Jason lives a comfortable life. His business is successful. Both his children have wonderful futures ahead, and people think he’s pretty neat. There is just one thing Jason wishes he could get rid of -- his ex. When they meet for coffee, however, Jason realizes that after ten years, he wants Howard back. Luckily, Jason has a plan. For Howard, his life is as good as it gets. He’s raised two great children, and helped his ex build a business that provides Howard palimony. Unfortunately, his ex is also the ultimate Zen-wrecker, and no amount of deep breathing can get him out of Howard’s head. When Jason shows up broke and with a hair-brained scheme to get Howard back in his life, under the guise of celebrating the tenth anniversary of their divorce, Howard isn’t sure if he’s being insulted or wooed. But he reluctantly agrees to go back to work at the company, and to allow Jason to move back home. Can ten years heal old wounds? Have Jason and Howard ever stopped loving each other, or should they call it a day and just celebrate their “divorce-ary?” And in the end, who will be the real trickster -- Jason, Howard, or that marvel we call love?

The Divorceary

“Please, I can handle that. Every night that Da read me a bedtime story he told me that the moral was that men are pigs, and that sometimes you just have to let them know that you’re a farmer with an ax. It’s a rule I live by.”


“Great,” Howard said, and then nodded to Jason. “I’m glad I didn’t know about that. I appreciate it now. Perhaps I wouldn’t have when she was little.”


“Just doing my job,” Jason said, stretching in his seat, a big smile covering his face.


When they reached the house, Jason and Howard went to the kitchen to get plates and drinks while Janey and James ran to the basement.


“You kept them clean, Dad,” James said, rolling his sleeping bag out in front of the couch while Janey did the same with hers. “I don’t think we’ve used these in over five years, but they smell good.”


Chapter 29