The Recluse, the Rott, and the Runaway – Part One

So here’s what you need to know before I get started here. This is a short story broken up into three parts. There are no supernatural, science fiction, or fantasy elements. It’s a personal tale of limitation and acceptance, and of knowing when enough is just enough. It would be more comfortable at home perhaps on the Lifetime network, or perhaps one of those storieswhere the old fogey and the kid bond. Secondhand Lions, orHearts in Atlantis, maybe. Is this going to be as good as either of th...