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

James nodded and kissed Howard on the cheek. Jason was sure that like any college student, James didn’t mind a little extra money in his pocket, and from the look of that wad of bills, James would have play money for months. Jason knew that Howard was probably overcompensating for what he believed the children were now going through, but he wished his own parents had been so generous.


After they walked James to the car and waved as he went by, Jason waited for Howard’s next instructions, knowing that he planned days like this to the minute.


“Janey, we should probably get going soon,” Howard said. “You know how beltway traffic can be and God only knows what we’ll hit making our way from here to the beltway. Everyone wants to come back and forth from Three Rivers on spring weekends.”


Chapter 37