Carlos Hazday

Altruistic? More like selfish since I got to read ahead. LOL Anyway, I'll leave you a review later, headed out to make some vitamin D. The weather's beautiful, wish you were here.

@BlueWindBoy I'm pretty sure CJ and Owen broke some laws going at it. I remember listing age of consent for Australia and every state they had sex in. If I recall, they were safe because of a Romeo & Juliet exception in Florida. However, CJ definitely was too young when he had sex while in Illinois. Not sure I remember why I picked BC over BU. It may have been because BC was a member of the Big East at one point and is now in the ACC. More on Thiago and his kid soon.

By the time he gets to fly anything close to an F-35, I'm hoping it'll be fine. As for Gadot vs de Pablo, I'll take Chris Pine.

Pamper yourself tomorrow

Dude, the woman's hot! I may add her to the list of those I'd consider doing. Hallie Barry's been the only one in that group so far. I think Ritchie has a thing for cougars. Did you see WW84? For as many days as they shot using the Georgetown Theater as a backdrop, the finished product only showed it a bit. I think he's aiming for an F-35... If he must slum, a Gulfstream 700 might do. A learner's permit would save him with the cops. It might require fibbing with the rental car company. In most places even CJ would have to pay a surcharge since he's under 25. Leave it to a damn lawyer to read the fine print.

Easter/Spring Break? Are you headed to Cozumel or Cancun? Oh wait, you're neither a Texas politician nor an Air Force cadet... Never mind... Brandon, @WolfM's MC, visits the Liston Winery when he first arrives in Australia. At some point, he says he'd return when done fighting fires, but last time we heard from him he was in the Blue Mountains up to his ass in embers.

Brandon and his wolf are talking to each other, so that's a positive. To be Brandon's age again... sigh. Ten plus years after visiting Katoomba, I don't think my body could handle those bloody steps again. And I'm pretty sure even when I was there, I couldn't have managed with all that equipment. Working out's a lifestyle for firefighters, they need the strength and stamina. And lucky for us, they often show off the results by posing for calendars.

@frosenblum I subscribe to Air Force Time. Signed up when I started plotting Cadet, and it has provided a few tidbits to the story. The bit where Ritch takes part in war games with the Norwegians was inspired by an article. That was reinforced this week when they reported on massive military games in Alaska and the Russians feeling emboldened to fly closer to American territory.

At a minimum, The Squad and their kids are safe. I Mann-proofed them by including them in Hail to the Chief. Should I invite a cadet sailing? We could have him or her hang from the main mast, drown, or be mauled by a shark. Close enough to a wolf doing it.

HI, Gary. Thanks for the extra effort. I can relate to iPad issues. Mine's so old, I think it's like a dozen operating system updates behind. I haven't been able to install a new IOS in ages. Last year I capitulated and bought a new Galaxy Tab. Much more powerful and it cost me about half what my iPad did years ago. That old clunker's now used to play Solitaire only.

I think I may have mentioned a lot of those t-shirts had been boxed and stored at the loft apartment in Everhope's carriage house. I'll take a look for them when I start planning the next remodeling. Not sure Ritch's is so much comfortable with his wealth as he's being practical. He has the money so he may as well learn how to manage it and use it to advance certain goals. So many of our youth have no idea how to manage their finances, so I made sure the fathers taught CJ and Ritch about it.

Thanks, Theo. You're in luck. Lucy will make another appearance and at a minimum I promise a big family gathering for Ritch's graduation. But that's still in the future so let me see what I can do before the end.

Or they could just be collateral damage. Service members can understand that.

LMFAO Hey, if @WolfM can have his lycan at the Liston Winery, I can have wolves running around Colorado. The only problem's when @Mann Ramblings reads about it, he'll want at least one or two cadets gored. I mean, the wolves would just be defending their human alpha, right?

Funny thing is at a minimum I'll revisit the DC events. Christmas 2021 also gets a new look. I wrote about it from Ritch's POV, next time it'll be CJ's. I plan an entire scene with him, Owen, Rod, and Taisha discussing the house across the alley. Only about 20 more to buy for the Everhope compound to control the entire block. How'd you like Raish's name before Liebe shortened it? And now we know how Roo and Jeffer got their nicknames. Blame the sister.

Thanks, Mike. Not sure Lucy's entirely on board with the rekindling, but we shall see.

Did he live up to his personality?

@Anton_Cloche Thank you, Tony. I wrote the initial stories with CJ as the protagonist. If you think of everything I've posted since, each story would be a branch of that trunk. They are all connected even if recent one can be read on their own. And since the tree need to grow so it can support more branches, the next books will feature CJ once again. Although a headache at times, the interconnected timelines have been interesting to figure out. The births covered in a couple of paragraphs in this chapter, will be described in a lot more detail in a future book. However, I knew I had to mention them here since the birth of 3 nephews would be too significant an event for Ritch not to make a big deal out of it.

LMFAO I avoided dealing with Joel and a date on purpose. I'm sure a same sex couple has been there by now, but I didn't feel comfortable writing about it as a short snippet. The foundation's now in the public eye after underwriting A Home for Heroes. With this new involvement, and one coming in the next book, their visibility's increased to a point Cesar and Brett can't hide in the background anymore. Ritch is discovering being a good pilot might not be enough to move him up the ranks so he can pick assignments. Saving a kid's life, battling bullying, dealing with insubordination, and providing the Academy with good PR can only augment his chances for achieving his goals. Wait until he battles a band of wolves alone and they all end up licking him and following him around like a pack of killer puppies.

Thanks, Parker. If people are noticing Ritch acting more 'grown-up', I've accomplished one of my goals. I wanted to transition him from CJ's kid brother to an adult equal to his bro and brolaw.

He had a good foundation and the military training has probably helped fit the parts into a more cohesive unit. He's become so disciplined, when CJ and Harley go get stoned, he doesn't yearn to join them. Lucy makes her initial appearance in the book, and the boy's forced to reexamine his heart. I suspect he wished Lucy could have been his date at the Ring Dinner

Thank you!!!!!

Thanks, Tony. If you mean the tradition of the characters spending time together, that won't change. If it's the Friday chapters, we have a few to go.

Betcha he's gonna hate being deployed and not seeing his niece and nephews but maybe once a year. I foresee ountless video calls.

Thanks, Dugh. Yeah, I think I overloaded this one, but I was trying to get to Ritch's final year at the Academy. Looks like Wendy's on the way out after one appearance by Lucy. That woman has power! How'd you like twin boys with a cousin a month younger. The first baby batch was Gamon, Benjamin, Carolina, Fabricio, and Liebe. A couple of years later, we start on the second helping. There may be more coming.