The Easy Way: A high school senior loses his dad a few days after graduation, and two weeks before his eighteenth birthday. He has an older brother he looks up to, now more than ever. After learning about his inheritance, he decides to get away for a few weeks before making any serious plans about his future. Before he leaves town, a major change occurs to his travel plans.
Completed 9/4/24 "Deadhead" Thea has lived "under the stars" for 30 years, hooking for food money. Her son, 15, and daughters, almost 14, are withering from the homeless poverty that is all they've ever known. A wealthy couple hires Thea and then Rubin for sex, then takes the family into their lives and home for the kids' sake. Schooled during the day, Rubin begins a profitable night life using his large gift as a gigolo for wealthy older women, who enjoy teaching him the ins and outs.
In the 80's, John was looking to go some place no one would know him. He was not planning on starting his new life with a 14 year old girl. She and her friends keep his life anything but mundane, despite his best intentions to keep it that way at his new home. Codes will change as story progresses.