Thanks, Jeff. Although the basic personalities are the same, I'm trying to show CJ and Owen dealing with more mature subjects. As independent as he was while in college, CJ still had his parents around constantly, and a slew of friends. Now it's just him and Owen against the world. Thankfully, a few of the new people they meet will be around to help if they need it.
In high school, her classmates will be making a big deal out of getting their hands Boone's Farm while Liebe refuses to drink any wine with a rating lower than 90.
Conscious decision. She'll use Daddy and Papi once in a while, but since they avoid talking to her in baby language, they would have referred to each other by their first names and she would have picked it up. If you look at Ripper Christmas, Owen's mother complained about it. According to them her first words were Aba, Osh/Oshie, Ceesh, and agua. Her pronunciation has improved.
LMAO
A Yank Tank?
Considering the size of his thighs due to leg presses and rugby, he is a tank. And he anxiously awaits obtaining his American citizenship. Poor CJ, he's an American but his husband and daughter get dual citizenship.
Poor Stephen. I'm being rough on him but readers are obviously out for blood. I could always redeem him and have him save the day.... Nah, he's doing too good a job being the jerk. Just wait until he gives CJ his 3-month performance review.
I like that chapter. It's far from being perfect but I think it accomplished my goal well. I wanted to recap some of what CJ had done and set things up for his start at Georgetown. I structured it so we would follow him through the day as scenes alternated phone calls with personal interactions. Of course I had to start with family. Brett, Cesar, Ritch, and Owen are the base upon which CJ builds his life.
Anyone who invokes John Lewis is more than fine in my book. The fact you also reflect the attitude I've tried to infuse CJ with is icing on the cake. You and him both aim to do what's right even if at times it may be uncomfortable. Right now Northman's an annoying gnat and Domogarov's the big bad bear lumbering around. I need to dispose of one of them sometime soon.
You keep fighting for what you believe in.
@Anton_Cloche
CJ's been mature and professional in his dealings with Northman until this chapter. There's now a crack and it could expand if the man keeps needling CJ. I'm hoping others can calm him sufficiently so he doesn't go all Ninja on his boss.
I think with people like that it's sometimes better to go around them than through them. Maybe CJ will figure that out.
Hate to make more work for you and Mrs M, but if you're happy with the results, so am I. Admittedly, I keep getting distracted by my own story today, so it was hard redi g and stopping. I may reread tomorrow when things will be quieter.
Thanks. Sometimes I marvel how a couple of paragraphs hit the right note. I wish I could bottle that stuff.
Because of a binge reader, I jusr glanced at the first chapter covering CJ's high school graduation. (Walls June 2016 part I) CJ's conversation with Brian Sims made me smile. I think I got that one right too.
I like all the speculation but I'm becoming afraid I took it too easy on Northman. Maybe he likes conspiracy theories himself. We should audit his devices to see if he's a QAnon flunkie.
Jimmy, Jimmy Chen, could we borrow a couple of those bugs you found in CJ's apartment?