Twenty Four Weeks - Episode 20 - "Thirty One" (PG)

By James David Denisson

Twenty Four Weeks
Episode 20- "Thirty One"

Judd suspects that Wade is about to be unfaithful to Chloe... A new friendship has Judd feeling suspicious... Judd learns some truths about Grant...
And here I am, a step, one of many, leading to his third and fatal heart attack.
“I was his last case,” I say quietly, like it’s an honor and not a curse.
“You and your wife. His last lost cause.”

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 20 – Thirty One

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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…

How is Wade coping with you and I? she asks me. To be honest, I’m a little taken aback, but then we promised to be real with each other, and that’s what she was trying to be. If Wade was going to cause trouble then she wanted to know about it.

Surprisingly quite well.

Really?

Well, actually he has himself a new interest.

And then I feel instantly sorry for her because she doesn’t know about Wade and Chloe and their history. For that matter she doesn’t know about what Wade has been doing behind her back for the last year. Maybe she did.

There’s something you should know, I say grimly.

What?

Wade wasn’t faithful to you. I laugh. "That’s so messed up. Here I am telling you about that when you were sleeping with him behind my back."

Judd... she says, shaking her head sadly.

But you should know this. He was sleeping with other people for the past year. Did you know?

She shook her head. Her eyes were full of tears.

And the girl he’s with, Chloe, he’s been with her for months. It looks like he started being ‘serious’ with her just after he finished with you.

She bows her head. I’m so ashamed, she says, tears running down her face.

…

If you think you’re going to leave Chloe then you should do it sooner than later before she gets hurt too much. Don’t leave it a year and then surprise her like you and Quinn surprised me.

You’re not going to let that go, are you?

Eventually I will. It was a terrible thing you two did to me, and there’s no getting around it. But, buddy, I’ve forgiven Quinn and I’ve forgiven you. I’m not wasting my time being angry anymore.

But I don’t want to leave Chloe and I don’t want to sleep around.

"Then don’t."

But I know I will. Eventually.

…

Well, you have to understand, that question needs to be put into context. If I just come out and say it, well, it makes me look like a terrible person. And it wasn’t like that. Judd is a friend and it was because he was a friend that things turned out worse than they could have been. The truth is, I was seeing Judd’s wife. I was hiding the fact from Judd because I didn’t want to hurt him.

"But what he didn’t say, I add, was that my wife and I were separated at the time. We were free to see other people. We were still living together for appearance sake, but still separated."

And so, there is the