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“Have you talked to him recently?” I asked, trying to figure out if they’d broken up, or if there was a big rift between them. That really worried me, because Jake had been good for my father, at least so far. - “I don’t get it,” I said. He glared at me again. Stef and I shared a knowing glance over his extreme emotional fluctuations. “You talk like things are fine between you, but you are seriously pissed off at him.” I don't hate Will. I do hate that he is such a flaming hypocrite. If someone probed about his relationships like this they'd find their Ferragamo's cut in pieces. “Were you aware that Ryan is copulating in your house?” I asked Grand. - “They fuck,” I said casually, like it was an ongoing thing, which it may be, I don't hate Will. I do hate that he is such a flaming hypocrite. Here he is part JJ (tattletale), part Stef (gossip), 100% bitch up in OPB (other people's bidness).

Not funny. With JJ's other issues, a body image dysphoria is no laughing matter.

Elizabeth Danfield Sabrina Granger

Wade.... if Judi Dench sits next to at the funeral, move!

The person who needs psychoanalyzing is Will. It is like abused woman syndrome going back to Zach, despite how many times he dicks him over.

You just like the idea of a big, studly Eye-talian named John ravishing a dude name Jeremy 🤣

I think Brad knows precisely how to handle JJ. Proof of that will be when JJ keeps the appointments. Brad is absolutely right to force JJ to keep his commitment to get a new shrink when he moved to NY. Who cares if the NYC subway was actually using tokens or not. The imagery of JJ Getting a handful of subway tokens was delicious and brilliant. Fick..... don't be giving Arbour any ideas. Nope, not ever. I got to my room, opened my door, still pondering what their issues were, only to find someone there waiting for me. Zach was sitting in one of my chairs reading. Damn! Where is Elizabeth Danfield when you need her!

“After all that Alex has been through, he was worried about being at this party?” I asked, stunned. How selfish could one person be? Said Will with zero self-awareness. Will, who demands to be included in all the family goings on, blow off a major meeting because he is getting fucked. How selfish could one person be? I am sure Sabrina, the Middle Aged Witch, isn't quite done yet, nor How Do You Handle A Problem Like Maria (Ortega).

Elizabeth Danfield would not kill her son and son-in-law. She's done a lot to protect Alex and Sue Ellen's (not an error) marriage and now this whole deal was to protect Alex and Ricky.

Elizabeth Danfield isn't as bad as you say, or the first Lady Granger would have been dead a long time ago and no one would have been the wiser. Cameron, whom I am sure was treated well, was 'borrowed' to insure the safety of his nephew, Ricky. Elizabeth Danfield had to double cross Preston. No, I am sure that Lady Granger, possibly working with Maria Ortega, was behind that.

I wanna get back to all the people wanting to murder each other.......

Okay, true confessions..... of all the bare asses in CAP, and that is a considerable number, John Hobart's would be my first pick to see. In just a few more years, I probably could have when the "naked selfies in the bathroom mirror" became an obligatory rite of passage in the teen years.

Wade isn't monogamous, but sex was more meaningful to him than just recreation, more special than that, and not a game or a notch on a belt. JJ is kind of the same way. I like both of them better for it and think worse of Matt and Will. I don't even know what to make of Stef.

Hey, Will was less annoying and more mature this chapter..... unfortunately, since this is a reread, I know hos new found maturity is short lived. 🤣

Darius nailed it. It is more of JJ being a tattletale instead of putting on big boy pants and dealing with it. JJ acknowledged that the email was a pre-emptive strike against Stef because of hitting the Panic Alarm. John didn't didn't do it "right in front of JJ", he was in his room with the door closed. As a side note, as I said last chapter, I am pretty sure the condo was put in trust for Maddy. Also, the Maui house, while Will might be the one to use/enjoy it the most, I don't believe it is in Will's name, I believe it too is in a family trust.

Stef was insensitive. I think all I will say in a minor defense of him, is that he is having a very tough time adjusting to aging. This Fashion Week was a time for him to bust loose. When he reflects on it, he will see he was wrong and apologize to JJ. In the world of CAP, nothing is too indulgent. Dillion is clueless. One wonders what will wake him up. John didn't blow anything (other than that universal issue in the CAP series of never locking a door). He didn't go out looking to get laid, but when you are hungry, and then someone plops down a whole prime rib in front of you, complete with Yorkshire pudding, creamed horseradish and au jus, what's a guy to do? No, not trespassing and JJ isn't a part owner or listed on any ownership documents. The condo is Maddy's, held in a trust for her. I'd have dumped a pitcher of ice water on them.

