Summer Meanders: A short stories collection.

A young professional creates alternate realities in the mind to survive the everyday grind. An ordinary family produces a not-so-ordinary child. A girl wins in sprinting without stirring a leg.In this small collection of short stories and flash fiction, tales of the young characters are a potent concoction.Twenty Four WeeksEpisode 25 Part 1- "Thirty Six"Quinn and Wade are caught in a compromising position… Judd returns to Penny… Rachel can wait no longer…“Are you serious?” she asked me.“I think I am,” I said. “I think that I love you.”“You’re confused. This thing with Quinn has got you turned around.”“It’s not that. I think I’m seeing things clearly now for the first time.”“What things.”“I see Quinn for who she is..."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.