PrivateTim

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.

Two words, polyisoprene condoms.

Will's a dick™ I have now trademarked this phrase along with Will's a douche™, Will's an asshole™, Will's arrogant™, Will's a hypocrite™, Will's immature™, Will's petulant™ and Will's a spoiled brat™ Anyone wishing to use these phrases will have to pay me 25 cents for each usage or 6 uses for a dollar. JJ's problem is the same as everyone else's in this story. The first time after he and John hooked up they needed to communicate about expectations. To be fair, miscommunication is the key to every opera ever written, most of Shakespeare and the great literature of the world.

“Well then the next time someone needs to call him out for being such an ass, instead of coddling him, why don’t you go do it yourself,” I snapped at him. Will "Black Pot" Schluter calling out everyone on Jeremy "Black Kettle" Schluter is hilarious. Will the most coddled ass in this series. “So much that she let him take her back to his room,” I said to Stef. His eyes got wide in surprise. Will "Don't Get Into My Private Life" Schluter gets into the private life of Darius by announcing to the whole family who he slept with. How hypocritical can Will be? I almost moaned in annoyance at how that would trash yet another weekend, and at how I so did not want to immerse myself in all of this conflict, Shoot! Will, at 16, can't get drunk, smoke out and do X! “Will, look, it’s just this one other dude. He’s pretty cool. You’ll like him once you get to know him.” He was whining and that bugged the shit out of me. - “Later,” I said, and hung up the phone, even as the tears began to all but cascade out of my eyes. He’d found someone else to help him out, to fuck him, and now that he had Joe, he didn’t need me. He only ever needed you when he wanted to or needed something. But will you learn your lesson? Nah.

I think John Carullo is one of the truly great, genuine people in this story that I would like to see married into the Schluter-Crampton clan. Others are Cam Heely, Alister, Mason Hardcastle, and Kai, if we can get him to the mainland to go to school at Cal, UCLA, Pepperdine (😲) or some such place. I loved the scenes with JJ and John, not just the sex, but the subway, Belvedere Castle, etc. JJ intellectually understands that he uses the Maybach to be an elitist snob, but part of him thinks that's okay. Today may dig a bit deeper into his psyche.

Is JJ in this story? I hadn't noticed.......

I got that John C was just asking JJ out in general, not to a gay bar and now I think JJ should take John out to a nice dinner. Not necessarily Alain Ducasse at Essex House or Per Se, but just a nice place John might not have gone, maybe Monte's Trattoria or a place like that. People act as if John is some big lumpy plumber or someone with no sophistication. Four years at Stanford and exposure to all the things that Stanford exposes their athletes to, John would be pretty worldly and sophisticated. Usually when talking about Stanfurd I have to throw in all the obligatory barbs expected of a Cal grad, but I actually recognize what a great job Stanford does for their athletes, during and after school. Is it wrong that I like Elizabeth Danfield and Mary Ellen?

I really enjoyed this chapter with Will and Darius entering JJ's world. I especially enjoyed Darius's interactions with Bellona because it showed while Darius is a wolf, when he is with a woman he treats them well and knows how to make them feel good about themselves. What I didn't realize was how truly brilliant this writing was until I got the comments and saw how these fictional characters generated so much passion in people. I have fun getting fired up to bitch about Tony and Will, but it is fun and every time I want to bitch slap Will or drop a boulder on Tony ala Roadrunner, I say to myself, it isn't Will's fault he said/did that. it's what Arbour made him do because he is The Creator. And that is okay because it is his world we get to walk in and use to pleasure ourselves (metaphorically speaking of course). JJ has been JJ for years, a bitchy, whiney, self absorbed, narcissistic, elitist prig. His deal with Carullo was just the last straw. I could create a similar list for the things JJ has done that are worthy of a good bitch slapping. I think you could ask a lot of the characters in this story if they think Will acts superior to them and if he lacks kindness and you get a resounding 'yes'. Wally and Clara leap to mind, but a whole host of others. Below is a piece I had to memorize in college and still take very seriously: The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe. - John Walter Wayland It is a list of old fashioned values, but I believe in them all. Will would do well to memorize it and take it to heart, and JJ too. I am going to guess JJ will be fine, he will start being nicer to John C. and be a bit more altruistic. This isn't a case study in a psychology text book or a paper submitted to the Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology or the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, but a sweet little soap opera designed to amuse and entertain. Sure there are life lessons to be learned and points to ponder, but mostly it is just enjoyment. Even at that however, psychology is not an exact science and theories change all the time. It is not a hard science like physics and as Sheldon Cooper once observed, "...psychology has once again proved itself the doofus of the sciences".

More proof that Zach is a bad man, a very bad man.

I think they need to "Epstein" Alexandra. I DO NOT get why Will wants to go to Colorado to see Zach, who just continues to use Will.

I wouldn't call what Zach and Will had over two years and three different high schools, "that high school relationship", especially since most of it was behind closed doors.

I think while Buck might initially be annoyed by Will, I think ultimately he'd be impressed by Will's horsemanship.

Lark's beating points back to Alexandra. Just like too many people know Zach and Will are boyfriends, too many knew Scott is Lark.

“If they’re focused on our needs, I hope you hired the pilots,” Will said in a slutty way. Stef got mildly annoyed, while Will just smiled at him. He’d been testing Stef, to see if he was making any progress, and he’d gotten the answer he expected. "Testing Stef" is Will playing bullshit games. I don't like bullshit games. If Will wants to be this mature, 25 year old guy, he needs to end childish foolishness. I am not sure Elizabeth was raped. Is it possible she obtained sperm from one of the Schluters/Cramptons? There was a Law & Order episode like that. Brad is already being double crossed in the deal with Alexandra. I think Buzz was killed by his ex, because I bet the pre-nup is null and void if Buzz dies. Somehow it was snuck into the Texas care package is my guess.

I agree in a way, but as I said several chapters ago, Brad needs to make crystal clear with Curtis that if anything happens to Will or Travis, not only will Buck die, but die a slow, painful death.

“I really don’t think he gives a shit, and I really don’t think it matters all that much to Grandmaman or Stef either. I didn’t come in here to get you to jump on my bandwagon so I could convince them, because they’d have to care for that to be an issue.” Poor widdle Will whining again, "wah, why doesn't everyone, especially Tim, love me." After all Stef has done for him and all the support, especially in his battle with Brad, how Will can doubt their love, let alone that they care speaks to Will's immaturity. “I think that you should enjoy your break from school, but I am confident that when you start at Harvard in the fall, you’ll focus on your work there just as you have at Menlo and at Harvard-Westlake.” Will burned out on both H-W and The Menlo School, he'll do the same at Harvard.

It had been this way my entire life, where I’d always been a little too old for my crowd. I thought about our party and the people there, and I really didn’t want to go back and hang out with them. I didn’t want to listen to John’s awful band, I didn’t want to flirt with 16-year-old guys. This is what is wrong, in my estimation, with not just promiscuity, but age inappropriate promiscuity. Because Will has been with so many people, especially ones older, Buzz being the most extreme one, he cannot enjoy an actual peer.

Working to support his friends (Travis in this case) would be being open with Travis and let him know what Brad and Stef were trying to do, even if it didn't succeed. Part II of the equation is, if Brad interfered with Will's life like Will has with Travis.... well let's just say I'd see Brad needing new shoes, car, etc. The big problem is lack of communication and dialogue, which is Will's big complaint with Brad, and other family members.