Timothy M.

Ohhhh a firefighter. Now I'm envious. Those two sound like a hot and happy couple.

If Ryan does himself in, Will is going to crashland in a major funk. Even if Jeff is there, it's gonna be bad. But I hope Jeff will get to Ryan in time. Zach is still a mystery.

I'm not even going to admit how matters are in Denmark.

Good points, I'll concede that Will won't use the Club to spend Brad's money. Except for taking a private jet out there to sort matters out.

I'm flattered, but why do you expect me to be able to explain? Although I think you can choose your own member title at 500 posts, so keep going. But I don't mind being at your beck and call, my lady.

I think you're right, except for the fact that Will is looking for ways to spend money. But of course he want to be in control of how his money is spent, and he'll soon lose patience with Trey or whoever is running the Club as a private party. In any case, I look forward to the confrontation.

I'm glad my predictions for you came true so fast. You deserve it - and I'd like to point out that you're also a wonderful editor/beta.

Tillykke med fødselsdagen waving Danish birthday flags at you to celebrate

I had managed to almost forget reading this, perhaps because it was so full of difficult moments, in spite of being beautiful too. It's one of the important facts about AC as a writer: he never pampers his readers ! We get to run the whole gamut of emotions together with the characters he portrays. Often heart-wrenching but other times he makes us soar. And there is always love in his stories.

Plus Kendall doesn’t want her to crash and kill the baby. That’s how he’ll sell the idea to the Acetos anyway, lol. Deuce really shone in this chapter, he played Candy perfectly. King of Clubs indeed: First the stick and then the carrots, eh? Getting her car fixed, making sure there is someone kind to take care of her, when she gets home, what will the next be? Candy won’t know what’s hit her, once Kendall the Caretaker gets going. My favorite quote: plumbing the depths.

A couple of Danish cake recipes: Orange Chocolate Cake Danish Dream Cake I have a good recipe for Turkey or pork stew wth rice, if anyone is interested. Comes from the largest Danish Dairy Company, so heavy on butter and cream and creme fraiche. Karolines Køkken

We need some more promising authors.

I agree. Thanks.

This reply from Mark to Tim's review made me wonder: Can Zach give up sex from now on? If he can't, what is more likely to out him? A secret relationship with Will or a series of clandestine hook-ups with guys? Unless he has found some way to fuck women again. I can't make up my mind, but I guess most gay sportsmen (that came out later, so we know of them) took the route of random sex, so it makes sense if Zach does the same. The question Zach has to ask himself is this: if he gets outed anyway, was it worth losing Will over? I bet Will would have backed off even more, helped find ways for Zach to 'prove' his straightness, done the 'pretend boyfriend thing,' convinced Darius to spend time with Zach and him, dealt with blackmailers, whatever was needed. He might even have agreed to take a break in their relationship to cool rumors down. But what Zach did was cruel as well as stupid, based on what we know at this moment. The best way to piss of Will is to not communicate - he's like Brad that way.

Well, I guess I may forgive you after all. But I'll reserve judgement until I see how the Leopards do against the Hawks and if Ty gets fit enough to play. It was nice to see more of the clever Patrick, but Ty may not forgive the Blues if they only draft him and not Dad. Of course Jim will set him straight and Ty will also owe a debt to Carlton if the Leopards win the grand final and Ty is able to play. I loved the way you're using Ty's father to scare off other potential Clubs. Plus it will be a sweet revenge to see his face, when Ty gets drafted in spite of his efforts. Even more so if the bastard tries to turn up at the club and gets told that one condition of Ty's draft is that he does not have anything to do with his father and that he's banned from the Club (Leopards and Blues), including matches. (Can they do that?) Glad to see Ty's friends and teammates rallying aroound him, and Karen is doing her best too. She's so good for Ty. I guess I should say sponsors too, I hope Tony organizes something extra nice for Greg and Matt, and the other sponsors who donated money for this. Although winning the trophy migt be all they ask, I think there should be an acknowledgement of some sort at Awards night. And finally I'm laughing my head off at Julie's new nickname. I have no doubt it's gonna take, at least for now. They might stop if she becomes their main coach. I so want Peter to leave with a championship, and of course it would increase the chances of Julie getting the job.

I agree with Chase, the whole reveal scene was beyond hilarious, truly one of your best comic situations, Mark. I come back to read it again and again.

I think we can all agree that the killing of Cecil was trophy hunting and illegal poaching at its worst. And I can't see the fun of trophy hunting myself - but then climbing high mountains never struck me as fun either. In fact I can't understand why those hunters don't sneak up as close as possible and take a picture. That would be a lot braver. However, if there is a surplus of a species and if money from an occasional trophy hunt benefitted the local people and made them more accepting of the wildlife and willing to preserve it, then I find it hard to argue against. But as I said the theory is easy, but in practice...

This is one of my favorite chapters in all of CAP. And it's even better when you know what happens next

Yikes, James, you scare me, you know.

Made me fall over laughing. Now I know why I never bought a dog.

True, I'd forgotten about that. And there was also the discussion about who went to Claremont or not. Brad's kids did, but Claire's didn't.

Belated hugs and warm thoughts from Denmark.

I certainly agree that the killing of this lion was a crime in more ways than one, particularly since he had extra value as a tourist attraction. I hope the national park sues the hell out of Palmer, and I don't feel sorry for the idiot. But legal and regulated trophy hunting can actually be a way to preserve big game species, particularly in Africa, the way controlled timber logging can be an incentive to preserve tropical forests rather than convert them into farm land. The problem is that while the principle is good in theory, it's hard to carry out, when individually greedy and bad guys exploit the system with no care for the habitat, wildlife or the local populace. Edit: funnily enough I just came across this article on the matter.

If you had said Brad instead of Will, this would have been the perfect description of how Brad is behaving to his Family. And I was impressed with the implied compliment to Will, who has just spent several days being with JJ in NY, rather than chasing down Zach.

Thank you. It's scary sometimes, especially since I'm not sure what I'm doing right. It's like juggling balls and hoping you can keep going and not fuck up. I must admit I love getting the approval of my readers. Probably why I'll never write daring and difficult stories like you do.