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

“In his mother’s death?” I asked, shocked it could even possibly be true.


“No, I don’t think he killed his own mother,” he replied. “I just think he knows more than he’s letting on.”


“But he’s not letting anything on. Bing never mentions it. In fact, he changes the subject whenever I bring it up, tells me to let it go.”


“And you’re saying that it’s not what you’d do if it was you, if it was your mother.”


“Is it what you’d do?” he asked. “Bury it under the rug and go live on a mountain top? Ignore the one person who might be able to solve the case?”


I sighed. I’d already thought about all that. “No, it’s not what I’d do. But I’m not Bing. And you’re not Bing. And I think it’s easy to imagine that what Bing is doing is not on the up and up, but there could be a million explanations as to why he’s done what he’s done and why he’s doing what he’s doing now. I mean, his mom died tragically any way you look at it. That has to fuck with a person.”


Chapter 58