Once again, you've delivered!
This was a really fun story to read. Jensen certainly was in it for the long haul. You carefully crafted his character so he didn't come off like a doormat where it could have easily slipped into that realm. You did the same with Nolan's character. His grandparent's house meant so much to him that he was willing to live in a gutted house rather than lose it in a divorce.
So you kind of skipped to the end and that's totally understandable with a short story, but there's about 15 years of details that could be covered in a book.
Just sayin'...