Carlos Hazday

Thank you, Parker. Love the praise since it comes from such a talented individual. My little universe isn't perfect but maybe it'll give everyone a glimpse of what can be achieved if we stand up for what we believe in. Yeah, I know, my social conscience's always pushing me to preach but hopefully it was done in an entertaining way.

Damn 18yo kids think they're all grown up! LOL Thanks you, Dave. I think my story-telling has gotten better since Summer and technically this book in my opinion was much better than my early efforts. I hope I can continue growing and improving as an author and that future installments in this series provide enjoyment to readers.

@gazza456 You should experience 20+ thousand people shouting BULLSHIT! during a basketball game whenever a ref makes a qustionable call!

Thank you! I'll admit writing the final scene made me tear up. I do remember my own graduation from high school and how my friends and I couldn't wait for the next chapter to begin. You've been around from the beginning, hope you've enjoyed the changes I engineered for CJ along the way. I have big plans for the boy. He'll be back stronger than ever in Georgetown.

Thanks, Chris. It's good to have you on board. Working on Georgetown already so there's plenty more on the way.

Hoya Saxa, Hoya Saxa, Hoya Saxa... Start practicing, that's the traditional cheer during Georgetown University Hoyas sporting events. We know CJ's an athletic supporter so there'll be some of those in his future Thank you for reading and for leaving a comment. I'm smiling and loving the fact you and so many others have enjoyed the story.

I LOVE the row of emojis! I'm uncertain how long the wait for the next book will be. I've completed the first section, three more to go, but posting won't begin until the entire thing's written and edited. It may be a while since there are other people involved in the process. Thank you, my friend.

Wow, JayT, are you flirting with me? I hope so, you're cute Thank you! Better than others, you know what the schedule's like. It's not entirely in my hands. But I'm working on it, bud. This morning I've started writing scenes in 2017. Catching up to myself!

CJ's maturing and becoming comfortable with acknowledging his feelings. Spring break's going to be a pain in the neck, it seems Georgetown and George Mason's vacations don't ever coincide. I may have to send CJ off on his own! Nadine will be back. Thanks for the continued support, I'll keep trying to make each chapter interesting enough so the most recent one's always your favorite.

By now you know I draw inspiration from real world events when writing CJ stories. The cop stop in this chapter owes a lot to the multitude of incidents similar to the Castile one but also to converstions with black friends. For someone with white skin and green eyes like me, it's hard to comprehend how people meant to protect us can instill such fear. One incident which was uppermost in my mind was the shooting of a man here in South Florida, a caretaker for an autistic individual, who was shot by a police officer while lying on the ground with his hands raised. Without passing judgement on specific instances, I wanted to show the frame of mind of many with darker skin. Racism sucks as much as homophobia!

The Walls’ graduating class met on school grounds prior to the commencement exercise. The boisterous students donned their caps and gowns―under the watchful eyes of faculty members―amidst promises of life-long friendships and frequent communications. CJ suspected he would not be seeing a lot of the young men and women again, but he knew the handful he was closest to would be around him for the rest of his life. Although the graduates would be allowed to sit anywhere within the section reser

LOL Harley has become such a fan favorite I may have to rethink tha motorcycle accident. Then again, if he's laid up in bed unable to move much, some of his fans may be willing to lend him a helping hand

Watch it buster! I may just send CJ to Perth next time he visits Australia. He'll deal with you.

I knew you would. LOL

I thought about that when I sent you a message this morning! Trust me on this, you're not alone in thinking of them as family. When the shooting at the baseball practice this week happened, I inmediately thought that was the type of place CJ could have been at and wondered if he would have remembered to carry his gun. I was worried about a damn fictional character! Ignore me. I'm nuts!

Wow! Thanks! When I decided to do a chapter a month I ended up forcing myself to write in a more precise way. I thank Mann for constantly pushing me to 'simplify' and in the process forcing me to write what I feel it's a cleaner story. You're right, each of those phone calls, under the guise of graduation greetings, allowed me to share information in an abbreviated manner. Some of it helped close open threads and a few allowed me to set the stage for future events. The entire Squad was there in person since this book was about them. Some other characters I wanted to include but ended up settling for a mention. The chapter just got too long!

Damn kids think everything's a video game these days!

LOL - If you go for a ride on his motorcycle, be careful where you put your hands. It's bad form to hold on to the rider's clutch crotch unless invited to.

I can't very well write a review on my own story! The review feature's activated when the story's marked complete (I guess.) I recently wrote one and it was good to point out good and not so good things. The author wrote me a nice reply, than goodness he wasn't one of those who can't handle negative comments.

LMAO! You want me to send Harley over with a little something, something to help you relax until then?

One more chapter to go and then y'all can write full reviews! Look for it Sunday morning.

I can't wait to recount this conversation to my neighbor. Kirby will enjoy it.

BRB I need to go ask mu neighbor if I can borrow his sling...

Okay, my bad. I wrote a reply and must have gone to another page before posting it so of course it got lost. Cia was surprised recently when I told her I try to reply to every comment/review within 24 hours. Every author's different but I'm fairly anal about it! Speaking of anal... Anyway, I wanted Harley, Thiago, Brad, and Chipper to have good interactions with CJ in this chapter since they're the core Squad members. Harley and Thiago were the original ones so they had the most involved interactions. With Harley I HAD to include one of his monologues! But if you notice, it was the first time he snapped back when told to breathe. I wanted him to tell CJ to 'fuck off' but figured that wouldn't be realistic. Now, about you being a bad boy: the ball gag's a precaution in case you turn out to be a screamer.

BRB, I need to check the other page. But I KNOW I replied to your comment, it started with JP as the first word!