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I figure you are right. But I think he got a really, really good deal on them. Probably worth many times what he paid for them.

Granger may make a huge profit off of the diamonds when he get back home. Or may make it easier for him to make it back home.

Doug probably doesn't realize that Stef can get fire the hell out of his Dad! Or he hasn't considered that yet!

Great Start! I have enjoyed the first 3 Chronicles, and it looks like this one is on par with them.

Great story! Thanks Mark.

Very good chapter. I really like the first book. I am starting this one off reading the comment and commenting again myself. I stopped reading the comments and really stopped comment in the last book. So many people comment after reading it a couple of times or more and really giving some of the story away. So I will try again and see how it goes this time.

I really did enjoy this story. Loved all the main character's! Thanks Mark!

I don't see where it was wrong for their dad to give Jim 2 times more stocks in the construction company than he did JP. If JP worked at and did as much work with the company as Jim it would be a different story. But he should have stated before he handed them their present. Or he should have gave them the same as a present but given Jim the extra 100,000 share as a bonus as a year end bonus. I think JP reasoned that, but then there at the last he said it made him see where he stood with his Dad.

I had a feeling that was going to be the last time that JP would ever see Andre when he left Chicago. Very sad. Actually it makes me more pissed at Jeff for the way he acted. Just imagine how JP would be if this happened and he had gone back home for Jeff's birthday. Even if he had carried Andre with him he would have felt cheated. I have a feeling that Andre may live on. The young lady Isidore in France very much could have been pregnant with his child.

I don't see why JP is now trying to blame himself about the Jeff deal. He had been really, really good to Jeff over the last 5 months, rescuing him when he was tossed out. Carrying him to Chicago, buying him clothes, introducing him to the Head Coach at Northwestern. giving him $500 for his help in moving and painting. Back in 1962 not a lot of people made that kind of money with room and board included in 3 months. Andre he had known for years now and was his best friend and really the love of his life. Anyone in their right mind would have stayed home in Chicago to spend time with a person like that. There is the possibility that might have been the last time that JP might ever get to see him again. Andre was heading into very dangerous place. But JP should not feel bad, or guilty for his decision. If he can't make Jeff see that, he isn't worth that then Jeff isn't worth the time of day.

I am proud of Frank. I hope Henderson will take care of him and maybe give him a promotion.

I didn't expect that. But the POS had fucked his life up on his own!

Great Chapter!

Wonderfully written!

Like I my comment on the last chapter that I wasn't going to read any more comments by others because they are giving away to much info on what is going to happen in the future because they have read it multiple times. But I still have to comment myself. Loved this chapter. JP is so smooth. He has been trained on how the real world works. I loved how he handle the asshole Jensen and then handled the union official like a pro. Love the story.

I am just going to have to stop reading these comments at the end of each chapter. So many have read this story 2 times or more and keep making comments that may not tell you exactly what is going to happen but do give you lots of hints an clues. Been like this from the start. Kid of spoils it for those of us that are just finding the story or those that may have just joined this site.

Jeff seems like he really is a very good person. Get him out of the environment he has had to live in all his life and he may become a very outstanding citizen. I have always thought that organized sports, especially football helps build character. Football more so because the teams are the largest of all the sports. More teammates to be around and bond. But really its not just sports, it can be any organization where you have to be part of a team. Marching band, Choirs, Key Clubs, anything that has structure and takes coaching, or responsibilities can help do that. I played footballs so that is my experience. I think it helped build me into a man. Our head coach was really hard on us during practice and we hated him then. But we really loved him. And it just wasn't the team I was on, but all the others that he coached. He passed away about 10 years ago or so. Some 30 + years after I graduated. I came from a small town. There was no church or chapel around my hometown that would hold all the people that were coming to his funeral so it had to be held in the Highschool Gymnasium/auditorium and then it was standing room only around the outsides. Not only was he a coach to a lot of us he was more of a father figure to some of the other guys that didn't have fathers that were active in their lives. I know for a fact he helped many a kids with warm coats, or shoes and other needs that they would have gone without if it had not been for him. I drove almost 450 miles to get back home to attend his funeral and some other a lot farther than that. So I would like to think that maybe sports helped Jeff be more of a better person than what his father ever did. I would like to think his coach had a lot to do with that too. I feel like Jeff is going to be taken care of now. Hopefully he does get that scholarship and gets a great education out of it. If he is an honor student then he should have no problem being one in college.

It's getting better and better!

I am really beginning to like Stefan!

Mark I am reading this story almost 10 years after it was started. I fell in love with your story "Bridgemont" and it is now my favorite of all the stories on this site. But I really am enjoying this one too. So I have a long way to catch up to where you currently are with book 16 of this series. Thanks for all you and other writers do to keep us entertained like you do. Keep up the great work.

Me too!!!!! Long Time!!!!! That was a great Chapter. I have a feeling that Val is going to be a big and nice part of this story. I think he is a very good guy, and Brent may be have to admit that it was he was in the wrong, not Val. But maybe they can work it out.

I am just wondering if the cop had gotten Peter's wallet and identification before he cuffed him. I would figure that he would have searched him first and at least look in his wallet for identification. I don't know about back then, but today they are more looking for weapons before they cuff them. If the cop didn't, lets just hope that being caught off guard and the blow to the face and head will cause him to forget or have a complete blank of the last few hours so he can't remember the red hair or anything about Peter. I don't know if he got a glimpse of JP or not.

I like using bing.com I love their pics they post every day on there from all over the world and their writeup about the pics or the reasons for them. I thought I would post this because today June 25th. Today marks the International Day of the Seafarer. So all you guys that love this story and stories about sailors and the sea, today is the day to honor them.

In chapter 1 of this current series Jonathan was brought by social services to Blu and told that Jonathan was his son. The lady gave Blu a letter written by Jonathan's mom to Blu before she died. After reading the letter Blu knew Jonathan was his flesh and blood. He first thought Jonathan might have been his Dad's son but after hearing the boy's mom's name and reading the letter he knew he was his kid.

That is what I also was assuming!