Laura S. Fox

Ha-ha, I don't know if Kat deserves too much 'screen time', but rest assured that Ryder won't forget his obnoxiousness!

Ha-ha, Danny better not give him ideas! Ryder might quickly get in trouble with the authorities... since he might feel tempted to correct a few unpleasant behaviors!

I definitely hope so!

I know readers will start to 'sniff' out the plot, but that only makes me glad! And yes, Kat people - lol - do exist. (And I'm not talking about cute catboys like Matty from my other story.)

Chapter Five – Danger Zone Another young man in a suit tended the front desk of the Pembroke building, but his attitude toward Ryder was the same as his colleague’s. “I must insist,” he said. “It is a matter of life and death.” “Sir, Mr. Pembroke does not receive anyone without a prior appointment,” the young man replied calmly. Telling these people the truth took him nowhere. Ryder despised guile more than anything else. “I do have an appointment,” he said, pursing hi

Oh gawd, I've been found, lol! The first thing that came to my mind after reading your comment - please keep in mind it was just a mental association, as I don't think of myself being on par with literary giants and the like - was a thing a literary critic once said about Samuel Beckett's play 'Waiting for Godot'. Which was that - allow me to insert a quote here - with this play, Beckett 'has achieved a theoretical impossibility – a play in which nothing happens'. And the literary critic went on to say that because the second act is almost the same as the first with subtle differences, actually Beckett managed to write a play in which nothing happens TWICE! So, I am quite stoked to receive such a comment. I believe I said it in the past, while replying to comments on different stories, that my characters tend to get a life of their own. I don't find myself capable of 'forcing' them into a turn of plot or choices that don't fit them. In other words, I strive for a certain level of inner realism in how they evolve, interact, change, and reach their eventual happy end. I get the frustration, I truly do. I gave up on reading a novel written by one of my favorite authors in the whole world, because of the same reason you mention - the not going anywhere part. And when I read someone else's review, which stated how the story is about the main character's family - which we get to know like they're our relatives, that deeply and completely they are portrayed, I realized - like you - that I was thinking I was reading a different story (in this case, I thought I was reading a murder mystery, and I was reading a family saga instead - imagine my shock to read from other reviews that the murder actually never gets solved). That said, I'm glad to discover a reader who went so deep in analyzing my writing. Another favorite author of mine once said that once we write something - we, writers/authors - and make it public, it stops being ours completely. It begins belonging to the readers, too. I thought it was well said. Thank you for this in-depth analysis. And if the frustration becomes too strong, remember that the story will have about 55 chapters. You can always come back and read it when it's finished, no hard feelings, I promise.

He-he-he, what a cutie... I remember watching those cartoons a lifetime ago...

Which means my dialogue is stronger than my other writing skills...

They're taking it very slowly. Very slowly...

Ha-ha-ha, I used that turn of phrase without thinking much into it! Now I'll also look with different eyes at coffee...

Yep, the title is a very good indication about what the story is all about... basically two liars, lol.

I'm glad someone's keeping count And I'm happy that you believe that there are many things to know, because they will come about as the story progresses.

Chapter Thirty-Two – It’s Raining Trouble Guys and gals, did you know that we have a rockstar in the making hanging around our campus? He’s not a student, which possibly-slash-probably says something about certain abilities of the said character, but you’ve seen plenty of him. Yes, that’s right, you’ve guessed it! We’re talking about Jamie Vayne and what seems to be a meteoric rise for his wannabe career as a musician. Meteoric as in climbing high fast and crashing down just as quickly. Tal

So very true! And I'm happy you noticed it!

A team that's getting more and more numerous...

He-he, so true...

I'm happy you like the guys!

Oh, lol, haven't thought about that!

Go team go! Thank you for noticing that! I'm not usually into writing 'quotable' content, but when it fits, it fits!

They would both break into that song... guaranteed. For now, they keep it... chaste, let's call it, but rest assured it will not always be this way.

He-he, please don't get too hung up on the guy on the top floor of the building...

Vince has no connection with Pembroke, but he is pretty important

Yep, that went totally over his head.

Hmm, and now I can't imagine what story you're talking about, which must say something about my brain, lol! Can it be Collateral? But Klaus was very knowledgeable about the world... even though Jake was pretty innocent. Fish out of the water experiences seem to be a theme for me, so can it be This Strange World Needs a Kicking! ?

Chapter Four – Good Eggs The smell of cooked eggs tickled his nostrils, waking him up from his deep slumber. The promise of breakfast proved enough of an incentive for him to open his eyes and push himself up. Sweeping his surroundings with his eyes brought him to the source of the enticing food scent. In the small kitchenette, his gracious host was skillfully wielding a pan over a small cooktop. “I assume you like your proteins first thing in the morning,” Danny said, offering him a l