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Great chapter again. How does Zander know what to do? He always seems to get it right. And progress, too, in therapy - it is so good to read after all the dark chapters in the beginning that Andy is finding himself and peeling off the layers of dirt and pain, even though he still has no idea how deserving and loveable he is - you show that beautifully Thank you for your writing

Yes, another great chapter, I can only agree wholeheartedly. I feel with both boys, the progress they are making - their parents are great, too. Looking at Andy's growing support group (the judge, the principal now, too) I cannot help wondering if he will need it and what might have been going on in Carlsberg, where everyone simply wanted either to use and abuse him or to get rid of him. What he will have to be up against and if his progress will make it easier for him to face whatever he has to face from C. What a wonderful boyfriend Zander seems to be. He sees everything in Andy that he himself cannot see yet. He proves it again, just as in his drawings. Thank you for your great story

I have been looking forward to every new chapter of your story for weeks now and cannot seem to get enough. Reading how Andy has been recovering and discovering himself has not always been easy - some of his experiences are so harrowing and terrible. But there have been so many moments when I felt relieved happy and for him. I was wondering whether he would see a psychologist and how he he would react. And again I cannot help but admire how consistent and realistic your descriptions and your moving story are in every chapter. I am so glad that he now has a doctor to help him who knows what impact treatment and checking out, touching can have on a young person who has suffered such terrible abuse. Dr. Wagner seems to have been unaware of his patient's reactions. And the Stevensons, too, have no idea what some of their everyday situations mean for Andy like his confusion over how to eat as a family, like his responses to Mrs. Stevenson in the car home from the mall, like the list of chores. By the way, in one aspect I do not quite agree with Oxala on this being the second time that he asserted himself. There was also the episode with the snow blower, where he in a way stood his ground, persisting in his shy way to be allowed to repair it, then his initiative in helping the priest, where he, too, acted, not just reacted, even asking for the machine he had just succeeded in repairing. Where his self emerged as helpful and considerate, grateful and kind. But I see that this was the second time where he actually asked for something for himself. The way he develops his self-worth is so moving. Thanks for another great chapter!

Great story telling, very moving. I wonder how Jason will learn to trust...

I am glad that you have published this story again because I have been trying to find it again. I love the scenes between the boys on the set and in the hotel.