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

“We can email customers and do extra the rest of this week and also next Monday and Tuesday. We’ll take two trucks every day and make up the rest Friday. Maybe you can get Mackensie Keller to get his hands dirty for a change and—”


“Pops…” I remembered how dirty Mickey’s hands were before his shower that first day we’d really reconnected and the dirty things they’d done to me later that night.


“It’s the least he could do, a ride-along on an extra haul away day, for what you’re doing for him.”


“Maybe he would. But…but…the cab of the mini dump truck isn’t big enough for four.”


“You don’t want me to go, do you?”


“No…no…no…Yes. Yes. It’s just…”


“You and me ride in the truck that’s pulling the trailer, and Prince Keller and Violet can follow in his car. You said he has a car, right?”


Chapter 33