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Bravo, so very well done and thank you for sharing your burst of inspiration....

Right on Josh...how to burst bubbles in the rarefied atmosphere of that ballroom.... I found myself near a small group of older gentlemen already deep in discussion. Champagne flutes and bourbon glasses mingled in their hands as I caught the edge of their conversation. “If Franklin could see us now, I wonder if he’d laugh or just set the whole thing on fire,” one said. “Franklin’s warnings about centralized power were prophetic, but I think he’d marvel at the structure we’ve preserved,” another replied. The obvious leader of the group broke in with passion. “Franklin was never afraid of fire, but he believed the republic could survive so long as reason prevailed. Though I wonder… has reason left the room in today’s America?” I blinked. That struck a chord deep inside me. A twinge pricked at my vision, and my reply came before I could stop it. “Franklin wouldn’t be disappointed because of how loud it’s gotten,” I said, voice strong and confident. “He’d be disappointed that people are arguing without listening. He didn’t fear dissent; he feared ego. The republic doesn’t fall because people disagree. It falls because they stop thinking...and worse, stop listening.” Glad to see the elder Hastings are benignly clueless...that one of them can identify with the food at a Marriott tells me there just may be some hanky-panky betwixt the sheets... Then there is Dweeb Hastings the fourth...I don't see him as a potential BF, but more like a scorned, never happening lover...,.and it would not be beneath him to strike when no one is looking... Next chapter please and thanks....

I think you are on the right track here, but Josh is one half of the puzzle as we are still looking for whatever it was that slipped out of his jacket pocket the night of the accident....

Thanks for sharing this with us!!

Become Episcopalian's?

Sounds like the good doctor needs help in more than one way, if the Markham Inn is indeed of fire, there's some explaining to be done... Hopefully this inn is far enough away from his place of residence, as grandpa always said..."Good dogs don't crap in their own yard..."

Geron Kees 54,249 Posted 1 hour ago 1 hour ago, Ivor Slipper said: An old fashioned one. A sort of combination of a compass and a sextant.🙂 What sort of solar sails did you use? Depends????

I also worry a bit about Anna….and what bug, from the last chapter, has crawled out of the Senate’s ass? The violin would have been a nice touch…..

Well done and thanks for sharing this with us!!

To each their own....

Things are looking up on the homefront, they need to 'suggest' to the other party in the lawsuit what is best interests might be if they can find any dirt on him.... Roger....best you try to find an experienced attorney!!! Loved the following...

Or...can they put Leo's collar on the freaking rat?????

My goodness, my closest lightning story would have been on one hot summers evening, in the back of my station wagon sans pants with a willing young participant, identically undressed, just having put our smokey 'herbal' helper out in door ashtray, (can anyone else remember cars that had ashtrays???) we were just getting past the fondling part of our evening when at least, and I would have sworn on a bible if sober, four lightning bolts hit not too far from us in rapid succession... And as soon as the storm came upon us, it was gone and what happened next is a tale for another time....

This standalone vignette is truly a well written companion to the first of the Killian Kendal mystery series. Well written and paced and it made me fall in love with Uncle Charlie!!!

A well-developed background vignette to the first of the Killian Kendall series of mysteries featuring the budding detective.

A great background to a tragic story....

I have to concur with the esteemed @Summerabbacat and hope at her trial the proverbial book is tossed at her... Sorry to hear of your winter blues @Summerabbacat, we are in for a week of 90 degree temps with 70 plus percent humidity....I have noted that the days are getting incrementally shorter here in the northern hemisphere!!!

Ther still has to be a way, perhaps another, slightly less dodgy, freight service????

We really need a groan emoji @Myr...... So delighted to have another adventure with Charlie and the gang!!! Love sitting in the easy, reclining chair of napping tucking into another story!!!

This pretty much sums it up.... "Take care," Andrew said loud enough for the officer- already halfway out in the hallway again- to hear. And then he added very quietly: "Overdose, huh? I would have done the same if I were you."

Hubris...hubris...Admiral...don't let over confidence come back to bite you in the ass... “The time for finesse has ended. My mate wants me to stop playing and come home to deal with other issues. Captain, if you would be so kind. Move us lower and coming out of the system’s primary above them.” What is going on in the Senate, is the Ides of March near??? Let's us not forget, someone out there has the same drive that Marc has, and the smarts to go with it....

It's time for the boys to take the battle to the bitches...this constantly being on the back foot is becoming tiresome, let's end this rinse and repeat....

Wow...I think our young man has some catching up to do....and the following from a previous chapter is intriguing... "He will need this along his journey." "Everyone of age there has one." "His will be special."

Thank you for this, I hope we can peek in on them in the future!!!

Sounds like just another day ion the classroom....right!!!! Can't wait to see the various houses/factions try to recruit him.... And...a great day in the neighborhood...Half of the Golden House was put down, one has to hope it was the worst of them...