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A great,great lead up.Maybe it's just my nervous nature but I keep having in the back of my mind the parents returning unexpectedly early. I guess we'll see

Boy you sure know how to tug at the heartstrings I was bawling when Marie said "I’m going to see my husband. I can hear him calling me.”And Pepe walked in just at that time.I thought it was great that GG visited Pepe As sad as all this was Pepe is now with the perfect people especially with Tommy sharing his room with him. Arnaud keep asking if something like the Home would work in Europe.I guess the orphanages there don't resemble anything like the Home. Does Arnaud have the financial means along with maybe getting a few backers to pull this off?

I started reading Paying the Piper based on @danalford mentioning it.Love what I'm reading so far

"He only dislikes you because I do.” Oddly enough that comment might have started the thawing out between the two brothers. Later when Finn finds out it was his Grandfather who pulled him out of the water I would think that also be some kind of gamechanger.Judging by how eight year old Sawyer's reaction was described there was once brotherly love between the two. So now it looks like the top two possibilities are Sawyer's Mom will come through or its in Aunt May's photo album (If it is Donovan wouldn't think to look there) But knowing @Libby Drew it will be neither. How about a covert operation where Marc's team and Bruce infiltrates Aunt May's house in search of the will?.....OK ignore me just my nutty imagination running wild

Too bad you are not Finn's assistant @drsawzall .You could have told him about checking Aunt May's trash

I was worried about them losing track of time .Close call I'm curious if Nancy notices anything or is oblivious.I'm afraid that may be messy

I'm trying to figure out what what Cindy can possibly do to F this up and I bet you she'll notice the cuff links. “And one good thing about Cindy chaperoning is that she will be stuck there until it is over,” Mom added, winking at me. “So if you and Luke wanted to leave early, you could.” .....I'm not sure Jackson and Luke thought of that but guess what?It's sure on their mind now.(maybe the only thing on the mind)

Well I'm thinking the next chapter is from either Wayne or Andy' s POV. I can't imagine what Andy did and why.

Timing is everything and the timing here seems almost perfect.I'm not sure one way or another since I don't remember this being mentioned but was this Marc's first time? Speaking of timing not sure Bruce calling singing Billy Joel songs was good timing (At least he didn't sing We Didn't Start The Fire😄) I wonder what Bruce wants to speak with Marc about? How's this for a scene Marc and Sawyer do an all nighter(looking through the boxes for those of you with a dirty mind)And they show up at the lawyers office the next day wearing the same clothes looking disheveled and evidence of what just happened.That should go over well with Jonathan

We got a hint Cassidy was homophobic a few chapters back but geez no way I expected something that extreme. It was lunch time so I don't think alcohol contributed to Cassidy's bitchy outburst but apparently a good chunk of her friends support her, I don't think we have been told one way or another Seth is Cassidy's younger brother but is he underage? That would also explain that bitch Cassiday pedophile comment. So I wonder who the Lycan was that part of that thug mob? Is he part of the local pack? Or from out of town.And should Thad and Wade be worried? One other question perhaps the Lycan bit Wade during the attack would it be possible Seth could be part wolf now? BTW I didn't say it I'm proud of Trevor also

What the hell happened to Tanners parental unit (I just can't call her Tanners mom) you would think before Tanners father died there would a hint of her being capable of being like that. And Charlie? Damn selling drugs to grade school kids? Even other scumbags know he's a POS.I love that Mrs W was scared shitless but she got off very cheap. As far as Tommy and Matthew go maybe A&W along with Brian and Tanner can put their heads together help that along

Thats an excellent reference I personally was thinking of Christopher Lloyd's character lab/garage in Back To The Future

You ended this chapter on quite a cliffhanger.I hope it's not to serious but If GG is telling Armand about it they will be able to help just in time

Since everybody on Marc's team is already at Sawyer's house I guess it will be more than a tag team they will all be opening up boxes. One thing I wonder about I would have thought May would have informed the law firm that she drew up a new will and that their will was no longer valid

