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Remember, set up bail money before you start.

Friend made "cake" for his bbq. Cut a watermellon(seedless)into the shape he wanted and frosted with a coconut cream and powdered sugar frosting.

Yes, we actually read your intro's. Your comments too!

Oh isn't this lovely? A Bully who isn't a bully, a rapist dating a complete innocent, and an author who likes to leave us hanging on a cliff biting our nails for the next chapter. Well done sir!

May also have something to do with the way his parents treated Matt before finally coming around. It was bad enough to have been lied to for all those years about being adopted. To suddenly seem to have tossed him away just because he was gay was not only cruel - it was stupid. Hurts like that run deep. Forgiving is one thing - forgetting is completely different!

I think Brad isn't quite as Jekyll and Hyde as you think. He treated Will well as an emancipated teen when Will was behaving like a well behaved teen. The biggest decisions he was making was to go to St Louis, spend time surfing in Maui, things of that nature. These are things he likely would have been allowed to do even had he not been emancipated. That changed when Will started making more "adult oriented" decisions without consulting him first ie. buying the house in Maui, having the bar stocked, and planning the play room.

i can't speak for french family traditions ( something Isidore would be very attached to I think) but in an italian family it works just as methodwriter has said - it would go to the eldest male child who was not already married to give to his intended. It does show that nurture carries more weight than nature when you consider that Darius is actually the son of Bitty and a man that little is known about and less is cared about. Perhaps Isidore has indeed learned her lesson about treating family properly. According to strict tradition John would have been the one to receive the rings despite his young age considering he is the only male grandchild with a direct lineage to Isidore and JP.

Quote from Methodwriter's chapter 28 review I remember I first thought it was ridiculous that Hank would force people to do a wedding ceremony on a Tuesday just to have the letters 9/11, but then I remembered how it was such a big deal for "matching" dates like 7/7/07 blah blah blah throughout this decade. Luckily the last match we have is 12/12/12 so now that's all over. Count on Ace to have a negative reaction. He's on the surface like Darius,but Ace is a much more judgemental and reactionary person. He strikes me as the kind who would to this day still defend the Dubya adminstration. You are forgetting the other "matching combinations" like 1/3/13. Wedding on Mockingbird Lane anyone?

I think it is just devious that Mark has planned the ceremony for 8 min after the second plane hit. All the family should be together (barring the usual family craziness and someones refusal to attend) and well within range of the devastation. As fascinated as I am with the story and impatient to see how Mark handles it, I can't say i am looking forward to reliving the events. I live close enough that I was able to watch in horrid fascination from my upstairs window as the second plane flew into the second tower. But as horrible as the day was, i think it was even worse when one of my kindergarten students thought it was happening again on the first anniversary because of all the media coverage.

I didn't see Marie being on a virtual lock down, having all money and credit cards taken away, being forced to deal with body guards she found personally repugnant or being turned over to a handler that was intending to rape her to teach her a lesson either. Extreme situations beget extreme reactions.

If i do the dishes can i come too?

I never did understand what sexuality had to do with ability to lead. Sure the royal family has the continuation of the bloodlines to worry about, but honestly - other than that what the hell difference does it make whom a royal has in their bed. I do not believe that there has never been a back stairs relationship for either the men or women of the line, and am quite sure it will happen again in the future.

Happy anniversary. Your writing has brought much enjoyment into our lives, and we are quite honored that you have chosen to share something as personal as putting your thoughts to paper with us. I and my family have enjoyed every word. Yes I said my family, we all read your stories. Thank you.

LOL if i can get up at stupid thirty in the morning for a horse show i certainly can to chat with you and a bunch of people who have read and enjoyed your writing!

LOL all my prompt responses are just that - free writing. I get to around the 1200 word mark and that's the end of where i know i want it to go! Wayne and a few others keep encouraging me to finish some of them, but without a road map i'm lost! Welcome back.

Were those intersections or pissed off ant hills ???? I'll stick to my jeep and back roads when ever I can, preferable dirt roads! The sport car drivers stay on the blacktop!

So don't call em pancakes cia - tell em they are wrappers - similar to burrito but better. Come to think of it - burrito wrappers could stand in if you are in a hurry and can't buy pancakes the way Thorn did.

OK - things are just going too smoothly for too long. Sure there has been the little rough spot with the family gossip chain, but there hasn't been any really big drama since Will left St Louis. Even the conversation where Isidore asked for the divorce was amicable. How long are you going to leave the coaster hanging on the top of the climb? Well, big formal family dinners are usually good for an uprising or two...... It has been a long time since I have found an authors work as addictive as i find yours and one other authors here. Thank you for sharing.

Now who is writing to the point of making the reader want more and stopping? Having had all those little disasters except for the poisoning happen ( thank god not in a string like that ) I was really feeling for the guy. Only you know if this Nambo creature will turn out to be a good thing in the protagonists life! So what do I need to do to get YOU to write more on this one?

Ok - so how come none of you writing types, and an editor to boot, told me I managed to change Bobby's name to Billy at the end?

I don't think you will have any problem painting a convincing picture. I do think you seemed in a tad of a hurry to get from that kiss by the fountain to the coronation as prince consort. Seems like a lot of drama must have occurred between Alex and Sophia after the announcement that the arranged wedding was off. Princesses don't just go dabbling in the dark arts and cursing ex boyfriends in record time like that. The visible results of wilting flowers and the storm that suddenly advanced and retreated with Sophia's entrance and exit would indicate power, something she would have had to develop over time. Please don't misunderstand - I loved the story. There is just a whole lot more there to tell. It's very difficult to create a fantasy world. It seems like for every detail one includes it creates 10 questions that need to be answered if the story is to move forward. Eminently enjoyable. I look forward to the next kick in the pants your muse gives you !

I repeat all my comments from chapter one. This is a good place to leave the characters to their own devices for a while, but the story line DOES beg to continue. You just get the feeling there is so much more to be said.

So you have commitment issues - doesn't mean you can't have an on again off again thing with Blake and Tyler. Keep em on the back burner between inspirations. Nothing says you HAVE to post every day, week, or even month for that matter. Just find someone nice and sturdy to hide behind when people start badgering you to write faster!

Go Vru! Can you tell I am not what one would call patient with abusers? I'm curious tho, who would now get title to the house Vru so kindly redecorated? Maybe i shouldn't think so logically, but sooner or later the authorities will want to know what happened and who ever is next of kin will be pretty upset at the mess at least if not Aris' demise. First person I would be looking for is Atoki. If they are not planing on staying in hell, that could get damned inconvenient very quickly.

Very nice AJ. The story is one we can all relate to in one way or another. No one gets thru life without losing someone along the way. It's the very few who are lucky enough to find that someone again and have a second chance. I agree with Mann, in that I feel there is a lot more to the story. Just as you went back in the epilogue to tell us the real significance of Max, I think there is a lot more you could tell us about both Mitch and Danny as well.