Benji

................Welcome, may your stay be pleasant here, a lot of good people and stories here!

.................WAY long past due, but I don't see the goat doing it earlier, instead waiting til the end to do Bridget the justice she deserves (kinda of like Scar)!

................... The goat is running out of numbers so now he is using the alphabet. Got to admire the way Trevor can handle that cat, I'm sure the goat chose that bay because of the treacherous entry into the bay. What the hell is Joel and Lisa thinking? Or rather why are they not thinking? It is 50/50 chance that the fax went to either Bridget or Gonzales, however if the sender was a good guy he would probably have just called Gonzales. Perhaps a timely phone call from Trevor will warn them that Bridget is a cartel member, and for them to leave immediately. Otherwise this will not be good for Joel and Lisa. Great chapter, CJ!

................. 1 a.m. where is the frigging chapter???

...................... I agree his performance in 'The Green Mile' was more then worthy of the academy award he did not get. But it listed him as being 6'-4" I always thought he was taller or is Tom Hanks smaller then I thought?

................. Okay, just who the hell is this Zac Effron??

...................She used a kitchen rolling pin to kill Arnold, she killed him because she discovered he was going to divorce her and blackmail her into letting him take the lions share of their wealth. After Arnold's death, in his office, she discovered that he purchased items to make a concealed compartment, like the one they both had in place the Aries. She believed Arnold made another compartment and put in incriminating evidence against her and the cartel, the tape? I'm not sure how she suspected its existence, but as she has stated before, she had admired Arnold for his other abilities.

................I think no matter what Joel and Lisa do, Trevor is already target for death by Bridget, she wants the stain of Sanchez removed from her.

.........................Then, she glanced at a clock, pausing only to calculate the effect of the fifteen-hours-ahead time difference before picking up a phone and dialing the now-familiar number. Bridget is telling us here that even the asset list is a condition for the demise of Trevor. I have no doubt in my mind that the 'now familiar number' is that of Greys. Bridget smiled. “Twenty of my best, armed and trained, along with a matching force from Vasquez, who will also be providing the explosives as well as the RPGs we would have for backup,” she said, with a nod towards Vasquez, before continuing. “Overkill, though better to have more than one needs than to run the risk of having too little. Bridget is moving forward with out the knowledge of the existence of the tape. Bridget leaned back in her chair, giving the man a steely stare. “I have anticipated that possibility, and if there is any doubt whatsoever, the answer is simplicity itself.” Pausing for effect, her eyes still locked on her questioner’s, Bridget eased her chair back, slowly standing up as the sound of its legs dragging across the rough old floor echoed in the expectant silence. “I shall destroy both.” Hmm, if she destroys the wrong one first, Trevor will be alerted and may sail to the coast of America instead of traversing the Panama canal, Bridget's 20 armed men could wind up on US soil and be in trouble. I so wish watererboarding was legal for terrorist, if it is good enough for our troops it is good enough for them. Nice chapter, my take on the pavement thing is simply Trevor's car being parked where it was!

....................Grrrrrr!!!

Nice Billy!!, you wait months to publish a chapter and then leave us with a cliffhanger! You are really evil! Benji (BTW, I'm the one that got you the award last time)

...........Get advice, either from your readers input, or your editor if you have one. The groundwork you laid in the beginning and the end need to mesh somehow in the middle. You cannot have 'Sam went out for a pack of cigarettes and never came back' in the middle of the story........and leave it as WTF? In other words you cannot box yourself into a scenario that you cannot explain yourself out of. My suggestion is to meld both the beginning and the end together and work your way into a middle back and forth that can satisfy you. Characters moods and actions can play a big part in transforming the middle of the story. My 2 cents!

....................Grrr!

........................No drugs in Trevor's car, maybe trace elements put there by George, in his attempt to frame Trevor, Joel, Lisa and snare Bridget into it. They would have not released the car to Joel had they found anything, nah I think it is just a wrap-up. After all Bridget already paid $6,500 for it, really no need to sell it again, unless Ben wants it.

................ I too am going to miss her, she was a genuine comedienne. Her flavor of self-depreciation was very funny, and I loved her Fang character, she was truly on of a kind!!

...................That was a surprise to see the chapter up early, praise thunderstorms!! Joel and Lisa are still using the guesthouse? Oh well, why not Bridget did give them the key. A problem I see is the upcoming visit to the Bahama's; “Yeah, I’m going to send you that list via e-mail. It’s probably useless because it’s over a decade old. The file will be password protected… I’ll use your ATM PIN for the password. Be real careful while you’re there, okay? Don’t do anything risky,” Trevor replied. There were two items in the Bahamas on Bridget’s asset list. One of them was still under her control – for a very specific reason. Hopefully, Gonzales will check it out first, because if Joel and Lisa go snooping we could have more deaths. Speaking of deaths, it is time Trevor's car met it's demise, I like the idea of the charity idea Bridget floated a while ago, but split it 50/50. Trevor needs that garlic crusher or at least a photo of it for the cover of his book. Julie is mentioned again, hmmmmm? Great chapter CJ, looking forward to more thunderstorms on Monday!!

................I wonder what weapon Bill will have, I've already deduced it is not a firearm, despite your attempt to leave us a cliffhanger. Whatever it is, I doubt Sarah will see the light, my fear is she may try something drastic and take the boys to some camp, without Bill's knowledge. Great chapter!!

............And I always thought it to being the tiresome climb back up from the cliffs to his adobe!!

................Actually CJ lives in the mountains of Arizona and near cliffs!! I didn't notice the stainless steel connection, but didn't Ned say that there was a 2nd magnet that needed to be activated to pop it open or keep it closed and that the magnet had to be placed precisely between the 2 rivets higher up to activate?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CIA!!!!! Hope it is a good one!!!

............Most of the time boxer briefs, and very often naked, depends on my mood!!

....... Well we still don't know about Craig, wonder if he did any snooping while aboard the Kookaburra? “Will do,” Trevor replied, glancing nervously ashore. “We’ll lock up and come ashore, but I’ll need to run a line to something solid and tie off, I don’t want Kookaburra drifting –” “No worries, Trev. Just follow me. Craig’s here, he’ll take care of the boat. Just try to enjoy the day. There are tons of people who would like to meet you. If you let yourself, you’ll have a blast,” Fowler said. It was great to see how excited Trevor got after taking the Atlantis out for the test runs, Ned did a superb job on rebuilding her. Hmmm, no mention of the tape to Fowler, just as well it is kept secret for now. But I suspect we will hear from Bridget soon, once the asset list becomes public knowledge. Jim should get Trevor's package very soon, I wonder if he'll have the FBI seize the boxes before Bridget's people can get to them. Great chapter CJ

...................... Famous last words; 'All being well, this is the last skipped week'. Thanks CJ, I came out to my daughter last night, so that is basically it for the family, except the wife whom I strongly suspected knew years ago anyways. It is something we both avoid talking about.

.......Actually I think the goat put himself in a pickle here and doesn't really no how to end it, too many twists to unfold here. I suspect we will have a few extra chapters as the goat tries to tie things together. Either that or his ego wants to make this the longest book ever!!!

................Nothing new here in Las Vegas, 112 today with the possibility of thunderstorms