innerkid13

What is the best and the worst at the same time? Finishing the most recent chapter of this wonderful story and having to wait for the next chapter - exquisite torture…. Thank you, and may I have another?

I totally agree; however, I am torn. I wish Karl and Maria could resolve their situation before expanding the situation to involve a third person. Small towns and self-appointed expectations are difficult. This situation gets tough when considered from each of the three principal characters’ perspectives. Life is so messy with humans involved. I am enjoying the writing so far!

@mastershakeme I wish you a speedy recovery and a return to better health!

Please. Pretty please. I’m begging and groveling…. 🙏

I look forward to enjoying this story as much as I have enjoyed your previous ones. Thank you for your writings.

A child. Eight years old. Car accident over the weekend.” The words landed in the room and sat there. @mastershakeme THANK YOU for not making the deceaseds child one of the Seahorses. I agree that Owen may not have survived and your readers may have rioted. I am still in tears since the above. Well written. So well written. Ugh, the tears…

Liberace? Elvis? Let me keep thinking… Rathsputin? Hitler? Ugh, getting a bit dark 🥺 Ooh! Hannibal (with the elephants invading Italy?), Buddha

I adore this comment. It verifies the amazingly skilled, well crafted, and emotionally intelligent writing that so many of us are having such strong reactions to this story. WooHoo! Well done. Love it!!!

I think you have captured Ryder well. It seems like a high-pressure move for Owen to make, but I agree Margot seems to be asking for it. PS. I miss your fiction writing. This story reminds me of your writing. I mean that as a sincere compliment to both of you! Just wonderful writing.

Could it be a defensive mechanism? A reaction to such a bad situation that he promised himself it will never happen to him again? He obviously understands Owen, but has issues trusting him through the significant change that will have to happen to come out of the dark.

I vote for the groveling. Ryder has some issue in his past that is creating a massive, hurtful hurdle. If he manages to get beyond it soon enough, there is potential mutually supportive healing for him and Owen. Waiting for him to come out of his dark…

Dijon

I am really hoping that this story surprises the cynic! There are the right good people out there for everyone. Sometimes they are hard to locate.

And if the AI is doing a better job than the guilty conscience… go Hughie, GO!

James Clay Henry and Margret “Maggie” = J and M - an effort to tell the world what Abigail Henry did not want told