Jack is thirty-five and single once again. He is not, as he as quick to point out, going through a midlife crisis. Still, it would be nice to have a partner.<br><br>So he sets out on an adventure to find the one-time love of his life, Bing, a man he hasn't set eyes on in more than fifteen years, a man who has seemingly vanished off the face of the planet. With the help of his family and friends -- plus the family dog and, of all people, his high school bully -- he goes searching for Bing, only to unearth an ages-old mystery that puts them all in grave danger.<br><br>In this hysterically funny tale of romance and self-discovery, the question remains right up to the surprise ending: can we return to our past in order to create better our future?

Midlife Crisis

I drove around some after that to clear my head. I wound up at my old high school. Nothing about it had changed. Ironically, everything about me had. I wondered as I sat in my idling car how Bing’s life had turned out. He wanted to be a veterinarian. He loved animals, was smart, driven. Was that why I fell in love with him? Did I see a brighter future for myself with him in it? Or was it all just puppy love, first love, a mirage in the desert that was high school?


Fine, I was confused then and I was far more confused now. Maybe life never gets any less confusing. Maybe you figure one thing out just as another obstacle appears on the horizon. All you have to do is keep one step ahead so you don’t fall two behind.


“And I only got a B in philosophy,” I joked to myself. “That teacher didn’t know her ass from her Nietzsche.”


I drove away and headed home. Ma greeted me at the door. “Adams,” she said, by way of a hello.


Chapter 14