The great thing about rereading a story is there are no time gaps. I looked at the time between Chapter 61 and 62 and it was considerable, but nothing that deserves an apology. If the story remained unfinished like With Trust (where Nelson meets a young painter), then I would have been eternally grateful for the 61 we got. I love Stef using a cattle prod on JJ. It seems to be the only way to get through to him.

JJ is the one who needs to be bitch slapped. If he had told John how he felt initially, they would not be where they are. If he John how he felt honestly when John came back from camping, they'd have been in a better place. If he told John NOW how he felt, things would be better. I remember saying this same thing in a chapter in the future..... if JJ would communicate, he'd be a lot happier person.

OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! Somewhat a spoiled rich kid? He has grown a tiny bit. Going from not destroying $1 million in property, drugging people, stealing $50,000 and running away to Hawaii to blowing up on your boyfriend whose life is in danger, raging at him, giving him the aggressive shoulder bump and running away to the ship's weight room is a slight improvement. Real growth would have been waiting out his boyfriend's rant. It is not Brad's to use without consulting Sierra.

I assume Dillon is hiding the fact that he got the black eye from his father because he is gay. Let's hope the Schluter Foundation can grant him tuition and living expenses to a college not near his home. Zach needs to be a road bump on the 405 Freeway.

More to the point, Alex and the Duke need to immediately remove her to a completely secure facility and make known that Lady Bridgemont is alive. It is important to establish that the children of the second marriage are illegitimate and have no claim on the titles or lands of the Duke. What is up with Brad and his "horniness"? He is described like a 13 year old, unable to control his dick or libido. I have to want an erection to get one. It has not happened involuntarily in more than 30 years, which is a good thing. All these 30, 40 and 50 year olds involuntarily "tenting their pants" is just so, so... something. When I was still a wrestler I had to weigh in completely naked with hundreds of hot as hell, hard bodied guys, many of whom were objects of my youthful jack off fantasies. Water polo wasn't quite as bad, but worse in some ways. In water polo, there is no hiding a bulge and many guys, me included, wore Speedos two sizes too small so they were harder to grab. I swear I could see veins on some guys, and certainly very distinct head outlines. Those details were noted for later recall. Then after a game, both teams would go to one end of the deck area and "deck change". Despite the fact that the locker room was 15 feet away, deck changing was a way of life. Once a guy had his boxers on he dropped the towel. Seeing a hot water polo guy in his boxers is more erotic than a Speedo and even more erotic than naked because there is mystery and sensuality in boxers. And yet I never popped wood in any of these sexually charged (to me) situations. 30 years later I can still recall many of the wrestlers in all their glory and the hottest of the hot swimmers and water polo players in their boxers. It was often a contest to see who had the hottest, most creative boxers. I can still see Brad Kittredge as a senior in high school (1994) in his polar bear boxers. But enough meandering down Memory Lane, Escorial needs to up their security and add in multiple Panic Rooms.

Way cool chapter; Hellfire missile takes out the garden shed. How much better can it get. Every one deserves a partner who puts them about themselves, including John. I am sure Gladwell would have had some security, but not adequate for a Mexican drug cartel hit squad. I don't think Zach would ever be willing to come out publicly, even if he got as far as the NFL. He might be forced out because of an indiscretion, but I don't think Will is the partner for him and really not good for Will. Will deserves a lot better. He has an emotional attachment to Zach because of his post 9-11 trauma, but that will fade and clarity will come. JJ has been a bitch to John for months. If JJ had been honest to begin with, Luca may have never happened. The attackers would have had night vision goggles and seen the monitors and anticipated cameras. The FBI and CIA, as well as the DEA worked more closely in the post 9-11 years. They would certainly have been aware of the looming drug cartel war in Mexico and its implications for the U.S. Add to that that the FBI is no doubt aware that the Ortega cartel killed Buzz Dalby and that Buzz had the land on the border. Throw in a respected Senator's son and family, one of the richest men in the world, a Peer of the Realm.... I am sure the FBI Response Team was locked and loaded sitting in Quantico.

My brain hurts. This is so twisted only an evil genius could come up with this. I honestly didn't remember the first 50 or so chapters here that well from my first reading, but now things are clicking back into place.

I kind of had a feeling Preston's wife would be a Granger or tied to the Bridgemont series. Sounds like she is tired of familial exile. As I observed 4 years ago, Will is still an arrogant cock. He had no call to address Nana so disrespectfully. A mature, normal person could express the disappointment of a friend not trusting you, but that does make disrespect okay.

I like my trip to the local pub as much as the next guy, but I don't understand how a control freak like Brad can let himself get out of control. Most of the stupidest things I've done were while I was under the influence. It didn't take too long to put 2 and 2 together.