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Little worried about Barry's state of mind right now, and sounds like Dave is too. He does sound a bit suicidal, and it would be bad if he lost Dave right now who is his only saVing grace right now. Now that I've caught up, looking forward to more! Thanks for sharing this story!

Thanks so much for the suggestion. Hehe, we actually do have dragon; it was recommended to us by her 5th grade teacher actually. It works great when she knows what she wants to say. After she's written out reports and such, she'll dictate it. She's severely adHD and creative writing is so not her thing. Reading, yes. Golf, yes. Tech ed, yes. Writing stories, no. I actually didn't think to tell her to try it with this story. I think she just couldn't think of a plot for her characters...again, must be her father's DNA.

Of course at dinner tonight, my husband told my daughters about 'fixing the icemaker' and my oldest says 'oh, I played with a button in the freezer.' Of course we both asked her why she'd do that, and her response was that she "wanted to see what it would do". She's 13! Do not put my daughter near blinky buttons and lights.

Yes--me. She does refer to her grandmom's cell phone as old (it's not touch screen).

Okay, so here's my 'here's your sign' moment. About six months ago our ice maker just seemed to stop working. We knew it would cost probably about $900 to fix (because it stopped working when we first got it, and the repair guy told us we were lucky it was still under warranty or it would have cost about $900). So that's what we figured had happened now. Well, since I don't really use ice, my husband had taken to buying bags of ice as he needed them. He's been doing it for six months now. So apparently, yesterday at work, he noticed an on/off switch on the ice maker there. Hmm, I wonder if ours has one? Maybe if we flip the switch a few times, it will cycle it or something. So he comes home to test his theory... only to find that it was already in the off position. So, wow, he turned it to 'on' and wala we have ice again. So glad I never called the repair man he told me too. That would have been an embarrassing visit--being charged $50 for him to come flip a damn switch. Oh, on another note... my daughter asked if we had a CD player when she wanted to get a CD at the store. I said of course we did. Of course, she's never really listened to music from a CD player--we pretty much use our phones or their ipods. So, I pull out the CD player I have buried in a closet. It's a combination CD/radio/cassette player. She looks at it, flips up the antenna and asked what that was for. Then I told her which buttons worked the CD player and that the other buttons were for tapes. Her response: what's a tape? When I showed her what one was, of course, she quirked her brow and looked at it askance and said, "that looks so old."

Thank you. I did think it was important to show that Avery wasn't just instantly better because dealing with the abuse by his father and William is going to haunt him for a long time. But with the therapy and Matt's love, he is dealing with it and getting better. Thanks so much for all your wonderful and helpful reviews! Look forward to hearing how you like the Neko sequel (coming up soon!)

Hmm, that's definitely an idea I hadn't thought about and would help his victims out in their recovery, even if just helping to pay for their therapy. Great idea, thanks! I'm so glad that you have enjoyed the story. Thank you very much for all of your helpful and insightful reviews!!

I am too. It's pretty rare I'll write a story without a happy ending (but I have been known to do it!). Thanks so much for hanging in there on the emotional ride and all your wonderful reviews. They are greatly appreciated. Back to coffee in the morning! Hehe

Thank you very much. I'm so glad you have enjoyed the story even if it was a hard read. Thanks for all your great reviews!

ohh, thank you so much. That's my goal as a writer--to suck you into the story and hold you there so you don't want to let go ! So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for reading and all of your wonderful reviews.

Thank you very much!

Yes, I think it was important to show that Avery wasn't instantly better. He's going to struggle with the healing process for a while, but he's certainly getting there with Matt's help. So glad you liked it and thank you very much for all your reviews.

Aww, thanks so much! So glad you enjoyed it!

Hey there! I'm so happy to see you here! I'm glad you enjoyed the edited version. Thanks for reading and reviewing!

Okay, okay, Matt's POV stays! I'm glad everyone liked it. Thanks so much for reading and reviewing!!

Thank you for having faith in me to bring you to a HEA. It is a hard read but I do promise a satisfactory ending.

Whew, okay, I'm able to breathe now. But I feel soon bad for his boys, losing both parents in such a violent way...

Oh crap! Moving on now!

Aww, he got to see his boys. Funny that trey already suspected...

Poor barry. I thinks it's really hitting him how much he'll miss his boys, when he cant just up and see them any time he want to. He's holding together pretty well so far. And Dave and the others really seem like they'll be there for him. Good work, loving the story.

Nice to see his worries and he's thinking about what his life is going to be like later. He does need to deal with his wife's death because I don't think he's really done that yet. Glad to see he didn't want to change rooms!

Finally Barry is getting closer to admitting he might be able to see Dave as more than just a friend. Love the sparks of jealousy. And... onward (finally got me some time to read, not just write and edit)

Ooh, key west how fun! And David got a cuddle from Barry . I figure Barry and David will be copying up more soon. and now on to the next chapter...

I liked how we learn more about frank/Barry'so life from david's ramble about how the FBI has been watching him for years. Glad Barry is good with David being gay right off. ....off to ch. 4

Whew, good thing he paid attention to the cab info... intense action on to chapter three!