Missing Steps

Dean Lajeunesse doesnt want to follow in his fathers footsteps. Hes not yet fifty, but his memory is starting to fail him. He vividly recalls how dementia whittled away at his dad and doesnt want his own teenaged son, Aidan, to see him suffer the same fate. Of course, he could just be overreacting. Maybe its the stress of his on-again-off-again relationship with Valerie, his long-time live-in girlfriend, or the feeling that hes not measuring up as a father thats making him absent-minded. But before he can understand whats happening to him, hes dragged home to the sickbed of his estranged mother. There, he butts heads with his older brother, Perry, whos remained loyal to their mother and has succeeded in almost every way that Dean hasnt. As old family tensions bubble to the surface, Dean must try to hold on to Aidans respect as he relives his difficult relationship with his own father.