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Mr. Arbour, your skill at creating such an wonderful character is remarkable. Will is my favorite character in the CAP series. I love him just the way he is. Same as Alexis Carrington,in the TV series Dynasty. She made the show exciting and worth watching. Alexis' character was played by Joan Collins for all you young readers. I love J.P. and Stef, but Will is my favorite!

I would assume Winkler and his entourage, and his chef will be with him. He only loaned him to Daventry for a short period of time. But I may be wrong.

Thanks Mark! Hey my favorite holiday of them all is Cinco de mayo. My favorite beer is Dos Equis Amber and do drink lots of in on May 5th.

I kind of thought the same thing when I saw this guys pic. His face seems a little slimmer than Patrick's, but they do look very much alike. I have never heard of this guy before.

Never heard of it. I really don't watch any network tv. Mainly just sports networks.

I really don't care for Bellona at all. Something about the woman I don't trust. I hope this works for Will, but kind of doubt it. Thanks for the 4.20 edition Mark. If you would have had a 420 break with them after the meeting was over in honor of the date would have been great. Keep doing what you do @Mark Arbour. You truly are appreciated.

I don't see it in this guy at all. Not very attractive to me. If I was walking by this guy I would not even give him a second look. If he has a cute ass, I might would turn and look at it. But far as the face. No way.

Loved the chapter. Loved the interviews, but really don't think they will help a lot. Everyone knows Will doesn't need the money from the contract offers he needs. And he truly doesn't need it. He isn't after the glory and the fame. Other famous people's kids have gone thru the same thing Kennedy's, Bush's, Baron Trump, etc. It comes with having rich and famous parents. Usually it is them trying to catch that snapshot of them doing something wrong, or that embarrassing moment. Some of the "New Hot Guy" might fade a little, but he might as well accept some of this from now on. Will and Travis are going to have to be very careful or It is going to be really hard for them not to get caught at a compassionate moment. I had always thought that Will was blond. "His voluminous brown hair just begs you to run your fingers through it." But I guess I had just assumed that. Thanks @Mark Arbour keep up the Great work! About a year or so ago I watched a video Celtic Thunder Video with Keith Harkin and Colin Keegan singing "Sounds of Silence" Both are fine looking guys. But Keith is how I have imagined Will looking. They are the same age. Both were 19 in 2005. Keith is 6'-1" and Will is 6'-2". Keith has that surfer boy look to him also.

Thanks Mark, for this latest installment. Maybe JJ needs to get Will do sign an exclusive contract as a model for him to take care of that part. The WS collection by Jeremy Schluter. He can give Will shares in his company. The more effort Will puts in the more successful the partnership will be. Use the paparazzi as free advertisement. OtherwiseI have no idea how he will be able to help Will overcome the paparazzi, but maybe somehow he can.

Right now I don't think we can say the frigate was manned by cowards. The men may not have been disciplined right to begin with, but they may have wanted to fight, but their captain may have been the coward, and he had all the say. George may find that it was manned by cowards, but he also may find some of the officers have great potential. He has found them before on other ships where the command was sub-par. There wasn't an accusation of mutiny on the Spanish Frigate like there was aboard the HMS Incredible. But Captain Haynes accused 4 men of mutiny just to cover up his being drunk and caused an embarrassment in front of the fleet. Haynes, his purser, and 1st Lieutenant were forced out of the Navy when the four accused were exonerated from mutiny. Other times George took on officers that were cast offs from other ships that under his training became fine officers. George has had the luxury of winning a lot of prize money as a Captain of HMS ships to help get and keep his seaman through the years that he will not have in this new stint. But he has the ability and knowledge to lead men and get the best out of them if not only to please him, but for pride in themselves. I am sure by the end of his assignment the Spanish Frigate Proserpina will be the pride of seamanship of the Spanish Navy. Where the Spanish go from there is all up to them. Thank you @Mark Arbour I hope you a Happy Easter too.

Thank you Mark. So we will get a Good Friday Chapter next week? You truly are the best!!

This was an all around great top shelf chapter. You hit it out of the park with this on @Mark Arbour You are the best. Keep on keeping on. I hope we hear how much the bar tab was in the next chapter. I know it will just be pocket change for Stef, but would still like to know. Oh, and next Friday is Good Friday!!

