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Fasten your seatbelts folks, this tale is going to not only prove to be thrilling but addictive as well. If you haven't read the first part...stop and read it now, it is as good as it gets!!!!

Can't disagree with any of the comments above, Loved the fact that Mary bitched slapped (thanks @Summerabbacat) the Cuntess of Chicago... Slowly it would seem that pressure cooker is heating things up and when it lets go, nothing will ever be the same. It's gonna be a thrilling journey to see how our hero's put things back together... Rocky and Orlando as restaurant owners, never before have I fallen in love with such a despicable pair such as these two after finding redemption. I can only hope they find Damir. While Damir may have youth and some specialized training, in any confrontation I'd put my money on Rocky and Orlando...

My goodness, talk about restarting another story with a bang...looking forward to the rest!!!

Their success is the breeding ground for continued growth as others like/similar to the DuPont's see the strategic wisdom in joining/combining forces. Still, questions remain from the incidents in the last chapter, I still wonder about the folks that built the two alien ships, I would suspect they are from the other side of the wormholes...

So incredibly sad and totally unnecessary....

Great start and can relate to those days like that in my past when troglodytes roamed the streets....Looking forward to the next!!!

Dad doesn't want a son; he wants a trophy to show off and brag about... Jamie, you've been tossed a lifeline, for gosh's sake grab it, I understand so little regarding depression, but reaching out is the first of many important steps!!!

So frigging true, hopefully he realizes he has the key......

I'm laughing and smiling through my happy tears, hands down, this is your best chapter yet!!!! Now dang it, where did I leave the tissues....

Time and perspective will help Dante, I can't believe how out of touch the temple priestess was/is. Mistress Alice has truly become a wise and compassionate person and I think @centexhairysub's comment is spot on!!! I have to wonder, there are 3 Steel's out there, have we seen the last of them?

Very slowly the dynamics are changing in Cal's world, like others I also wonder what Alan's comment meant as Cal was leaving the apartment. And as previously noted/expressed/commented on...I am so on Team Cal and Jordan!!!!

Another chapter in the lives of our favorite Maine detectives full of twists and turns' with an out of this world twist as one of the victims is literally sitting on a powder keg...

I suspect your 'alien' is biding it's time and will make another appearance! Well done, a very enjoyable read!!!

As I am retired, every day is a holiday....Spring as sprung, a little wetter than usual and yesterday was 79 degrees F and today we are low 60's F. We should be breaking out the lawnmowers in the next week or so... Already started next years firewood pile, want to get that mostly done before the notorious black flies come out, and very glad we've got summer approaching... Just turned the thermostats off, flannel shirts, sweatpants and sweatshirts are my fashion choice for a bit!!

Things that make you go hummm.... His strength was waning. He’d never felt the weakness as quickly as this. He would not be able to wait for a major crime much longer. He would have entered Detective Saggio, but he felt he was too weak to risk that and lose the capability to astral project forever.

I'm looking forward to this part of the story moving forward....

A couple of things come to mind...our protagonist needs to find some professional help; he's wallowing in self-induced miasma. And his family needs help as well.... In golf there is a saying about the thought process one can take when standing over a tricky shot...paralysis by analysis...

Leo needs to take advantage of the tech and get a tongue ASAP...now after having sex, what else wil the rat demand??? Is there any chance of Jeisa getting preggers?

Better him than Killian or Joe, I only hope a future murder Killian investigates wasn't caused by his driving....

What will he decide, England has no fond memories, will Charles follow?

Thanks for the updates and additional background info!!

As noted, if extreme measures are about to be used, it's time for the rescue to begin...

I'm assuming with his clothes on..... Reap the wild wind also comes across in rural American communities as "Inherit the Wind, which also is play/movie about the Scopes Monkey Trial and the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution in the 1920's... So true, tho you're ministering to the squirrel population in your neck of the woods is a testament towards your good character... I have a close friend who continues to save my soul, and while his intentions are fine, his dogmatic approach can be a bit tiresome, as reason and logic fail him. When reminded that woke originated with Jesus he finds an excuse to be elsewhere as he thinks of another approach... @Josh Aterovis...who's driving???? "Actually, you might get to meet him tomorrow. He and Asher are dying to see the new place and meet the roommate, so I invited them to come over tomorrow. They might even stay the night, kind of like a slumber party. If that's okay with you, I mean."

I have to wonder if the mysterious Lady in Black is behind this, using her powers to manipulate and dupe bank executives .... As to Charles Kensington, if he owns a house in Brighton, an audit of his finances should prove his ownership...

One heck of an effort in response to Prompt #9!!! It begs the question, what would you do if you woke up one morning, and nothing was the same?