Glen is coerced into helping his senile mother by his gay nephew Tristan. On probation, Mom burns things on the stove and steals cars for fun. Together they get her into an adult home, where her old lover lives.<br><br>The old man reveals he fathered a child with Glen's mother who was given up for adoption, but he no longer remembers the baby's name. All he knows is it starts with the letter D. Of course, everyone a little older than Glen with a D in his name now looks like a possible stepbrother, even Mom's probation officer, Damon.<br><br>Glen and Damon take a shine to each other. Is there any way for the two to win with such a dysfunctional family?

Glen Saves the World

Janice looked confused, but Alex said, “I get those feelings sometimes. I’ll take you; you’ll see it’s nothing, the kids are fine, nobody’s breaking into your house, or whatever, and we’ll be right back.”


“I don’t know why this is happening or why I said that,” I muttered on the way to the parking lot. “It’s just—the valium, and my jack-knife and the watch and my sister…I’m probably crazy, and Garth and Simon and…all that joy and laughter.”


Alex just looked at me, “Never mind; if you’re staying here in town, you’ll know in just a few minutes. Calm down, whatever’s going on, if anything, we’ll handle it. I’m a fireman. It’ll be okay.” He squeezed my arm. “You look familiar,” he added, “although I wasn’t in this school very long, maybe I was in some classes with you. We just moved here when I was a senior. My adoptive father passed away, and my mom wanted to be nearer her own family.”


Chapter 23