I have to hand it to you, you have a lot of intelligent readers who has come up with good theories and some details they got right but I'm willing to bet nobody saw the May and Paul angle coming very well done. In addition to hopefully finding the will in Paul's boxes they might find other stuff pertaining to May and Paul like photos etc. Since Paul wasn't practicing Law when he drew up the will Marc's team I guess won't find anything on their cellphone search. Such a classic Rick thing to say "We’ve got the Internet. It isn’t just for porn." And he's absolutely right the Internet is also for reading @Libby Drew stories. Now after that I'm not so.....I'm kidding I'm kidding I hope you know that

I put an angry reaction for obvious reasons but I loved a lot of the chapter. I was worried something serious was going to happen to Tanner but whoa not this . I'm trying to understand Tanner's mom couldn't have been that evil ALL this time so I guess her reaction to losing her husband and son started this but drugs by themselves doesn't explain that appalling behavior .There has to be some kind of mental illness involved. Can't wait to see what Mother M does in the next chapter

Geez what an dysfunctional bunch at that church. I' m proud of Robbie for being able to abstain with Rory the combination of the crap he took with Alex and Robbie body being so close to him it couldn't have been easy. If Nathan and Robbie do break up I think Nathan will be the cause with his drug problem and his jealousy perhaps the two are connected somehow. With all the issues Robbie is having the most important and immediate thing he should do is ask himself is there anything positive about interacting with Alex? The answer is a resounding NO!!!!!! Stay away from him Robbie he's bad news

I sort of saw where this was going but the lead up to it was fun. Heck I would have volunteered in order to do the special test

I haven't finished reading it yet but Matt said to Jeff "Someone had to keep you in check otherwise you'll institute a rule where all the guys will have to go naked" I don't understand.....why does Jeff have to be kept in check?🤔

For me it was cuddling really close and intimate for the first time that did it for me.I'm probably in the minority but I've always been neutral about kissing.My older brother was "circumvented" when he was 12 from what I heard it was painful experience. Maybe it was an incompetent doctor because it wasn't described that way for Wayne. If Matthew is going to join the GSA next school year I guess thats when he will tell his dad.I have a feeling he's going to be OK with it

That is certainly is a possibility that or good old fashioned greed or a combination of both. Either way Aunt May would have told Maggie at the time that she changed the will their is no way she wouldn't.So that would mean both are aware of the will and are playing dumb.So why would Maggie agree to give them one more day? To refuse to do so would look suspicious. What the more optimistic side of me is hoping is Maggie went along with Jonathan's scheme because she believed Marc would get something but now with Jonathan saying he's going to cut Marc out because of being gay she may have second thoughts. The scene I would love to see? When they meet again at the lawyers office and they didn't find Aunt Mays will.Maggie will ask Jonathan one more time what he plans to do.She will then at the last minute produce the will unbeknownst to Jonathan.But I'm not writing the story😄.If I got some of this right(which I doubt)Sorry wasn't meant to be a spoiler

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My angry chapter reaction is because of Jonathan he's more of a piece of work then I even imagined “So much for getting a fair shake,” Jonathan wouldn't know a fair shake if it bit him the ass I can‘t manage things from halfway around the globe.” Gee so sorry Aunt May's death was so inconvenient for you I really want to give Jonathan the benefit of the doubt believe it or not doing humanitarian work is great but I'm reminded of a passage in the Bible about people who do good works because others are watching that person not because of sincerity I suspect Jonathan is like that. I believe there's record of wills being filed somewhere in the government I hope Finn could access something like that🤞.One thing Finn could do is expose Jonathan (Mr.Humanitarian)to the court of public opinion on how he trying to cut Marc out of the will because Marc is gay.How would that look to those organizations Jonathan is with? As much as I hate to say it I wonder if there are a few similarities to what Sawyer is doing In regards to His Grandfathers house he inherited? Finn has implied that Their Mother was treated unfairly in this BTW in California you can't collect assets from a will for 40 days after death and I guess its similar in other places so thats plenty of time to find the updated will and then take them to court and that also I would think prevent Jonathan from putting the houses on the market. I bet Maggie is on Jonathan's shit list now

While I was reading the chapter I also looked up the artist Nelly on my smartphone and it immediately took me to the Benaki Museum sight and it was about the Nelly exhibition I guess you know this 2023 is the 25th anniversary of her death. They showed some interesting photographs