Doha

On a river bank in Africa, and in the back of a car at the drive in. But not on top of a muddy cliff in a rainstorm at 4am. This was a very poignant chapter for me. I could feel the anxiety and trauma of that 17 year old. I never got that close to topping myself, but the thought of being gay and not wanting to be, consumed me like a relentless bush fire at that age.

All the adventures of youth. Fabulous.

The days of easy going hook ups. If not why not?

Loving this and making me think back to university days in the 80s.

It sounds like you had amazing friends. 👏 Having only finally emerged from the closet later in life and living in the Middle East, those kinds of friendships have eluded me.

Some poignant back stories here that resonate on many levels with a lot of the readers.

What a journey this has been. I have loved every moment. Now for Higo and the two Stokers to have some repeated relaxation. 😉

Two of every one. Wow. At least Miller is dead, although I thought he had died in the hallofmirrors. Can't wait for Alec and Hugo to be together again. What of Reed? And Henry?

Dottie had to be killed or the cycle of destruction would never end.

Another brilliant chapter with resolution in sight. I hope Dottie gets her cumuppence.

This was a superb chapter, so pleasing to read! I'm really looking forward to how Ariel faces off against a cucumber sandwich eating demon. 😆

How he loves his hat!

That is a particularly pleasing line!

All these aggregates and the result is chaos. Now if that chaos can get Hugo and Alec back together amd safely so, then we will all be happy.

The complexity is boggling my feeble mind. Billy is stepping up and I'm delighted he is. As for Thomas, who is "awfully small" being the devil and all, let's see what having an actual body is like.

Oy vey is all I have to say on this chapter.

I will trust Alec, but this is harrowing, to say the least.

Finding a new chapter of the Bridgemont Series always makes my day. Lovely to see Granger again!! Can't wait to see how Christmas goes. 😍 I do hope Calvert can come.

Dottie's in the doodoo. Can't wait to see what happens next. What will Billy do? Huggie or Dottie?

Me too. Just got back to it and will try to squeeze in a chapter between tasks at work. Very naughty.

A great chapter with Alec seeing clearly how Hugo has changed. Dottie must be incandescent with rage after this.

Ah. OK. Answered by the author himself! 👍 My thoughts were: It would be a risk to Stoker. While yes, she has a watch which means if he shoots her she won't reset when he resets time... There runs the risk of what will happen to Stoker. Hugo has run out of bullets by the end of his dance and needs to reload, something the agents in the room would never give him a chance to do. And Miller was still positioned to kill Stoker. If he shot Dottie and she died, and time reset with her still being dead. Then we can picture Stoker being at Miller's mercy there. And if he is outright killed as a reprisal that's game over. What Hugo does here is prove that he cannot out right resolve this situation on Dottie's terms. But he needs her to keep thinking one week by one week. D-day is elegantly brilliant, and simple. Tomorrow we arrive at D-day. So yes, killing Dottie is satisfying here, but wouldn't accomplish what he needs. And he is desperate to avoid hurting Stoker in the process. He has, however, won a victory. Now to win a war.

Agreed. What would have happened if he had also killed Dottie? Would this not solve rhe issue?

Henry is a real hero in this. With a watch will he assist Hugo and give the watch to Stoker? Will Hugo and Stoker still be able to travel together with a different watch?