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I take it the "Karen" reference is a character out of the Barbie movie, since you made the Ken reference. JFYI, Luella next door has never been married (I wonder why) and lived with her daddy until he died. But the boys definitely have to be careful of their activities when they're at the house. Thanks for the feedback.

Thank you for caring, and my absence was caused by health issues, but hopefully the worst is behind me. The slip at the restaurant was my error, and hopefully the owner of Dominick's didn't catch it. I'll have to correct that. As far as the "Karen" remark - I must be out of the loop. I'm not sure what that means, although I can guess. The skinwalkers have the ability to use surrogates the same way as others, it's just that they have to make certain their sperm isn't used for others. Their ability will allow them to impersonate a clinic employee, or employees, as they enter the clinic to destroy the sample after the surrogate is impregnated. Thank you for the feedback and catching my error.

Yes, the neighbor, Luella, might definitely be a threat, so the boys have to be careful. Thanks for the feedback.

Yes, she definitely can become a threat, not just a nuisance. Thanks for the feedback, Chris.

Thank you, Danilo, and yes, I think we all knew the nosy neighbor would be the one to spill the beans, so to speak. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter, and thank you for your continued support.

Chapter 02 – Getting Settled In Devin and I were still in the kitchen getting a drink when we heard the front door open and close, so we rushed out to see who was there. It was Gramps and Pops. “We thought maybe you’d gone home, when we saw you weren’t here when we got back,” Devin stated. “No, we won’t be returning home for another week,” Pops responded. “We just ran out to the grocery store to pick up some snacks and drinks for the house.” “Thanks, we appreciate that

Or after doing a marathon session watching RuPaul's Drag Race.

I think the old adage for writers is to write about what you know, and most American don't know that much about the rest of the world. I'll admit that I have included trips overseas in one on my stories (to the UK, Australia, and Japan) but I had to do one hell of a lot of research to pull it off. I had spent time in the UK when I was young, but things have changed there and my memory isn't as good as it once was, therefore I had to do a considerable amount of research in order to pull it off, but as I did I tried to explain as much as possible so every reader could enjoy it as well. Since this situation was brought to my attention, I've tried to make allowances for this. When using feet, yards, and miles, or ounces and pounds in my stories, I try to include the metric equivalences. When I'm talking about high school or college, when I use the term freshmen, I put (1st year) behind it, and sophomore (2nd year), Junior (3rd year), and senior (4th year), but now I see it might be more useful if I included the character's age. I try to make my stories as interesting as I can for anyone to read, no matter where they're from, but I'm learning there is more I can do to accomplish this. Thank you for sharing pointers, aswell as your viewpoints on the situation.

Anton, I know it might be late, but I'm taking care of that issue in Chapters 9 and 12, the Thanksgiving and Christmas chapters. These chapters had already been edited, so I hope I didn't make any obvious errors when doing it.

That probably explains the many times I reread and rework each chapter before posting them. I just wish you guys had suggested the stretch clothing earlier, while I was writing those chapters. Posting one chapter per week doesn't give me a lot of time to go back and rework them now, because then I'd need time to get them back to my editors to go over them again before posting, and they have outside lives and can't drop everything to re-edit my chapters. I'll just include it in the future chapters I'm working on.

Thanks for the feedback, Anton. Yes, Mac and Devin have to be aware and careful all the time and Devin needs to be careful and learn to control his impulsiveness. I'm glad you're enjoying this story. I knew it was a different take than the 'usual' shifter story and I was a little worried about how it would be accepted when I first started posting it, so I'm glad the readers like you seem to be enjoying it. I guess I need to get out and buy clothes more often, and I will take your and drpaladin's suggestions into consideration. I had thought about stretch clothing before, but I was worried that they wouldn't stretch as far as would be needed. I guess the fabrics have improved since what I was thinking about.

Thank you for the suggestion, drp, and I'll try to include it. It may take a little time, though, since I have already written most of Secrets2.

Thanks, drs. I'm glad that you seem to be looking forward to Secrets2.

Thank you for your comment and letting me know what you thought of my effort. This isn't the 'usual' shifter type story and I wasn't sure how it would be accepted. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I'm glad you enjoyed this story and you're looking forward to Secrets2. You've got to realize that when Michael calls Devin a hero, it's not because he thinks Devin is seeking fame or glory. In a way, he's teasing him about jumping in and saving someone from whatever dangerous situation they might have been in at the time. Michael actually admires that Devin does those things.

Thank you, Gary, and I'm glad you thought this little story might have been an actual encounter with Carlos. He indeed will be sorely missed.

Thank you, Terry, and I'm glad you thought I captured what Carlos would have been like. No, he would never have taken the easy route and I'm glad you noted that as he was doing the same thing during his journey to the afterlife.

Thank you, Defiance, and I'm glad you thought I captured some of Carlos' idiosyncrasies.

Thank you, Daddyd, and I'm glad you enjoyed this story and could picture Carlos saying that.

Thank you, Val, and I'm glad you thought this was a fitting tribute to Carlos.

Thank you, Mancunian, and I'm glad you were able to envision yourself and Carlos in this story.

Thank you, Tony, and I'm glad this story touched you.

Thank you, Chris, and I'm glad you enjoyed this tribute to Carlos.

Thank you, and I'm glad you think I captured the essence of Carlos.

Thank you and I'm glad this story touched you.