Benji

...........Hey Marty! I was right on a lot of things in the storyline, but wrong about Rachel's reason for disappearing. The next piece of the puzzle will be Gonzales discovering that Rachel holds some information that will help him, but not much. It will take Trevor and Shane to make a discovery aboard the Ares to nail Bridget. Going to a mighty fine phone call between Trevor and Dirk. I do hope Joel sticks to his promise and comes straight home after school, and not stop by the guesthouse to pick-up the suitcases.

.............. But everyone knows that goats can't count!!

........... As we have differed before Marty, as we have differed before!

............. There is a point here about Lisa, Lisa ASKED if she could remove items from Dirk's store, that was not dishonest. Again Lisa never disavowed her her relationship to Joel with her father, she never lied about it, therefore was not dishonest about it. Concealment of facts is not dishonesty, in Lisa's case she told the truth to her father, yet neglected to inform him of her tryst with Joel at Bridget's guesthouse. That is the only fault I find with Lisa, yet was she dis-honest? Or just not forcoming.

Well Jenny left us with a bit of a cliffhanger, she was figured out her old boyfriend and then left him speechless. Now the point of the party is the the attention between Clinton and Corey, Clinton being the obvious closet case and Corey being the reluctant hidden one. I think in the next chapter (how many months will that be? ) That Clinton and Corey will find themselves. That leaves us with Corey's dad, essentially he has been living his dreams through his son, and we know that is not going to happen. Enter Corey's mother who I'm going to guess has saved money for Corey's education in spite of his father's expectations of a secular football season with a scholarship. A mother knows, and I suspect she knew long in advance of this, as the saga starts to unravel the pretense that Corey fought is known to his family. His father cannot live out his dreams in another, and the realization has finally struck him. Great (late) chapter Krista!!!!!!

..........Although Ben was a character (hmmm, wonders if the goat was pointing to someone here) he was not a major player.

.................. Well what is Lisa guilty of?

This CANNOT possibly be wrapped in one chapter, tooooooooo many loose ends to resolve here

................ I think when Rachel said so no longer owned the Ares/kookaburra it was because the boat was illegally registered and the Australian Government will take possession of it since the time of pretense is over. I imagine she knows she will be fined and is ready to resolve it. Bridget has no legal standing in the ownership of the Ares.

................ I agree, this would make a terrific book and movie, I think the public would be accepting of a gay themed movie. As subtle as it is, the story is too powerful by itself. Not sure who would write the script and do the book justice, I suppose I could ask my nephew (he is now in the Hollywood industry) yet it might be a shock to him if I asked! As my closet door is still shut, except for a few, and he is not one!!

...............Trevor's long search for the Ares is finally over, now he needs to find the secret compartment aboard the Ares to nail Bridget for Gonzales. The phone calls to Joel and Lisa are going to be another shock in Florida, hopefully the pair won't be in Bridget's guest house when Trevor calls. If Bridget gets hears that Rachel is alive her plans are foiled against Dirk, and if Sanchez gets word, what will he think? George already seems to making plans of his own, who is he meeting out at sea? I wonder if Sanchez will call off the hit, can he save face for doing so? Or will he his pride prevent him from doing that. Has George already planted the coke on Joel and Lisa and will Joel notice the extra pound in each suitcase or will Henry search it for them? I think Trevor's book written with Shane will be a bestseller and make the boys rich. Too much left in this story for it to end abruptly, after all we still need to see Trevor and Shane ride into the sunrise.

............ Marty, the revelation was the end of one part of the story, there are still a few sub-plots out there. Who is George meeting with out at sea? Joel and Lisa's luggage, and of course Mr. B and Sanchez. And of course Bridget having the sea witch outfitted with larger tanks. And I wonder what trap Frank is going to spring on Gonzales when they meet with the State DA? I think Dirk and Jim are pretty much out of the rest of the story from now on, except maybe an angry phone call from Trevor! Btw, I forgot to mention the reporter, he was promised another big story. Trevor's book will be a best seller and he and Shane will have no money problems. Imagine what the publicity would do for Trevor's business. And all he has to do is keep his head on his shoulders!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEPHY!!!! ..........Hope it is a good one!!!

You are not alone, I could write pages of my depression dating back decades ago, recently worsened in 1997 and in full force since 2009. I'll not bore you, but up til 11/2008 I was able to cope with it, after that I was grasping at straws and have only a month or two to deal with a new reality laid out for me if I do not find another place to rent. To say I don't know depression, well lets just say I have been living it longer then you have been alive

...................... Take a toothbrush with you and check the restroom first before presenting yourself especially if your interview is after lunch (actually happened when I was one of five to interview a very well qualified individual, who happened to have eaten prior some broccoli pasta dish). After all looks and presentation are the most on first impressions.

