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Well, mate, bugger. Didnt see that. Fystie, ... but Leo. Yep, I am still capable of being shocked. Mind-blowingly good writing, the way it rollled out. I hope you have something in store for Amy. Hmm.

Sometimes I am so slow! Just realkse that Kreek and the Colonel ( Kenny's Dad) are in league. Interesting to see how this plays out. I am happy for Keny that his firts physical relationship was as good as it was....🤗

Being "sent to Coventry" it used to be called. And in places like army camps, such isolation can be mentally very destructive. Not sure of its ethics in this case, but Kreek certainly is as unpleasant a character as imaginable, so the outcome of any court case is a foregone conclusion.... Our two lovers are risking it all through their blindness, but who hasnt been there before....

Well it could be if the supreme creator of this world decided to be nice and kind😆

Very well done, and from Mort's perspective is was very...interesting! The issue around sex ed for children, I am not sure if there is such a thing as "too young". If a child is not old enough to comprehend what they are being told, be it sex ed or the operation of the internatal combustion engine, they will get bored and wander off either physically or intellectually. Sex ed should be a sort of continuous supply of information as the child either asks or situations arise. At age about 9 or 10 my eldest asked me how a pregnancy could be "unwanted". What followed was hardly detailed sex ed, and his main question was why anyone would have actual Intercourse "for fun". A couple of years on and once he had discovered masturbation, that point became moot, and he had moved on so the questions moved on as well... years later he accused me of never having "The Talk" with him. When I went over the history, apart from managing to embarrass him no end, he agreed, all the info he thought he'd just "discovered" was actually the product of Q&A over time.

Re Clive: i hope so. Removed from a a poisonous environment ( surely no one is born evil, outside Hollywood, anyway) could there have been hope for the poor bastard? But yes, too many people have grown up in hot house of bigotry, homophobia, intolerance and all round nasty superiority.

Teddy is a great character. all the others have their music etc, but Teddy is an all-round great person who saves lives in and out of hospital. thanks

Clive.... what can I say? I still despite my years feel people are still redeemable, so therefore they should have tried to save him. BUT the risks of trying to save the little turd would be that they both may have drowned. So, ultimately, what happened was the sad but inevitable outcome of 1) a parent no teaching their child to swim, and 2) a parent producing such a hateful child. As for that bloody teacher..... there are no words that ca describe such a complete and utter breach of trust. I don't quite get the head teachers response, not after all this time... Mort has never lied, in fact the opposite... with Hugh leaving, Amy "back", I can see you are setting us up for a some catastrophe here...

even when lawyers are the good guys, somehow..... great read.

Mr Montgomery was a very insightful man. He knew what his eldest needed, he knew what Christopher could do for him. Some children are amazed at what their parents know about them....

Richard is one messed up bastard. Of course he couldnt be honest to Drake, he can't even be honest to himself. I also doubt the ethics of the councellor he went to. While only half the story, they way Richard reported the discussions sounded bloody peculiar. Drake seems to have worked his way through it...i think!

What an amazing child Mort is. But then children tend to either cope with "different" really well or completely ignore it. Its only adults or some sort of pack mentality that sets things on a wrong course. Mort's niaevety is a bit of a worry. And I don't yet quite understand Leo... need a few more chapters to get a grip there, I think. Thanks

This investigation looks like it will have politics written all over it. What a bloody mess!😆

What those boys are going through is hell, but at least they have each other and what would seem to be some sympathetic staff; not everyone is or was so fortunate. Thanks. A good read!

People like Mrs Pettie need to be marshalled out of the education system pronto. The damage they do is incalculable. And not only to the people they pick on;the lesson being learned by the others is just as destructive. One of my pet peeves: teaching is very important very hard work, it should both be welll rewarded but also monitored to ensure that only good teachers continue. Hopefully mort will survive his school and his "acting" mother. Hopefully between his lawyer and Leo, he will have the help he needs.

Family is everything! I know having grown up with a very extensive family that it is so hard for others who have not had this to understand how it works. Both my ex and current partners grew up with small dysfunctional families of 4 or 5 people. My family was huge ( 40 plus relos!) varyingly dysfunctional, but perfect to grow up in. I get this is the difference between our heroes....

A generation younger and while your story and mine, in terms of our own life journeys are similar (confusion, marriage, children, divorce, coming out) i did not have to suffer the torture and torments of society. For the most part my friends remained my friends, my family remained my family. I write this not to down play the hideousness of what you went through, but to show that perhaps over time (albeit too long a time) things are improving. I was inwardly thrilled when my eldest came home from his first fortnight at senior school ( mid/late 1990s) to say that the captain of the school 1st 18 aussie rules team was gay. So another generation on and another small, step towards enlightenment. Thank you for sharing.

I haven't had the problem of separating friendship from lust. Perhaps a someone who has been in long term relationships for most of my life its different. I do love the Sarge's assumption that because hes been seen with a few girls, he's straight! I gave up those sort of assumptions after I worked with what I thought was the gayest most effeminate bloke ever, then I met his wife; a vivacious blond bombshell who looked like a 1950s pin up!

Sauna, Riley st, Darwin? You had me guessing there! I thought I'd missed something in my 6 blissful years in Darwin, but no, just a creation of your impressive imagination!

You certainly have the slang down pat! I so miss the heat of Darwin....😍 Interesting to see how our love lorne soldier gets on!

I feel your enjoyment at writing these tales😆. The moral, pure and upright versus the unthinking bigot. Those that ask questions to seek truth vs those that "know". The story of our times.... I like your "rants " (which is what my partner lovingly calls my disertations on a variety of subjects); they help test thoughts and ideas. Thanks: next chapter!

Well, what an amazing start! So much for a slow, gentle, soft skin massage into the new tale; instead we are dropped, from an amazing height, in to one incredible tale full of very interesting characters. Roller coaster doesn't begin...! I really appreciate how you create sexy characters, without hot'n'heavy description. Thanks, so looking forward to how this develops!

Ryder is certainly growing up. Amazing what a complete understanding of troo lurve can do for a person.

Great story and extraordinary ending. While everything Seb and Jarek said to Zeno was spot on, it is a hard and long lesson to distinguish between revenge, justice and taking justice into your own hands. As it rolled out in this story, the ending was the only possible ending. And, justice (as opposed to revenge) was done. Thoroughly enjoyed it, Thanks. Looking forward to more😆

If you send them to my place, I'll test them, individually😋😎😁