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WOW !!!! The way you described the news network.You never gave the name of the network but one totally comes to mind but I better not say the name

Dragging it out I see. Gotta wait til the next chapter for the big conversation. I see a lot of emotionally negative events happening for Shaun. Coming out to his parents who seem to be a-holes along with losing out on the first guy you're interested in to your(former)best friend I'm afraid what his psyche is like I hope Parker is lying about hearing it from Maddy if true then she is toxic

It sounds like Mattias was getting comfortable with his job and Kyle saying what he said has made him think about that. What I'm about to write I don't want to happen and I would never suggest that someone do this but it's situations like these that someone would sell their body if it could get them out of this.That and literally starving etc. is why I'm not judgmental on people who may do that.

Everybody in town knows he bought the property?So it's that kind of town. Just from casual conversations with friends over the years I have heard my share of contractor horror stories judging by the comments here it seems many of your readers have also.

In times past Tracy used to be the calm mature one this time he's almost as irrational as Jackson .and TJ who would ever think Jack would be the one with the cool head

Hey I got it right what do I win?........Oh a free @AquariusGuy story

To answer @Okiegrad question im rooting for Joey and Jack. If what was implied by what Roman and Joey used to do is what I think it is maybe Roman is also trying to convince himself he's straight. I don't know if I agree with Jack telling Joey to make things right with Shaun but it shows he has a good heart.

Not to be redundant but welcome back.I don't know much about these things but I assume Roger can negotiate how much time the city will give him to rebuild it before opening.

Okay I get that Joey was angry and I wasn't smart enough to know this when I was 16,17 years old but you only hit in self defense any other reason can only lead to trouble. I would have said in the most angriest voice possible for Shaun to get the F out and that they were done although I would also have let him try to explain first. The bombshell Jack dropped on Joey would seem to confirm what some readers and myself think that Shaun is into Joey but Shaun did tell Jack and Joey two different stories about the Spanish guy he's lying to one of them so depending on who he is lying to we can't rule out Shaun is into Jack. One other thing I just thought of Jack might associate Joey's violent reaction to his Father's. It may not be quite the same thing but it would be understandable.

Oh man well the meeting with Shaun and Dean will be veeeery interesting.We might have a situation where Dean will be the rational one and keep it from getting violent. I agree with the above thought that Shaun is into Joey.It may may be the one scenario where Shaun could be eventually be forgiven. I don't think he's a stalker just someone acting irrationally because he's afraid of losing Joey before he even has a chance to tell him how he feels.we will see who's right

I knew something extreme had to happen before the POS (I refuse to call him Mr.Stanton or Jack's dad)was stopped.Besides the tragic outcome this may have far reaching damage first it's Jack blaming himself for not listening to Joey and then Joey blaming himself for riling up the POS at the bar which Joey may think drove him to do what he did also Jack's Aunt might feel responsible for saying she didn't have room in her place for Jack's Mom when the reality is none of them should feel that way If any good comes from this it may be Joey and Shaun who talked of going to the school administrators to tell them about Dean's situation.They may now believe saying nothing got Jack's Mom killed so they are going to say something now before Dean's uncle molests someone else(Does Dean have younger cousins?)Also Dean would get the help he needs.

T.J. heard Kevin's voice so he's responsible for Tristan's headaches. So Tristan took away his penis geez some guys can hold a grudge

Has he appeared in one of your ealier stories?Otherwise I'm thinking it is someone from Dancing on....maybe that guy Jacks older sister went to college with I forget his name and at the moment can't look up do you know who I'm talking about?

I honestly thought you were setting us up for something the way the chapter started"A light breeze blew softly through the leaves"and "I could feel my soul just ridding itself of toxicity." I said to myself oh man what is he going to do to us.And then alcohol combined with truth or dare oh yeah this is not good.But it turned out great. Speaking for myself I always remember things and it usually comes out of nowhere something triggers the memories and I say what made me think of that?For Dean to have that memory keep coming up must be pure hell he's still an ass sometimes but you have to keep considering that.

