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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.

And who says Juneteenth is a worthless holiday!

Dom, Dom, wherefore art thou? “I think with Nick... I miss being his friend, you know?” Even BEFORE getting to the end of this chapter I had copied this statement from Jesse. Why on earth would he want to be friends with Nick? Nick was NEVER his friend. Nick was always about Nick. Luis saw that early on. I am sorry the story never got finished, but I think we know that Jesse and Logan will wind up together, Jesse's mom is going to throw out Randy, Luis will wind up in a better place than he is now and he, Jesse and Logan will be 'pals'. Luis might even date Lee.

Just a brilliant chapter. Luis in real life wouldn't have needed to testify. If it had been a mere sexual abuse case, yeah, but Brooks was already looking at life for kidnapping, interstate trafficking, and whatever other charges from the armed robberies. But there is no drama in that and that doesn't diminish the incredible, gut-wrenching writing.

I just don't get why Jesse was all moony over Nick and why he cared Nick was mad at him. Nick is a dick and he has zero right to be mad at Jesse. But I never got Quinn, Rory or Owen either......

Yeah, I knew Luis kicked Nick's ass for Jesse 'cuz Jesse is too much of a wuss to do it.

Took Jesse's dumb ass long enough to make the decision to dump Nick.

Kick Nick to the curb already. I am thinking Luis beat up Nick because he is cheating on you Jesse.

Well good. Someone had to kick Nick's worthless ass. It should have been Jesse, but Luis was a good sub.

I was getting tired of trying to figure it out. Ever since the shoplifting incident, Nick had been cold with me at times and seemed to expect me to figure out why Time to dump Nick. He is self centered and high maintenance. I think we all know that in the end Logan is going to wind up as Jesse's next boyfriend, or at least I hope so. Dom has a way of pulling surprises. I am sure Logan has his faults too, all boyfriends do and eventually they get to you, but I bet it would take a lot longer to get tired of him. Nick exhausts me. I see a crack in Luis' veneer. I think this is the turning point towards normalcy for him.

I can't believe no one has ever commented on these chapters. I am sure we had a lot of discussions in the old Domaholics Froum, which I really miss. I liked the old forum format because it allowed real, back and forth commentary. My heart just aches for Luis. The odds of a kidnapped child, ala Elizabeth Smart, ever being found are incredibly rare. I can't imagine what he suffered at the hands of his kidnapper. It doesn't even have to have been physical abuse, just the separation from your friends and family would be traumatic enough for an 8 year old.

I am not a reptile or fish fan, nor birds for that matter, and never understood my friends who were. But Logan seems a catch anyway.