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Who is qualified to evaluate him?

I'm still keeping up with it, David, and still loving it!

Read Ch. 22 today...faked photos huh? The only person similar enough to Robbie's size that would be able to help fake a photo would be, if I'm thinking right, Max! A cleverly worked photo, with Max, and substituting Robbie's frontal, with Max's back profile and Robbie's face in overlay, the belt could have been obtained from the apartment if it was with them there--which begs the question of who got it, or he could have left it in the apartment Neil had during that meeting in his haste to leave, or it could have been stolen by Neil while Robbie was still at Princeton--which is more than likely! On the other hand, if it's Cambronne, then this whole plot is getting royally f'd up--but how would HE know about, or who the f' Neil was--in the first place?!? HOWEVER! Robbie's mom, the pastor, and Neil, were all at that one Christmas party together at Escorial....could Neil have gotten together with Robbie's mother? Who then used funds from the pastor's church to send Neil and his "gang" over to Paris with the intention of trying to extort money from Brad, while angering Brad enough to send Robbie back to Ohio? Then the plan fell apart, when Neil's photographer "gang member" killed him, and the belt the police have was actually one that Neil had made for the photo stunt? Does the belt even fit Robbie, or does it fit Neil Gardner? (THIS was not mentioned yet!) It's OJ's glove syndrome! I seriously doubt that Robbie would fit in one of Neil's belts, after all, Robbie's a BIG, buff football player (probably a 38-42 waist...Neil's a petite, little twink (probably a 26-30)! Mark, if you're going to write cliffhangers like you've been doing now for a few episodes, you're going to have to practice typing...you're going too slow to keep doing this to us!

Funny thing is I voted that it was Jerry...but it couldn't have been him if he was waiting at the Luxembourg when Brad got out of the cab...no way the timing would ever work, unless Mark is now writing Sci-Fi...(doubtful, hm?)...However, Connor's presumption of Marcel following Brad and entering Neil's apartment after Brad left is also, probably off. Neil stated that there were "others" involved, as well...some of Neil's other 'friends' were also in Paris...and the photographer probably went back to talk to Neil and found him unconscious in the tub and made sure he was dead, and also mailed the photographs to the police!

Rose, I don't think I've made a comment on your story A Butterfly's Dream, yet. But I will, now. I was actually caught from the start...and the development of the plot through the chapters has been wonderful. The mystery, with the revelation of our protagonist being a coma baby, is thrilling--but more shocking and enticing is the role that our friend, the Gypsy King, is going to reveal in his journaling to your main character. All in all, another great story!

He might have been, but I gave him the benefit because he posted a sufficient amount of time after I did...

Just hold your finger over your lips in the universal "Shhh"...if he's gay, he might get it...if he's dense, give him one of the "Day of Silence" notes.

Actually, Gal', I did it first at 9:57am, Connor's following comment wasn't until 11:17am...check our posts on page 9 of this thread...

"Who's there?" He asked, sitting up, still wearing his clothes from the night before; he had fallen asleep from sheer exhaustion after playing basketball with his friends that evening.

Not to be insulting, but it reminds me of a picture of an Old English Sheepdog....there's got to be eyes in there, somewhere!

I think I was right...Marcel was a bad boy... On Ch. 17: Yay for Brad and Robbie, and for Robbie being (-)! I do hope that Brad gets back into the Sorbonne, though...when he started with all of this it was under an exchange program through Stanford, so his education will suffer if he doesn't go back...

I, too, was surprised that Marty would instinctively grasp enough of his innate magic to kill with a touch. I was surprised at the speed of it, however, and that his own personal reaction was not more severe, physically, i.e.: puking...or the like, but Chandler/Rocky calmed him down fairly quickly, too. Perhaps they need to get in touch with someone who can help them learn to deal with their new existence, in terms of being able to wield such great magick's without studying endlessly first?

Or was it...he wondered...having known Grandma was going to visit before she arrived, unannounced, the last time.

Anyone else planning on motorhome'ing cross country this early summer? (Late May)

Lacey, it grew more out of solidarity with them than anything else...those of us who were already out, and done with school did it to show them they were not alone in their struggle to be who they truly are, or who they truly can be.

Gal', I think he posted the pics for my reference, but that's okay...I have to agree with your answer, but I'll let someone else answer your question of Sky diving v. WW Rafting...don't care for either, myself...one of mom's friends did a candlestick and I've been rafting on tame water...wouldn't care to white water...

William obviously reacted to his old grandmothers smotherings. (Although, I think you meant W A R T H O G, in which case the "A" would become always for the second word.) H E R O A C A T

I think the point is more that you ask a question as the ultimate point of your statement, isn't that right?

But the thing is that Brad, in his drunken, tired state, couldn't discern the voice from Robbie's...and Mark didn't say whether they were speaking English or French...perhaps Marcel and Robbie sound alike in French? The only other one I can think of that it might have been would be Mouse, but he was never narrated as being anywhere close enough to big enough for Brad's liking. The people getting drunk whilst going out with Brad were JP, Mouse, and Marcel...I don't think JP would have fooled around with his own son, adopted or not, but Marcel HAD been watching Brad and Robbie a couple times, which probably made him bold enough to try this, and he is--after all is said and done--a horny 16 year-old. However, you do bring up a good question, Connor: Why was Robbie out 'til 2AM? The library, as previously stated, is only open until midnight (which seems to be a universal constant as CSULB's library is only open until midnight during the week, also), so where was Robbie for 2 hours? I thought the library was only about 30 minutes away from the Ile' apartment? Is it possible that Robbie might have set Marcel up to do this with Brad? Hmmm....given his temper when he came in, I'd have to say no, he didn't.

Actually, SRevol, it was In the Fishbowl...the continuation from Carrots and Celery... Can we see pics of Vance Winter and Alex Stevens before we choose? The names aren't familiar...

I don't know about pie...something about the flaky crust scares the piss out of me...how about a nice 2-layer cake with chocolate ganache frosting?

Mark M: Yeah, I guess they got lucky when they found him...sort of...see the next comment on Ch. 16... Mark Arbour: Marcel has been a naughty little boy, hasn't he?!?

Galahad, you must've had hominy grits, the large kind...breakfast grits are more like cream of wheat...and no, no diner--I just like to cook....so who's up to trying sometime?

Driveway (we drive slowly over them to park, or just park on them more often than not) Parkway (we drive on them) Expiration dates on Sour Cream and Buttermilk Bathing suits (we don't wear them to bath, we wear them to swim, and they're not suits) Swim trunks (trunks? Trunks are for shipping, which leads us to the next one, a triad) Shipments are delivered by truck...(instead of by a ship) Cargo (is for freight, which is shipped by truck not car, but when it's sent overseas, it's: ) Freight (which is cargo transported by a ship)

Got this from a website concerning the exchange rate for buying French Francs using US Dollars Average (365 days):8.98359 High:10.56000 Low:7.55500 This means $1 would buy 8.98359FF (on average for the year), and would have gone from a low of 7.555FF to a high of 10.56FF. So, 600,000FF, would be, roughly Average: $66,788.44 High: $56,818.00 Low: $79,417.60 While it seems that high and low look reversed, it refers to the exchange rate of Francs to $US. High is the highest amount of francs per dollar (the franc was cheap, the dollar strong), while low is the lowest amount per dollar (the franc was expensive, the dollar weaker). The average refers to the average exchange rate for the entire year, based on each day's rate, not between the high and low. So they got Marcel's "freedom" for, roughly the cost of two automobiles, the way Brad buys them maybe 1 - 1 1/2...