Who says you can never go home again? Go back to high school with Abby and Jesse, back to a simpler time, back to where it all began… before that fateful day on that icy mountain road that would change them both forever.

It’s almost Thanksgiving and the biggest game of Abby Craig’s life is just days away. But before she can focus on scoring goals, she has to help Jesse solve a mystery that’s been haunting the school’s basketball team for the last fifty years. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Conner is proving to be a whole different kind of distraction. Will Abby be able to juggle it all or will her junior year end up being a real turkey?

This heartwarming short story is a prequel to FORTY-FOUR, which has been downloaded by more than half a million readers. THE ROAD NOT TAKEN is approximately 10,000 words long.