My lack of comments on the last nine chapters, shouldn't be taken as a reflection of what I thought. I'm loving this story, every chapter. Some parts are a little hard to read, but it all adds together. Oh, where to start.
Christine - First-class Witch. Especially bringing up the abortion.
Katy - It all makes sense now.
Curtis - Someone needs to handed to him his ass.
Eric - No comment. At least no comment where I would post it publicly.
Travis & Ben - Have to do this as a pair. While I like the story, and the pairing of these two, as a reader, I'm starting to think it's a mistake. Ben is just at the point of acceptance of himself as Bi/Gay/Whatever, Labels Suck, and Travis said it best, he needs to have more partners than just him. May feelings on this is because of Travis. There is a lot of trauma there from abuse, and I feel he's treating Ben the way he is, because he was powerless to prevent it, and now he's doing it to Ben. With Ben being new to relationships with guys, with Travis being his first one, it doesn't feel like this would be a healthy one for him to start with. As an Author, I love how you wove this story, and are exploring these themes. I might me completely ass-backwards on them, but that is how I'm perceiving it.
As for this chapter... Ben just made a huge fucking mistake. He's letting his lust cloud his judgement, and it's going to bite him in the ass, once Eric double-cross him.