Two three hours classes on his day off?I don't think I could do that.If Rob can then he's pretty smart in his own right. I'm a leave nothing to chance type and I would use condoms but I do see the problem if Henry brought that up he's implying that he doesn't totally trust Darren if he does suggest that

Sarah is a trip so is Joey's mom for that matter giving them a case of Bud. So far so good is this the start of an awesome weekend or the calm before the storm?

Shaun said he will back off with Jack but I don't see that happening judging from his reaction to Joey saying he's sharing a tent with Jack. @chris191070said the camping trip should be fun ,what kind of fun are we talking about though? How about the camping trip should be eventful

Well the Pastor took the cowards way out big surprise @Parker Owens said it perfect in a chapter comment in chapter 10 "I believe there are special places deep in hell reserved for men like Pastor Simpson". It can be argued the sperm donor was even more unbelievable after seeing Matt his flesh and blood get shot his reaction was to glare angrily at Matt WTF. When Matt was in the hospital watching the local news on TV and they didn't report what really happened sounds like some kind of cover up how deep does it go?Luckily I doesn't sound like the police would be in on it based on what Sergeant Lattimore said. Seeing Charles at the very end was a surprise.It looks like since Matt last saw him things changed for the better for him to be working in a hospital so obviously he broke away from the Pastor and his F__ked up influence.It has been 5 years so there is a good chance Charles moved on maybe found a BF etc. so anybody thinking he might reconnect with Charles I would say probably not.We may get some info on Ricky he and Charles may have stayed friends.

I agree with @CincyKris about Shaun there are too many clues.As far as what was implied by Dean getting angry well the sooner he knows the better and besides he might the minority out of the three . Seems like almost every friend I've known gay and straight has a story about getting caught playing with themselves by one of their parents usually the Mom.There are three truths in life death,taxes and your mom catching you.

Thank God Joey's parents finally know about Jack's situation. After hearing Jack revelation about how he feels about Joey one has to wonder if he also can see it in Joey's eyes like the Spanish guy said. I keep going back and forth on Dean.He apologized to Jack OK very good then we find out he swooped in on the girl Joey's been seeing and knows Joey likes so now he's a dick again.

Joey's shocked reaction at seeing Jack bruises means that Joey has to let an adult know what is happening again before it's too late. I had fever before as a kid but not with those kind hallucinations had that happened to me I would have freaked. I want to say Dean Is being irrational but his having gone thought that ordeal it's understandable why he is.The story seems to be heading toward Joey realizing he's gay how will Dean react then?

I was never bullied but I observed bullying and some of those guys can be intimidating I would be scared for the victim .You were able to convey Mike thoughts and fears very well. John Pascatorre might be a extreme example but people like him become the people who refuse to listen to reason and facts and never change.Mike was smart enough to see how his fears had affected his day to day life and how he interacted with people.When he found out Pat was the target he didn't just breathe a sigh of relief and moved on he emphasized with Pat and has gone out of his way to befriend him.Mike has learned from his experience something the John Pascatorre's of the world sadly almost never do.

I love it when readers continue to find and love this this story.Congrats on reading this and I concur with what you wrote.

All the talk from Dr. Fletcher about JJ and Henry taking exams, getting tuition reimbursements qualifying for PHD's etc. was almost as mind boggling as all the tech talk last chapter LOL. When the higher ups at Applazon sees JJ's new server designs and come to find out he trying to get PHD's at age 16 I gotta believe they will want to talk to him face to face.As @Altimexismentioned in couple of previous chapter comment they will want to look into JJ's past but may have a hard time because a lot of it is off the grid. Has JJ given any consideration on how he might answer certain questions? How forthcoming will he be or not be?

Mattias had to of known that he was going to be asked that question from Amy the second Kyle showed up unexpectedly. On one hand I don't want Mattias to get in serious trouble but it may be the best thing for Kyle to witness that. "puke a rainbow"??? That was a an interesting description