Jason Janeway Jason Janeway lived in Portage Creek and was the only son of Henry Janeway and his wife . Jason never knew his mother , as she died when he was very young . In 2000 , a few days before New Year ' s Eve , he met Shannon O ' Donnel , who visited their bookstore . She wanted to wait for a tow truck because her car broke down and she found it too cold to wait outside . He joked that she might be a corporate hitman because of his father ' s resistance to the Millennium Gate project . When O ' Donnell noticed that the rest of the stores were closed , Jason told her that they would never gave up , meaning he and his father would not sell their store to the people behind the Millennium Gate project . Jason explained to Shannon what the Millennium Gate project was and listened as his father told Shannon why he was against it . When she noticed the fliers they wanted to distribute , Shannon offered to help if he would hire her . Jason joked that she would not be pleased , licking stamps for the next two days , whereupon she told him that they could use her computer . But Jason told her that his father did not believed in computers , and that they did not even own one . When Henry told that her that he was not looking to hire someone , she once more asked Henry if he could hire her as she was on her way out . Jason saw his father hesitating and asked him to hire her , at which Henry told her that he could use some help . The next day Jason watched his father explaining his resistance to Marci Collins of " 3 Action News " and telling Gerald Moss that the Millennium Gate was not Portage Creek ' s future but that of the people behind the Millennium Gate project . Afterward , his father triumphantly told him that they only had to stand firm until New Year ' s Eve . When Jason told his father that he had to go to school with the kids of the people who opposed Henry , he told him that the school would the first place that would be torn down . When Jason told his father that they said a better school would be built , his father questioned his loyalty . Jason found Shannon ' s computer , which contained some neat games ( according to him ) , and was playing " Matrix of Doom " when Shannon walked in . When Jason apologized for using her computer without permission , Shannon told him it was no problem and he offered her an cup of coffee . When asked were his father was , he replied that he went to Bloomington to get supplies ; Henry Janeway was boycotted by the local stores , and that he was in charge of the store now . Jason asked Shannon if she had any children ; she told him she never got around to it . When asked where his mother was , Jason told her that he never knew her ; she died when he was very young . He thought that the Millennium Gate could be very cool and did not share all his father ' s ideas about it , and he listened to Shannon when she told him about the first landing on the moon . When Shannon asked if he had any heroes , he replied that according to his father , they were not living in a heroic age . He considered his father a kind of a hero . He found him pretty cool despite the fact that he sometimes was a pain in the ass . Their conversation was interrupted by the telephone ; it was the first call in three days , but it turned out to be that the caller had the wrong number . Henry Janeway returned with supplies around eleven o ' clock , when Jason noticed the newspaper with an article about his father : " Local Business Owner Topples Gate " . He was unpacking the supplies and storing them when he heard Shannon and his father starting arguing about the Millennium Gate project . When he returned , his father was helping Shannon packing her belongings and he told Jason that she was leaving . Jason was surprised about this ; he thought she was staying with them , but his father insisted that Shannon leave . When Shannon had left the bookstore , an angry Jason took his coat and left also . Although his father shouted his name while crossing the street , Jason did not return to the store . Later that evening , he hurried to the bar where Shannon had just finished her conversation with Gerald Moss and asked her if she would talk to his father . He refused to leave the store and a crowd had already gathered around it ; even the police were there . When Jason told her his father would listen to her she told him that he would not . Jason asked her what Moss meant by " " I will see you in Ohio " " and what was wrong with Portage Creek . Jason thought she liked them , which she did , but she could not explain why she was leaving - it simply had not worked out between her and Henry Janeway . Jason watched her leaving the bar after she told him she was sorry . Just before midnight , Jason was standing in front of the bookstore behind the police line when Shannon O ' Donnel arrived . After looking at each other she walked up to the store and entered . Several minutes later , at 11 : 59 , he watched Shannon and his father leaving the store , his father turning the open sign to closed , and he applauded together with the rest of the crowd and walked up to them . Eventually Henry married O ' Donnell . Jason would later become the eldest brother to several half - siblings produced from the marriage . ( )