Most stories start off with two people meeting cute, dancing around each other for a little while before falling in love and eventually, finally sharing that love in a physical sense. This is not that kind of story. One dude... LOTS of different women...
Wife cheats and leaves husband for her lover. Husband tries to resume his life and eventually contacts his old high school sweetheart. Fate intervenes to complicate his decision. Memories play a big part in the story: his and hers; good and bad; old and new.
My husband Dave is puzzled by our daughter Lori's "squirrely" behavior lately. I know why she's this way - she wants her father to touch her. How do I know? Because I was the same way when I was her age. And my mother knew just how to handle it.