to Wade. Any thoughts on the format? he asks.

…

I’ve been here before. This is a familiar scene to me. It was years ago, when Quinn was carrying our first child. We were so full of hope then, full of love, full of joy. This was just another stage in our journey and we attended to it with all the enthusiasm we could muster. We’re overjoyed to be here again, but it’s tinged with a little fear and a little sadness. Last time it came to nothing. We’re hoping that this time things will be different.

We’re sitting in a circle. There are eight couples, sixteen of us in total, with another sitting somewhere in the middle. You can’t really tell where she’s sitting, at the start, at the end, in the middle. It’s a circle and things don’t work that way. I guess, because she’s the odd one out, she defines the start and the end.

We’re all connected in some way, even before we walked in half an