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

“Yes.” Mickey made a face, a rather uncomfortable one. The Bachelor likely wasn’t on Violet’s weekly viewing list. “That’s what they’re doing.”


“You two should kiss,” she told her daddy. A lull in the percussion allowed me to hear it


“Yes. Because in stories…and real life…sometimes men fall in love with women, and sometimes men fall in love with men. No matter how it happens, people in love…um…kiss.”


Sounded good to me. I nodded at Mickey’s words.


“Prince Mackensie and Prince Julian should kiss.”


“He wants Prince Mackensie and Prince Julian to kiss, too.”


Mickey’s distraction failed miserably. I couldn’t hold back a chuckle.


I doubted anyone around us could hear the conversation. I could barely hear it, even with a break in the music, and I was right next to them.


Chapter 38