Winkler is my second favorite character in this series. Of course George is first. Also I wonder what ever happened to the rat eating dog the George got for one of his ships. Was his name Ranger?

Thank you Mark for this latest chapter. And Happy Spring to you too. Wow! I don't think any of us were expecting the hornets' nest George was arriving at Cardona's residence. But I think George handled it very well about what was in his correspondence with Cardona that his wife was going to use against them with the Duke of Medinaceli. Funny the letters never came up with the Duke. She may try to cause some trouble, but an accident for her might be what comes next. With Cardona's wife now going to be absent from Madrid l believe George and Cardona are going to have lots of sex. Maybe one of Cardona's strapping hussar's might join in with them. LOL. Can't wait for the next chapter. Also we have Good Friday and Easter coming up in 2 weeks. Hint, hint!!

Excellent fun chapter. With all his notoriety he is getting in the Harvard Crimson from both his efforts during Katrina and now on the MAC Courts Will is becoming the big man on campus as a sophomore. Glad Travis was able to get away and attend the match. Looking forward to next weekends big event in NYC. I wonder if the event has limitations on how many per table. If not, I wonder why Brad and Jake weren't invited. Keep up the great work @Mark Arbour

Thanks for another great chapter. I also think Will's going to have a Colton notch on his I fucked list, and probably have him stalking him the entire year. I don't know about Austin. In a way I would like for one male student to stay true to their lover. Or at least until they have a chance to talk with and both come to an understanding about an open relationship before they go ahead and betray them. Will hasn't ever had any influential relative or friend that has a partner that they were both exclusive with. They have all either cheated or been in an open relationship. Maybe Austin will be the first one to show him it can be done. Looking forward for the next one. Is there a holiday coming up that might get a special extra chapter? First day of Spring? That could be considered a holiday. Yeah that would work. First day of Spring holiday! LOL!!!

One hell of a good story @Mark Ponyboy Peters. Looking forward to Book 2. Thought that keeps popping into my mind, could Nate come back to KF and find a just over 3-year-old toddler that looks just like him running around a store. Hopefully by the times Nate does come back, The series of painting at the beach at Thompsonville, The latest at KF with the boys and rock finding and others will be shown in some art exhibits around NSW and other parts of the country. With both Jake and Danny making big names for themselves too.

Another great chapter. Spent lots of time in NO, Baton Rouge in the 80's and 90's. So much fun goes on there. 3 for 1 drinks during happy hour was really great. I was there one time in the late 80's and the Quarter had cute sailors in a white uniform that I had never seen before. They were all over the place. The drifted into the Parade a gay bar and nightclub that I really liked. One of them spoke very good English and said they were with the Dutch Navey and that they had just gotten shore leave. I don't think any of the ones in the Parade had to pay for their own drinks that I know of. Since Katrina I have only been back 2 times and that was to the casino's. 2007 and 2010. Love that place.

Since I have read the story before, I am enjoying reading all the comments. It has been a while and reading 100's of stories since then, it is only vaguely familiar as I read the story. And as I read more of it, later parts or coming back too me. So I am not commenting much on it. But this is really a very good story.

I first read this story a number of years ago on I believe the old CRVBOY site and loved it. Very well written and glad to see it on GA were we all can share thoughts about the story. Thank you Mark for all your fine work. Keep it up. Here is a pic of A 1976 Holden HJ Sandman Panel Van. and one with the side windows too.

If I remember right he is still 25, may have turned 26..

This really is an excellent chapter. Stef the actor and he put Julian in his place. If this is going to be the wrap up for the season. I don't think he will be back for season 2. They may kill the character off or replace him with another Julian. I doubt if Stef will let it go on with him in it. Wow! JJ may have found his calling. I bet Stef has his work on Travis place spotlighted in a magazine. Designed by JJ~ Thanks Mark.

It really does seem that long, doesn't it?

As always, Granger rides in style. He is getting all kinds of information on the Spanish Fleet. Daventry is getting to see first hand how much loved George is in Spain, and making his job a lot easier in being a friend of George's. Thanks Mark for this new Chapter. It really was a surprise, being it is a Thurs. I have been looking every Sunday hoping you would give us some George love. But thank you.

Great fun loving chapter. I love the Aston Martin DB9 Volante convertible. A lot hotter car than the Mercedes SL55. Thank Mark. You are the best.