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Great Story. Great Characters! Looking forward to the mayor being ousted from office and then the election for new mayor. I wonder if the church will put up someone to run against Joe. Also still looking for John and Wylie to make an appearance in this story. And what about Bill and Jed, I know Bill made has made and appearance at the scene of the shooting of Morgan. I thought they might show up at the Christmas gathering together. Keep up the great writing Jim.

"Queer as Folk" is what came to mind when he said "soap opera". I have never heard of "Gay Dallas". Maria is so very smart. She is going to put her daddies on the spot many times in the future!

Great Chapter Jim. You have developed some very good characters here. Whether they are a good person or not is a different topic. LOL! Keep up the great work. I did not realize that you had not been righting between "TR and COH until your comment in the last chapter. Hope you are at it again hot and heavy.

I am still glade you threw it out there. You got lot of response because of it. I think you knew before you asked what most would say. But like that you let your readers have some input on the story. Makes a reader or fan know that you do value their opinion. Doesn't always mean you will be swayed in what you write, but you do care.

Great to have gone back and read TR's Tale and now back to this one. Loving it. Times they are a changing!

Yeah Jim I was wondering the same thing. I think you said Carolina was in the title of that story. I may skim back over a few chapters I think it was in a comment in chapter 10, 11, or 12 that you named one I don't see in your list of stories.

I know I am commenting on your comment about 2 1/2 years after you made it. "But in Change of Heart" when Jeff got back to TX. and I can't remember who it was that was going to carry him out to eat mentioned the "Diner" he said he use to go there when Julie owned it. They told him that Julie had come back and bought the Diner back. So yes she is in both and the owner of the diner in both stories. Also you are a lot like me. I like the long stories or the ones that come in a series of books.

I loved this story Jim. I am glad you got me to stop after only reading the first 8 chapters of Change of Heart and read this one first. I actually thing me reading those 8 chapters first made this one that much better tough. Go figure. You did a fine job in your character building, your descriptions or each character. And of their backgrounds for a story only 13 chapters long that was well done. I am looking forward to getting back to COH now and reading chapter 9. Keep up the great work and start writing again without abandon.

I love it! I love it! I love it!. Julie just needs to find her a man! With her getting some nice cock she will be more dreaming of the night before than trying to read guys minds. Maybe I could join them in a 3some. I like sloppy seconds. LOL! Jim you have done an excellent job in writing this story. I love all the characters, I have even started liking Jed even though I don't care much about bdsm!

Another great chapter. Finally John Grant Sr. has come up in the story. I keep wondering when John Grant Jr. and Wylie might be brought up. Doc did mention that John Sr's son had become his dead son's lover. But nothing more about him. I was surprised that he wasn't asked more about that. Anyway. Looking forward to reading more.

Yeah right! Like anyone is going to stop reading now that you have everyone guessing, or rooting for one or the other. Jim you are like a Tomcat charming a bird until he has it in his mouth. Let's see how you handle the unlucky ones. That is going to be the interesting parts. Wish I could read a few more chapters tonight but really have to get my ass in bed. Great Job Jim

I am enjoying this story and I am also enjoying the reviews. After all I have the luxury of reading this years after it was written. I have read 8 chapters of the next story in line, only after sojourn stopped me and re-routed me to read this one before going back and finishing "Change of Heart". I know who T.R. is with a few years later. Doesn't mean he didn't choose another one first, anything is possible. But seems like he is very much in love with a guy 5 or 6 years in the future. I can't wait to finish this story and then get back to Chapter 9 of "Change of Heart". In a way I am glad I got out of sequence. Thanks Jim

I don't think David knows about T.R. and Bill, but there is something that worries Bill about David. I think dinner may be very interesting. I wonder if Bill is invited to the BBQ at David's? Great story!

I am loving it!

Remember T.R. has a pistol he keeps in LBJ... Julie is well intentioned, but she tends to be blunt. Thanks I like Julie. She just states what's on her mind. And I don't think she gives a damn what anyone thinks.

I enjoyed this chapter. I thought most of it was funny! People assuming a lot about nothing. Keep you the great work Jim.

