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Gee....I know some adults who still fit that description!!!

Perhaps I should have said for the first shoe to drop...I was taking the interaction with the Russian as the first bit of intrigue. However, as a long time reader, I know there will be plenty of intrigue!

The story is building up nicely. However, when will the other shoe drop? There's got to be some suspense that will keep us begging for more chapters and more frequent postings... Great job as always, Carlos!

I'm eager to see what happens with Kyle too! Will Amy bring him into her home? Will he also have to go to juvie? Next chapter soon, please!

Just because Calum topped the Russian (more like turning the table on him and asserting his own dominance) doesn't mean he's not versatile. However, a great setup for further intrigue!

Excellent writing and story preparation as usual for you, Carlos! There is depth, humor, intrigue, education, and erudition always present in your stories - no matter how light-hearted they may seem at times!

Speaking at a gravesite is very therapeutic. Robbie needed to learn more truth about his father and resolve some issues that he had created in the vacuum created by his mother. At some point, he needs to visit his uncle and meet his cousins. I hope Jo reappears at some point in reference to both Don and Symmonds!

"The times, they are a changin'"... Where in times past, people married and stayed together through everything, regardless of "feelings", mostly because women couldn't support themselves otherwise, one women started working, they were able to support themselves. That is not to say that they earned as much as men - that doesn't even exist 70+ years after the end of WW II - the beginnings of more freedom for women are there. Divorce was seen as a shameful event for women - seems they bore the brunt of the negativity more often than men. Thanks again for a glimpse into life at that time!

The domestic scene is always normal for CJ and Ozzie! They are not pretentious and loyal to a fault with their friends. I love how the story is shaping up. Good to be back in the CJ universe once again!

Interesting turn of events! That Kyle was so accurate with his shots is amazing! But it certainly makes for a good story!

How wonderful to have this family back! Thanks, Carlos!

And yet, you have very accurately captured the essence of a small mill town. Great job!

Close family who live their lives together provide support, people to talk with, common shared experiences. Small towns where the central source of employment is also a common experience. For many, it is a comfort. But for some of us, it is smothering! I love the people of my birthplace - I just cannot live that existence!

Is Kyle finally seeing Matias in a different way? Is the shiny veneer starting to peel away? Luck has been with them so far, but will it continue?

Very well done! This makes me think of Bill Maher's segment on his show: I can't prove it - I just know it's true! Starts with a mysterious encounter and ends with one.

He definitely has learned a lot for being 20! Just wait another 10-20 years! The journey of life has surprises at all ages!

As the author, you know the characters better than I do - however (notice how that denotes a possibility of an alternative viewpoint?) - Matias doesn't appear to be that naive - maybe more hopeful that nothing will happen or his judgment is clouded because of his pain...

I definitely am mostly not like I was in my twenties - I was much more uptight than I am now! However, the passion to help others and to be a dad are both still there - hope it never fades!

But would that draw the same interest? I don't disagree, but the drama keeps us reading and commenting, lol!

Puppy is really showing maturity is some ways, yet allows drink to lead him into bad decisions. I said he was an alcoholic - and I stand by that - alcohol is poison to him. I hope it doesn't lead to wrong behavior with Joey, though I have a strong feeling it will. He is honest to a point when sober - weak as all when drunk!

I thank you for writing this story, if is even just for me, lol! I was born two years after the war was over and grew up hearing stories of growing up in the first half of the century - and I experienced the latter half! You have rekindled so many memories for me and I truly appreciate it.

What was Matias thinking? Did he know what Sonny would do to Kyle? Will Kyle come to his senses about Matias?

Unfortunately, Steven is acting like a bullish brother who has been caught in a most uncomfortable position. This is not the same type of violence as in abuse, at least in my view. Steven is also rather immature and confused emotionally. He's not trying to keep Puppy in a subservient position. That said...I hope nothing more happens with them getting sloshed! That will only confuse him more! Or, perhaps, he will get it out of his system and realize that Puppy is right - there is no "us". Of course, with Puppy being emotionally charged - and horny too - let's hope he can still say no... I don't want to see Hunter do himself in...he does have good points and has been through a lot of trauma in his life. I want to see him get help and get on with a more positive life. But then again, it's not my story...

And the reality of war hits home...along with everyone's theory as to what happened.

Is it really incest if Puppy and Steven get together? They are not blood relatives...I'll leave that to the legal scholars. However, it sure makes for an interesting plot twist. These young relationships seem doomed because of age and maturity...