John’s hatred of his stepfather leads him to the kind of time jump activity that Time Adventures explicitly forbids.
His second attempt had not been so subtle, a handgun and cartridges smuggled past Time Adventures people who didn’t even bother to check his luggage.

Variants

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  1. “Time Heals” by James C. Glass, in Analog, March/April 2017.
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by James C. Glass