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Hmmmmmm! I knew the goat was going to split this mystery, yet he shoveled in a lot of answers as can be seen. Henry was wise in not allowing Dirk to answer all of Joel's and Lisa's questions as the danger of Bridget knowing what they know was too great. Gonzales has to be slacked jawed to see Rachels name on the list, it would be the only reason for Frank to be so smug about the arrest not being a happening. Mr. B may have made a mistake, what if Trevor and Shane sails away in a thunderstorm and the mast gets hit by a lighting strike? Would that not knock out his tracking device? Finally we have Rachel making her way down the dock to Trevor with the long promised sea shell towards Trevor whose recognition of her causes him a emotional panic. The sea gave up the 'missing Rachel', now where is the Ares?

Err, DaddyDaveK, I think I guaranteed you that "the big reveal" would happen before Halloween. I knew it would be in 98 and 99, and it will, but... um, once again I prove that I cannot count. So, I'll post a few hours early, Monday afternoon, so it's not quite Halloween night. ../..//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png .......From G-Ds lips to the goats ears it should happen that the big reveal will occur on Chapter 98. I rather suspect the goat will give us a 'half answer in 98' and the rest in 99, in other words he will split the mystery to us, he will give us the fact that Rachel is alive and well, but not give us much more until later in the next chapter. Mr. B is tracking the Kookaburra, he will get himself a boat to follow and try to fulfill his contract, but the goat has alluded to many of the nasty creatures that inhabit Australia, I wonder if in his attempt fate will be on Trevor's side. Or will a discovery aboard the Atlantis sidetrack Mr. B.? His reporting back to Sanchez could make the killing scenario disappear and contract ended with what he can gather from Ned's discovery on-board.

...........We disagree on who Rachel is, I can't see Martin running a charter and running a farm. The reason I think Rachel is Mrs. Blake is the fact that they own the Kookaburra, Mrs. Blake hired Shane who resembles Trevor enough that Mr. B wasn't sure which one was actually Trevor. My guess is that if Shelly is Rachel what became of the Aries? I don't think she would have let it go, I still believe that the Kookaburra is the Aries and that Mrs. Blake has to lay low in fear of being recognized as Rachel by customers, who may have sailed with her back in Florida, until the statutes are up.

................Next weeks posting will be on Halloween night... Just saying!

................... Well it is good that the time line has moved forward 4 days. the excitement is about to start, I wonder how Mr. B plans to attack Trevor here? Most likely at sea, but given Trevor's last encounter at sea with the pirates I doubt he will not be prepared. Or will Mr. B be fooled that Ned and Fowler are navigating the Kookaburra when he strikes. I noticed the raised eyebrows at the mention of Trevor seeking his relatives in Northam by Fowler and the other Constable, how much do they know about all of this, I think they are very well much aware that Trevor's relatives do not live there. Finally I am still grasping at straws or not, is the Atlantis the Aries or not? Ned has one more place to check out and has implied that the contents may have been dumped into the ocean after the collision, yet has not confirmed if this is true or not. Still the serial check mentioned a chapter back has not been mentioned. Then there is the hint that those documents have already been found and someone has them. I really think the Kookaburra will never set sail to the America's, because she (Aries) will be found to be intact in Australia I think George is already ready to jump ship with Bridget, he sees a no-win situation with her and and Sanchez, the cartel has already made moves here. George is in the perfect place being an Drug enforcement agent in their eyes, and an asset to their business. Meanwhile back to Trevor and Shane, now they are about to traverse back out at sea, when will Mr. B decide to strike? I believe one of those nasty creatures of the Australian nature will come back to make their nature known!

Found this article; http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/236322/20111024/body-of-man-found-who-was-burnt-alive-in-possible-gay-attack-homophobic-fire-burn-schorched-stuart-w.htm

Marty. ........I seem to lost my sunglasses!! I don't think Gonzales will be to upset, after all what he is really after is justice. Now he will concentrate on Bridget and George maybe bring in the Feds on this. He might call up Fowler and ask him if he could start a record search on Rachel Carlson, might get a surprise answer! I doubt there will any pursuit of charges against Dirk, they really had nothing on him in regards to Arnold, it was all conjecture based that he was guilty of murdering Rachel. They just wanted to lump in other charges to get a airtight conviction. Benji

...................... Still the mystery of the 'name' Shelly in all of this, it alludes to Fowler's wife and further to Rachel, yet it is the Blakes that are the ones running the charters and man a catamaran boat . So it is still confusing on who is which a 'Shelly', Rachel or a Mrs' Blake here, so the only guess I can give is that 'Shelly' is Rachel and is having her 'sister' and Mr. Blake run the charters and they are splitting a bit of the money. I find that hard to believe as Rachel loved the sea, and is highly experienced in doing so, perhaps she taught Martin how to take the boat out. Then again what if there is no Mrs. Blake?" What if it was a cover? After all we never heard a word from her, what if Rachel was Mrs. Fowler and Mrs. Blake was a fake, Shane could have met Mrs. Fowler all this time, and not known it. Danger lies if he puts out any photos in front of Trevor of the owners. Enough brainstorming here............ Because the length of the chapters could not handle the implications here.

.................... Damn, how true!!