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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

The last line of the chapter if it means what I think it might mean it explains Dean's attitude I don't want to say much more and possibly give it away. The police were already involved with Jack's Dad so he would be on a short leash they HAVE to let the right people know because he won't just stop on his own. I appreciate Maddy being a good friend but it's to the point of being a Mother hen

Are there a few lines of dialog that is missing or did I miss something?I didn't see anything TJ said that blamed Xander for what happened to Tristan.So TJ needs to be a better father that's going to be hard to do while being Mayor. Shouldn't LJ have said 'Uncle TJ" instead of Uncle Tristan?What does he call Tristan? What the doctor said about Tristan my doctor said about me.They did a Brian scan of me and they looked and looked and looked and found....NOTHING

I somehow missed the "The End" when I first read this I didn't realize it until I saw @chris191070 excellent review.I guess hanging out with Cindy sort of means he's gone full circle.Maybe sometime in the future you could do a one chapter snapshot on how they are doing. Thank for a great story

Seeing Cindy was awesome some people just have a natural chemistry. It looks like Hunter wasn't threaten by her like Dave was after Hunter's reaction the previous night I wasn't sure he wouldn't be. I know Steven is mad at the course of events but he could have introduced himself to Cindy he had to be a little curious of someone so important to Puppy.

Well it looks like all the issues are either solved or are a lot better.I'm curious to see what's next. I'm not so sure Philip needs to see Mrs. Hammond but what do I know.

So Steven has feelings for Puppy to the point of jealousy and Steven and Hunter almost went to fists over Puppy and let's not leave out Dave eavesdropping yeesh what a mess. Both Hunter and especially Steven overreacted but where's the drama in a story if people don't overreact right?

Zack not only changed in front of Andrew twice giving him an eyeful also he also asked Andrew to do the same sounds like Zack is setting the stage to do other things

Wow so much tech talk in this chapter my head hurts LOL.

Maybe they are not cursed.Maybe it's the keyboard your typing this from

I'm not sure is this the end? A good place to stop but also there are things to continue to explore. One can surmise from the planned get together at Cutters Farm that Dave has been also making progress.Only one small minor gripe I wanted Cindy to be there with them around the birthday cake.