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Of course. He is the Golden Child. But that has ZERO to do with whether or not Travis will listen to him.

Do note the author is laughing at you.......

This is my last comment. Until I comment again.

You know someone is going to ruin the moment and ask about the sailor boy.

This is like surfing. You can see the wave building, but it isn't here yet so you don't start paddling yet. It is a bit of a waiting game to see what forms up.

If Fellowes is the vehicle, not the driver, we are back to who? An old standby as in Alexandra or Elizabeth, or someone new. Did Curtis have any relatives who'd be bitter, someone we don't know, or Miranda or Big? More questions than answers this chapter. I'd kidnap Fellowes and take him out of the country for a little Q&A. Maybe with the help of our cartel friends. In any case, Happy July 4th to all, especially Mark and his family and his team.

Bigger than you know.

A permanent solution to a temporary problem as the saying goes. We had a local boy end his life not long ago because he felt too much pressure to succeed at our very high pressure high school. Also a baseball player, All he had to do was tell someone what he was feeling. It sent shockwaves through our community.

I read the comments from chapter one and so much of them were completely foreign to me. Even when I was in high school 30 years ago being gay wouldn't been a big deal, but then I lived in So Cal in an affluent area. I certainly knew of all the runaways and street kids and hustlers in West Hollywood, but almost all of the ones I talked to back then were not from California, at least not the affluent coastal areas, maybe there was a Bakersfield guy or two, which is basically an extension of Oklahoma. I do know that legally a parent cannot kick a minor child out of the house in most states, but most kids who get kicked out don't know that or have lawyers. I look forward to more chapters. PS if I was a high school coach with an all-state shortstop, I'd find a family for him to live with.

Except that in this case the objections don't seem to be religious since the lead character Joel says they aren't.

I think Dennis and Owen are completely different. Dennis says he likes girls and I believe him. Owen merely pretended for reasons of safety. The are two true, or based on real events, stories on GA where a perfectly straight guy has a relationship with a perfectly gay guy. Both stories, It Started With Brian and Crosscurrents have great tinges of sadness in them.

Except he isn't obviously or he'd still be living at home.

Dom reveals things in his time and place of choosing. It is a dramatic choice by the author.

Oh please. Mark Arbour miss the chance for drama at an Escorial dinner? Especially a holiday dinner?

Sexual orientation is self declared. For some reason gay men cannot accept that someone can self identify as straight and still have and enjoy sex with men. That doesn't make you bi-sexual if you don't identify as bi-sexual.

Thanks Mark for the newest chapter, tying up some dangling issues. Los Angeles actually has a sizable, successful, Serbian community and they have a long tradition of USC graduates. My grandparents and parents had a lot of Serbian friends from USC that I grew up with and as a result I've been to many weddings at Saint Steven's Serbian Orthodox Cathedral. I say this because it gives you insight into that part of the world, the Old World and the tribalism of it all. In a traditional Serbian wedding the groom has his groomsmen, the the bride, instead of bridesmaids, has bridesmen. This is in case a fight starts or shooting breaks out, the bride's people can hold their own. When the bride and groom are at the altar, the priest takes rope and ties their arms together (no getting away at that point) and walks them around the altar three times. The the drinking starts. On the way out of St. Steven's the groomsmen and bridesmen have bottles of Slivovitz and EVERYBODY takes a hit from the bottle, from the oldest grandma to the youngest elementary school kid. (more proof of their [psychological makeup) Then it is on to the reception, 500 pounds of roast lamb and dancing.

Oh the roller coaster ride hasn't even started yet, corkscrews, 360 degree inversions, double helices.....

Don't poke the bear. PofA is MUCH harder to write than CAP because it requires a lot of research and a lot of concentration on details like dates and phrases.

Calvert is more like Robbie without the snaugging.

It is nice to have another Piece of Amiens 🤣 I am more Carlton Club or Boodles, but White's will do too. Can someone refresh my memory as to how old Cavendish is? I loved the chapter and George's appearance at the opera. Things are different though then no one is trying to sink his Earldom.....

Good on you! From my experience that puts you far ahead of most Europeans! 🤣

Fasten your seatbelt, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Might hell freezeth over?

I know how he feels. I've been a competitive swimmer since I was 6 and water polo player since I was 12 so I am used to being very, very clean. You shower before and after the pool and you are in the water for hours.... and I love it. I HATED it when we went surfing in Baja and I couldn't shower for three or four days. The first thing I did when I got home was shower. now when we surf Baja it isn't beach camping, we stay at a 4 star hotel or villa... and I shower two or three times a day....

So Guy Fellowes was the obvious choice. He must have had some plan to get money out of Travis that he lost out on when Travis and Will screwed up his plan in Europe. There is no shortage of crooked lawyers, but GF takes it to a new level. I still feel like we are climbing up the chain hill and we are a ways from the top.