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Tyler needs to stop being a doormat. And also stop rationalizing why he was keeping Alex around!

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Nope. Never have I ever had sex with a person over 7 feet or two meters tall.

This definitely helped understand the next section.

Sine? Puh-lease, I prefer cosine.

You have lost me @Lee Wilson. To quote Meatloaf, I would have said that thus far Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad. And as I have read far fewer books than watched films or listened to music, I may have missed a literary reference opportunity too.

That system exists in many jurisdictions in the U.S.

I love George's quiet, humble, but determined approach to life. He doesn't waste time when action is needed. When I lived in a much smaller town in another state, I had occasion to confront a bully principal in my son's school. Before I spoke to him, I spoke directly to the Superintendent and told him what i was going to say and do - and then I followed through in no uncertain terms with the principal. Knowing I had already spoken with the Superintendent, he backed off a lot of his ways knowing he was being watched. Must say, it was very satisfying to see the change!

We have some weird laws here. Whatever the sheriff doesn't spend feeding prisoners, he can legally keep for himself.

With no cheese or mayo!

After all your just one huge SIN!

I guess we’ll see if it was or not. Perhaps he covered his tracks well as far as his “job” was concerned. All makes sense to me. Me too!

I see your still cursing on the Nile!

Or maybe just bologna sandwiches.

As a retired educator, I will say that Mr. Dumbass Principal just lost his license and, I hope, will find "3 hots and a cot" to be his home for a long while! Peter is feeling so many new things: love, respect, support along with the stupidity that exists everywhere, unfortunately. Great writing!

If there were a log of my sins, it'd be a single page that read in bold, "No sins committed."

Now, that's just crazy talk right there....

M said mother told him he could get pregnant, and it really seemed like he was having morning sickness. He could be. That would make the agent want to inspect him even more!!! Hopefully with the tracker out Connor will be a little better with the headache situation. Back to SD. Maybe Hannah really can be of some help.

I have always thought money was Calvin's motivation for returning to "claim his boys", but it never occurred to me that said boys may be the beneficiaries of an estate or at least Calvin thinks they are/may be the beneficiaries of an estate. You may well have hit the nail on the head with this speculation @JohnnyC. Clarke's questions to his client certainly did not paint him in a favourable light nor did the texts between Calvin and his mother. By the time Billy finishes cross examining him I believe (hope) he will have lost any pretence at civility and let his guard down completely to reveal what his true motivation is for wanting to "claim his boys". Crusty was surprisingly fair for the most part during Calvin's questioning. Was this legitimate or merely window-dressing? I eagerly look forward to the next chapter, one in which I hope we see Billy's rapier-like wit and eloquent destruction of Calvin's claims in abundance. Well done @John Henry.

So, the family was involved to some as yet unknown degree with the Russian mob; not something that would be healthy to anyone in the long term. I would worry about some of the family money being tied to something not on the up and up; but perhaps Boris fixed that as much as possible before his death. Was the death tied to a mob issue or something else? Being gay in the Russian mafia would not be looked upon with great affection. I like Bass as much as anyone can with the little exposure. I really like Rocky, and personally did not find him full of himself at all; sort of wonder why @drsawzall felt that? He knows what he wants and what he needs from those around him. Probably smart for someone with is family background; and the fact that Bass had to step in with the former tennis coach would easily explain his issues with having someone around him that he doesn't know well being gay. Can't wait to see what happens next.

Oh, nothing much. I made my lunch for work tomorrow. Max is at a sleepover at his friend, Michael's house. Oh, and Morgan and I finished watching a movie on DVD. The usual.

"he was never going to let Alex touch him without a condom" I hope it isn't too late! I also wish Tyler would wake up and throw the bum out!

I finished the chapter, and enjoyed the conversation with Max. Perhaps Sofia will develop more as a character later, but so far she is just playing the part of victim. Since she, Addy (the Connor clone), and cute Emma are the principle reason for Sam to come home, I feel like Sofia should be meeting Sam halfway. I don't dislike Max because he doesn't want to settle down. Max can't change how he feels anymore than Sam can just stop being in love with him. Hopefully Ben will be a better match for him.

He's trapped in the moment. It's harder to see the big picture.

At one time we had three movie theaters in our small town. For a number of years now we have none.