Julian Junk was often teased about his last name and his father's occupation as a garbageman. Mackensie Keller grew up privileged and spoiled. As teens, Junk and Mickey make plans for their future, but when Mickey is sent off to boarding school, he tells Junk their parents are probably right -- they just don't belong together.<br><br>Back in town ten years later, Mickey is all grown up. He and Junk reconnect as adults, but so much was said, and so much has changed. Though he asks for forgiveness, which Junk grants, though old romantic feelings are quickly rekindled, Mickey is reluctant to bring a new man into his young daughter's life after his last relationship's failure. He's also harboring a secret, one that threatens to spoil upcoming Thanksgiving plans.<br><br>Once Junk discovers the source of Mickey's dilemma, he devises a crafty plan to make everything right. Will it work out? Will Mickey accept his help, and can the two of them make a go of it with so much stacked against them?

One Man's Junk

There was no point in responding to that.


“Now that the boy’s a lawyer, he and his family of them will probably try to sue us for more retroactively.”


Legal eagles perched on many a branch on the Keller family tree.


“Doubtful. If he is a lawyer, he’d just be starting out,” I reminded my father. “I wish you could be nicer, no matter what he is.”


“I wish Mackensie Keller hadn’t broken your heart.”


I stared at my old man. He stared at his grungy work boot down on the brake. “He didn’t…” I couldn’t claim Mickey hadn’t broken my heart, not when my father had been right there to see the fallout.


“After all these years, you still have that look,” he said with a shake of his head.


“The doofus in love look.” Pops crossed his eyes and made a fishy kissy face at me in the rearview mirror.


Chapter 6