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Travis and his head mate, a cute pair of sociopaths...hard to engender any positive reactions for anyone. One could wish for a meteor to clean the decks for a fresh start...

One can only hope the fates aren't kind to Bronn and his sons...

An interesting beginning, the stage is set for the battle of good VS evil!!

The sad part is that they found one 'secret' Chinese police station, it is like the old adage, "Where there's smoke there's fire", and I'm willing to bet it holds true, that there are other secret police stations. Time for the AFP to root out these busturds and give 'em a bloody nose and a reminder that worse is coming if they dare tread where angels fear to go...

First let me say, work sucks! While I was fortunate to have a job I enjoyed and was valued, retirement is so much finer...We'll take the chapters as they come... Now to the good stuff, I very much enjoy the changes in the POV, it adds depth and makes the story so much richer in nuance and complexities... This is ever so frigging true... Yeah I’ve owned up to the crush. It’s gonna just have to be between me and my right hand lol. Fantasies are fantasies, right. Tho..... I can drain my dick but it seems I can’t drain my brain. The feelings part. I don’t want to not have him in my heart even though it hurts. Help. The diary entry of 18 March was poignant to say the least and shows a real depth of character...

I did have the thought that the rapist may/might have been one of the evil skinwalkers...now to see just what/who the A-Hole is...

Loved the following, cleverly written and just a great paragraph... and explains so much that's, forgive me for saying so...just wrong ‘Being the guy?’ I said, with a little smile. ‘Did you forget what you said to me in Newlands Forest? Both of us is “the guy” now. Why are you looking so bleak?’ ‘I’m not bleak, bru. Far from it. Can I like, confess something?’ ‘I’m Catholic. My DNA probably has “Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned” written on all my chromosomes in a tiny little font.’ I had a feeling oncology and the study of cancers may be the choice. I was just reading on the remarkable progress in cancer treatments. While not applicable to pancreatic and a couple other stubborn cancers, scientists have come up with new efficacious drugs that may/might reduce the death sentences that the many forms this disease takes, to a chronic and manageable condition!!! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/opinion/cancer-treatment-disparities.html

It will be interesting to see how Jonathan the white lion ties into the main story...

I loved this chapter and hope for many more...please???? What greater reward could there be??? Armand had to buy a few fishing rods. Looking at the boys' and girls' faces he would buy them anything they wanted. Smiling faces, a joyful sound, and then the singing started. Boarding the boat they saluted the captain. He smiled as he welcomed them aboard. Now the fishing boys and girls were strapped in their chairs. Colin had chairs on both sides of the boat. Everyone who was fishing was strapped in. With a toot of the horn, the boat moved out into the water and headed north. If Peter is the young boy who was following Armand, I suspect an adoption coming up shortly...

Hoping grandfather makes a full recovery, it seems possible with the support system he has in place. While they may have forced the hand of the Chinese, I'm not convinced they will take this sitting down...

I might have to issue a correction...it just may be, other than Ty, that Blake make be the one who's most worthy of redemption, and I don't think I'm being harsh...as to our protagonists being less than likeable, that's putting it mildly...truly destiable...just a realistic look at narcissism run amok...we're heading for a spectacular train crash...course I hope my back is ok when it's time to jump back on the bandwagon...😉

Well now, we've seen nearly an entire gamut/emotions of reactions to this chapter and I can only conclude that all of these inhabitants of this story truly deserve each other. I find not a scintilla of evidence that any of these denizens had any redeeming qualities... Truly a beggars banquet for the fellowship of the miserable I've lost any respect for Seth...he's proving in his own unique way, as @Summerabbacat would have it, a worthy twin to his, runt with a capital C, to his sister. Damn,” he moaned when he pulled out. “That was awesome, Seth.” I stood and smiled at him. “Feel good?” I asked. At the moment, I felt that I would do anything to please Craig. I could never express it, but I felt I might be falling in love with him. If I were a betting man, prom night should prove climatic

Wow...simply stunning, talk about food for thought, much to ponder here

Time to count your blessings, do I get a hint that Fiona and dear old dad might/may seek some adult comfort/understanding/canoodling time together???

The issue with the grandfather could be stress related but I would not rule out subterfuge....

There's no doubt...this is a YA novel... “You know, the way you put that makes it all sound like a lame YA novel you can only find online.”” Perhaps we should at birth of a male child or at least before the onset of puberty, perform reversible vasectomies' and see if we can't skip that hormonal fustercluck to a later age...

Well it is long over due, it just might possibly be too late for any serious corrective action...

I would not be surprised if there are a few more adoptions...soon!!!

Well this chapter had it all and I had to choose angry as my emoticon, it infuriates me when folks don't think before opening one's mouth. The damage one can do when holding antiquated notions... I have to say tho...the following sorta summed up what I find to be remarkable about the boys... It would be easy to imagine that, as far as things physical were concerned, Chris and I went from zero to two hundred miles per hour… especially with a vacation ahead of us with no parents interfering. But it didn’t happen that way. It went very slowly. And it didn’t seem to bother either of us. We were still courting each other that autumn: there was a shyness in everything, even as the contours of his body became as familiar to me as my own. Something had deepened too, as we shared our secrets with each other, him anguishing over his parents’ break-up, me trying to make sense of a lake of sorrows of which I had yet to plumb the depths. It was difficult to decide whether we were behaving as best friends or as lovers. One moment we’d be in the car staring dreamily into each other’s eyes, the next we’d be tossing a ball about on the beach like any two friends our age. It didn’t matter—it all felt good. That and I never liked blue slush puppies either...

I have to agree with @Mattyboy, I like how both Chris and Cal aren't rushing into anything defining or definitive, that the relationship they are enjoying is growing slowly, becoming friends and equals. The world is their oyster if they keep this connection, growing! Loved the following and I had to highlight plangent...loved the use of that word...well done!! My tone became plangent. ‘I’m scared neither straight nor gay people are going to, you know, get me. Like I can’t be trusted. I was watching this episode of Sex and the City with my sister, where one of the girls dates a bi guy and her friends say “bisexuality is just a layover on the way to Gay Town.” Are you scared I’m going to cheat on you with—another woman?’ ‘No, stupid,’ he said, smiling kindly. ‘Well, not any more than you’d cheat on me with another guy. Being true…fidelity? Fidelity, yeah, it’s not related to what makes your dick hard.’ ‘I know.’

Grandfather Lloyd needs to remember to play nice, talk to people not at people, and to remember others like to play in the sandbox as well... Alice Springs is another site on my bucket list... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Springs

Thanks, I truly appreciate your comments, The VA has been a pet peeve of mine as I struggled with them getting proper care for my father...

The bastards had to pay, everyone of 'em!!!

Rabbit's support system will work miracles..

An astute observation, and at the risk of being pedantic, it's those who profess their holiness the most that are the least, nothing worst than someone who cherry picks scripture...