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Once the devil has your soul it's cooked unless your Mark Twain

Reminded of an old saying...If wishes were fishes...beggars would be kings...

Yea... what they said....

Possibly, maybe,under consideration, and nudge...nudge...wink,...wink...say no more....

What could possibly happen next or go wrong/right...the landlady needs to have iron shutters installed by her husband!!!

Just came up out of the Grand Canyon and loving my vacation in the west...Not going to speculate any further as there's so many directions the various tangents could follow!!!!!! Another great chapter Gary!!!

A lesson to remember...be careful for what you wish for...

What's to stop another Tracker from following the first? Is the location as to where Zain is lost with the death of the Tracker? We now know the Sheriff is the enemy,will the wolves keep fooling his plans? And...what are we about to learn about Hadrian???

The deputy sheriff bears watching, what a pussnut...and does our queen survive??

This sums it up nicely for me as well.

I have to believe Simon isn't dead, just sublimated...

Just remember, in a true story with a tragic hero the ending is not always assured....and a HEA never happens, or opinions change, sometimes...

Not to get to professorial here...ok you haters, here goes... Aristotle's greatest claim to fame is defining what constitutes a tragic hero...I had a feeling this is where the fearless leader of the Korner Krew was going, and son of a gun...she nailed it...mostly with a better ending.... The jury is still out to lunch....

I get waves of stomach flips when I drop things off a 6 foot ladder. Watching them fall has me closing my eyes. So today I hiked the Bright Angel trail in the Grand Canyon on a path 4ft wide with three thousand ft drops. I don't think my eyes ever stopped looking at my shoes. As to Caleb all you haters...the jury has come back to the judge for clarifications... BTW...I still miss Kage...

It is time for the Barton twins to be "Youth In Asia'ed"

What's the old adage...When in Rome.....

At the least the entrances and grounds...for a house that expensive I am positive insurance would require it....I shudder to think what the premium would be otherwise...not that Sam couldn't afford it but....

Communication is a skill that comes from experiences....sadily not only teens suffer from a lack of skill, but so do many adults... The following is very interesting as well as the references to a shared past with the earliest beginnings of Christianity...hummm, could have the bigots back then distorted the simple faith of "love one another"??? Paul Crawford, Winston, and Amelia's dad described the unusual depictions on the frescoes. "The frescoes on the back wall are stylistically older than the rest of the Mithraeum. They're probably fifty years older." Pointing to the central figure on the left side of the door, he began. "This is a depiction of Mithras, portrayed as a youth, wearing the Phrygian cap and holding the dagger and torch, but instead of a bull, another youth stands slightly behind him and at his side. We wouldn't be certain it was Mithras's if it weren't for the context." James' dad, Vincent, continued, "We've never seen Mithras depicted this way and never with a companion. It's a mystery." The plot thickens.... "Note the symbol on Mithras's cloak clasp," said Vincent. "It looks like a fish," said James. "You're right. It was called an ichthus at the time." "An ichthus?" "Vincent explained, "Yes, ichthus is the Greek word for fish. Early in their history, early Christians adopted the ichthus as a secret symbol. Note the youth accompanying Mithras. He displays another early Christian symbol, the cross, and anchor." "What does it mean?" asked Winston. "Historians have speculated on the link between the Cult of Mithras and Christianity for years. They both emerged at about the same time, and although we know little about the theology of the Cult of Mithras, there are similarities in imagery and the concept of sacrifice, death, and rebirth. This is the clearest indication yet that the religions had some relationship. We may never know who inspired who."

Let's hope things don't move faster than they should...

Then there is this conundrum...an expensive house with no costs spared on the functionality...suppose there's a top shelf security system...with video??? It beggars the imagination/incredulity if isn't so.....

it's bad enough that Micco breaks into the house, has the foresight to call 911 when he realizes someone else is in the house, think fingerprints on the phone, and then when confronted, is knocked out...really...what else could possibly happen??? One step backward brings me alongside the foyer table, and I reach behind a teak statue of Macuiltochtli to grab the wireless phone Sam keeps there, silently thanking him for keeping such an archaic detail in his modern palace. With a landline, I can summon help straight to the house without uttering a word. I slink through the shadows, duck behind a column that leads into the great room and press the green “call” button. It produces a dial tone that would wake the dead. Mouthing a curse, I muffle the handset against my stomach and creep further away before stabbing 911 into the receiver. It rings and connects immediately. Before the operator spits out, “What’s your emergency?” I stuff the handset between the cushions of one of the leather theater seats. And then the mother of all 'wait and see hangers'... Brought to you by...

And now folks, something completely different from our esteemed author...A true delight to read!!! It's got 5 stars despite the fact there's a...shushhh...a cat....

This summed it up neatly for me and a wonderful story, well written, brilliant plot devices and just a joy to read... I do have issues with the following tho.. If my cheeks could get any hotter, I’d bend the Pope over the nearest church pew. Being a few years north of retirement, this only happens to me when I find what I am looking for in Home Depot....

The constant refrain is "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas"...never was the situation ever more so true...a thoroughly delightful visit to Sin City often called Lost Wages...Read on!!!!

A fantastic concept, clever, incredibly well written with chuckles interspersed throughout, while leaving one scratching their testicals, head, the upper one folks, I may have failed classes in deportment but I do have a modicum of class!!! https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Peliel&atb=v314-1&ia=web Then again, the story was bereft of Gnomes....ya know....