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 have to go,” he said. “This was a mistake.”


I hopped up to block his exit. “No, wait, please,” I said, trying to retain my composure. Good luck with that, I figured. “I don’t want to lose you again.”


His sigh returned. “You never found me, Jack.” He pointed around the room. “This, this was all just a flashback. It’s like when you smell something and you recall something else, a memory from your past. You smell a forest, you think of camp. I’m just something that made a few brain cells go off inside your head. That’s all.”


“You don’t believe that,” I said, though it came out more like a plea.


He nodded. “I do believe that. You just don’t want to believe that.” He took hold of me. I breathed in. I smelled him. He didn’t remind me of camp; he reminded me of him. “Look, this was nice, better than nice, but I have my life, you have yours, and nice is all I can give you.”


Chapter 54