I was thinking the same thing as T.R. being a closeted State Trooper, Bill sure likes taking risk in public. Having already read 8 chapters in "Change of Heart" I am trying to figure some things out in my head since it was a timeline after this. But all will fall in place somewhere along the line. Great story Jim. I look forward to reading more chapters.

Great story! Even though I read "Gordy Comes Home" I did not put two and two together about this being Gordy's Dad. I knew he was a vet, but didn't relate him to any big clinic with a large staff. I just thought he was a one man show. Anyway you are impressing me more with your writing abilities as I read chapter after chapter. And I am not trying to blow smoke up your ass. I tell it like I see it.

Well listening to your advice I stopped reading "Change of Heart" after chapter 8 and switched over to this one. So far I am not disappointed at all. I had already been introduced to Julie in "COH" and really liked her. After meeting T.R. and David briefly in Chapter 8 also in "COH" and liking them I am trying to turn back time and really get to know them before returning to Chapter 9. I was really liking "COH" and looks like this one is going to be just as good as it is. Thanks Jim. And sorry I got your recommendations out of whack. Will get there in the end.

Yeah, I thought you had recommended me to read "Change of Heart" after Gordy. But I must have read it wrong.

I think Paul brushing if off for Raymond being a Tom Selek look alike was just that as a brush off. I first thought that he may have seen Raymond around the ranch when Raymond was visiting Joe and Mellie and Paul was out checking on the livestock, but was never introduced. But there seems to be something else about the recognition. Hopefully it will come out soon. I first got a pump bb gun when I was 8 for Christmas. I received my first gun (Winchester 22 Single Shot Bolt Action Rifle) for my 10th birthday. And I think it was either my 12th or 13th birthday I got a Winchester 12 Gauge Single Shot Shotgun. And I was taught by my father how to safely use it. How to safely clean and take care of it. I spent many hours with cousins stealing a handful of my Dad's Tampa Nugget cigars or sometimes his Blue Tip cigars and us going squirrel hunting. We didn't eat squirrels but my Grandmother did. Being from a small rural town in the south most all of us were taught to respect a gun and how to use it responsibly and safely. I am now 63 years old and have pretty good collection of guns (handguns, rifles, and shotguns) and don't plan to ever give them up. It should be my decision to own guns, just as much as it is someone else's decision to not own a gun. But home invasion's are real. I would rather be able to defend myself at home or stopped at a traffic light from a carjacker, than rely on law enforcement to show up in time to save me or my family. But that is my decision. If you want to call 911 and let law enforcement save you are you family that is your decision. Responsible gun owners are not the problem. Criminals can get a gun not matter how strict gun laws are. Rich people, politicians, celebrities, sport stars can afford their own person security/body guards. I can't.

Great comments above! I believe Jeff and Paul, not only will become good business partners with T.R. and David, but very close friends. And young Maria and D.J. already being friends from Pre-school. I think that Maria the housekeeper/cook/Boss of the house is also going to be a great friend to them also. She sounds like she really is the boss of the house.

Great Chapter! Now I am wondering if the senior vet and the fire chief may be related. Sounds like they go to the same fire and brimstone church. Can't wait to read more. Uncle Raymond sounds interesting. Looking forward to meeting T.R. and David they sound like some good guys. Thanks Jim and all of the other authors that bring us so much enjoyment mainly only to be repaid with a kind note of appreciation. You all really deserve a lot more. Keep up the great work.

Excellent story indeed! Every chapter is getting better and better. Wish I could stay up and read another chapter or two tonight but it is now 12:44 A.M. and I have to be up at 6 A.M. Hope to sneak a chapter or two in tomorrow morning. Thanks for your great story Jim.

I agree with Timothy M. I don't think Tom would do something like that and especially that would hurt Maria or Paul. And like Tazzle001 I also worry about the puppy. And I hope Pistol was left in the Tahoe. I wonder if Paul's part time guy I believe his name is Seth or Sean or something like that, might have had a crush on Paul and is now jealous or pissed at him because of Jeff or that he is afraid he might loose his job part time job if Paul goes to work for the other guys. Or Paul's parents might have located him and caused this. But great story Jim. On to one more chapter for tonight.