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

“Violet told me a story,” I said, “and then drifted right off. It was a good story…all about two princes, one with orange hair, and one with curls.”


“Boing.” Mickey tugged on one of mine.


I had to catch myself when Mickey suddenly moved.


“The horses…Help me walk them around a little bit.”


“That bad?” I also had to skip to catch up with him as he moved around to the trailer’s back door.


“Not so much a story, but…stuff.”


I downed the rest of my third pumpkin coffee and hoped the parade staging area had Port-a-potties. “Okay…fill me in.”


It took a few more minutes, while we unloaded Onyx and S’mores and then fell in line behind another pair of people walking another pair of horses. We were our own mini parade down the side of the backstreet in downtown Philly.


Chapter 36