Jimmy doesn't want to be an executive - he wants to be a plumber, so his girlfriend dumps him. A favour for a neighbour leads... eventually... to love.
A Story in the STEELVILLE AND ENVIRONS Universe
A continuation of Charlie's life with Amanda. Follow them from the wedding reception through some trials and tribulations as they live, love and raise their family.
School superintendent Chris Wilkins falls in love with both Wally Rhodes and his Poppa Charlie, the cop. She never expected anything to come of it; then fate took control.
Mel Austin didn't want to be just a farmhand for his brother, so after the Army and World War II, he attended college on the GI Bill. After graduating, a wartime friend asks him to join his ragtag midget auto racing show, Mel figures it's a better job than pumping gas until school starts. In love with the thrills, action, and a chance to see the country, he spends several years vagabonding with the show through the turbulent and now half-forgotten world of the early 1950s.
Driving home from a funeral, Hal stops to get gas, sees his muffler needs attention, decides to give blood while waiting for the repairs, and meets a shy, lovely girl perhaps half his age who is making her first blood donation.