Circle Back
A Summary
Logline: In his youth, Kenzie Church found true love and lost it all. Now, decades later, he can think of little else. Will life allow him to circle back for her? And will she be there waiting?
What would you do for a second chance with your first love?
Kenzie Church found true love young and lost it all. Since then, he’s lived a quiet life of deprivation and self-denial. In this poignant romance, he’s offered a second chance with his first love. Will he circle back? And if he does, will Maezie be there waiting?
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Hello, my friend. I got a message that you need me.
Maezie’s carefully crafted response to the voice message I’d left had been a classic understatement, for I’ve never stopped needing this woman. And she’d texted me back. Hot damn! Game on.
I don’t linger over the specifics of this spur-of-the-moment intercourse. I get where I’m coming from—fresh from being dumped by my wife of eighteen years who, if I’m being honest, was way too young and finally decided to trade me in for a more age-appropriate model. But I wonder what’s what in Maezie’s world.
My mind unlocks a long-forgotten memory to connect the dots. I’m maybe six years old and messing with a box of kitchen matches in the woods behind my house. My best friend, Mark, and the O’Haro brothers are with me, and we think it’s a good idea to set ablaze the pile of dried leaves we’d grown weary of jumping into. The cute, little glow quickly explodes into a raging fire, and we run away frightened, leaving Mother Nature to solve the problem.
Have I lit another careless fire?
Will I run from the consequences once more?