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As usual another Great story from you. I just wish they were a lot longer. Thanks for what you do!

Great Chapter. Stef really is grooming Will for the business. Will is still learning how to read people and also how to manipulate them too. I am sure the family dinner meeting at Escorial is really going to be interesting on Sun. Great Job. Keep the chapters coming.

Excellent story. @CLJobe I think this is the best story of yours I have read so far. Even though it was kind of confusing after the prologue and first couple of chapters, you mad up for it with the content! Great Job. I look forward to reading more of your stories.

Well he may have, but not at this house or property. He may have gone back to Europe and taken the any of the boys that may have been there when Carleton died. Remember the Prologue A few Quotes from the Prologue: When I retired, I wanted a house that was in the country. I found a place that was being sold at a tax auction. According to the perspective, the owner of the house had died and left no heirs. I drove to the location to check out the property. It was a large house on quite a bit of land. Taxes amounted to several thousand dollars, which, fortunately, being a bachelor all of my life, I could pay this tax lien and still have a comfortable income from my portfolio. I opened the first door on my right, entered, it was an office. All of the furniture was in place, this I didn’t expect. I opened the blinds to let in some light and went to sit at the desk. When I sat down, I sat on some papers. Rising up enough to extract the papers, I began to read them. They were descriptions of the house and the names of people to contact. I was well into reading the papers when I man entered the office. “Hello, my name is Steven Jefferies, and this was my father’s house.” Saying that, he went and flipped the light switch. The lights came on. “When the county clerk called and said the house was sold, I came over and threw the electrical switch.” He went to a bookcase and picked a book. “Before my father died, he finished this book with instructions that it would be given to the new owner. This is the history of the house and how it got to what it is today. I think my father hoped that whoever bought the house would continue what he started.” “I don’t understand. If this is your father’s house, why didn’t you inherit this house?” “My offices are across the street. They were once a part of this property. Upon his death, my father deeded those offices to us. I have brothers all over the world. All have been set up in business by my father. I think after reading that book, you’ll get to know my father and that painting on the wall behind the stairs.”

Quote from this Chapter: "You know I couldn't be able to do this without the help of my older boys. The worst case is I'd have to hire people to take care of them. Then I run the risk of having caregivers abuse them. It hurts every time I look at them, knowing what they had to go through. It's a good thing I'm not a bounty hunter, or the river would be full of non-swimmers." I agree 100% with Carleton, Even if they could swim, they would all be found drowned. Might be chained to blocks or hog tied, or strange bruising to their head and body. Really a lot easier way out for them than I really would rather happen to them.

That Chapter 16 was out of sequence. Chapter 15 he went to bed in London. Chapter 16 had him schedule to speak at the UN and mentioned the swimming pool and a lot more kids. Chapter 17 went back to him waking up in London and on the story continuing on in normal order. After just reading a little of Chapter 16 I just stopped. So I don't know what else happened in it. I am hoping as I read on it will fit in somewhere. Mind you this is 2 years after those chapters were written and they have not been fixed yet!

It is now 2 years later and something still isn't right. He went to bed in London in Chapter 15 and now he is going to make a speech at the UN and Peter told him they were starting pool in Chapter 16? Below is the first little bit of Chapter 16 I smiled as we walked back to the office. “I think you are going to like this case.” “Yes, it’s just what I needed to take my mind off my other problems. We need everything you can find on this company. Also, check and see if there were any lawsuits against them.” Judy smiled; investigative work was right up her alley. I went to the newspaper office that covered the story of my lost son and his killer. I wanted a copy of their coverage. As it turned out, I made copies of several days of content. I had the name of the man who killed him, but not the child’s name. I could use some of this as a background for my speech at the UN. Peter arrived on time, riding home, “Sir, they started to dig out the pool today. I told them to take the extra dirt to the far corner of the property. They said they would smooth it out and seed it when they are done. It's going to be a large pool.”

I am enjoying this story now that i know what the hell is going on and by whom it is centered on! I now look forward to reading more!

That is not what you said in Chapter 1. You said it was current, not the past or the future!

CLJobe 82,407 In the comments of Chapter 1: Posted November 10, 2020 CLJobe said: The time is current, I will take you Ito the past, but Chap 1 is current If it is current, Carlton already had a place with other boys he had rescued, and Maria I assume as their caretaker and he has them moved to the new house he has just bought?

That is what I am thinking too. This first chapter is what the new homeowner is reading from what Steven gave him. But I am not 100% sure that is correct!

I really liked that farm story too. But he had some really other good stories that I read and liked, but changing directions in the story completely was too much. From building resorts and houses and just walking away from them focusing on something else. They were very good and interesting stories until he would do that. I need to go back and read some more of his work now. It has been over 2 years maybe 3 since I last read one.

Another Great story! I am working my way thru to catch up with your latest one. By the way. Do you have a past experience with food trucks? Authors usually like to include things they are familiar with in their stories, and this is the second one so far that food trucks have been a big part of and a few more they have been mentioned in. I have a friend that use to bartend at a restaurant I frequented for a couple of years, and he bought a new food truck and got into the business. But I haven't heard from him in a couple of years now.

At least ClJobe stays going in the same direction. I really like some of quokka's stories, but the main characters would be going in a great direction and all at once they would just drop whatever project they were working on and change complete direction. And a big percentage would have some kind of accident with a head injury and lose their memory. Got how I could usually predict a chapter in advance when that was going to happen. I just gave up on him. I am not trying to be too critical; I loved his settings in Australia, and the places were very easy to follow on Google Earth, which I love to do. It is just his style. I probably read 15 - 20 of his stories.

If it is a large track of land, it could be a few miles. A lot of agents are lazy. Some just go in the front door and then have the prospects walk thru the house or the property on their own.

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I hope your muse has started coming back and you might get fired up and give us a few more chapters with an epilogue. Really would like to hear more about Adrian and Paul, Emily and Jim, and also Gene. At least and epilogue ties all to an end. But regardless. Great story!

Thank you for the wonderful story. I am going on to the next one in line. I hope it is at least half as good as this one was. You Authors really are appreciated. You give us readers so much with every word you write. Keep up the great work.

I'll say it! SHIT!!!!!

I am really eager to read the rest of this story since you said you were in a good mood when you wrote it. LOL!! I have enjoyed all your others so far. I am sure I will enjoy this one.

Like all the other stories of CLJobe's I have read, this was also a great story. Look forward for more.

Great short story! I look forward to reading more of your stories!

Very good story! Thank you so much for each of the stories you have posted. I am slowly working my way thru all of them. Keep up the Great Work!

So glad that Granger is back home in England. I have a feeling that things are going to work out well for him. His Aunt's estate, at home with Caroline, and also with able to get it equipped like he has his other one before he sets sail in a timely manor. I love it when he is at sea. Thanks for the chapter and the Great Story Mark! I hope you have another chapter coming soon.