SilentandBroken

Ok caught up. Time to bring this great story off long term hold. Must. Have. More.

Wondered when this would happen

Maybe it’s just me but I feel like Ezra isn’t done yet. I hope so but I feel he isn’t

I’m already suspecting he has a pretty powerful story himself

I felt Simon’s battle and I felt Eli’s grief. I felt the girl’s frustration and hurt. Had me teary eyed

Omg..I’ve been there before myself..well, chapter 1 but not to the point of the drugs. Just the alcohol and hating myself to the point of not caring if I died. Feeling like nobody cares..nobody’d notice. I just want to hug you so hard. Eli is so sweet. I have longed for someone like that my whole life. You have a way with your words that just..sigh. I don’t know how else to express it. So many one liners that are absolutely perfect. They’re weighted and heavy and perfectly powerful.

Dizzy continues to surprise me with how great a partner he’s becoming to Artie. Glad Artie told his father to go pound sand back to Dallas

Sigh Artie doesn’t get it. He’s going to get hurt. His response will hurt him and Dizzy most.

Ok wait a second.. Artie…dafuq kid? Did you just invite your biased narrow minded Texas father to a “BBQ” in San Francisco? Oh this’ll go over so well. Now that said, dude, take the rose colored glasses off.look at your FAMILY and FRIENDS. None of them have even a warm opinion of Ezra. Get. A . Clue.

I think more than ever now Ezra is looking like a narcissist or a super sick sexual predator which to me, is one and the same bc I was raped by one. But I digress. If he isn’t either of those, I’d be shocked but I would still say he likes his control in all ways possible and when he scoped out the area around where Adam and Artie lived and the school, no doubt he was orienting himself. He had the business address. If it’s in the same area roughly, it’s in the school district. Hell, it sounds like he’s got the address to the field for the game later so the rest is public record. I’m just glad he had the wherewithal to not directly give Ezra their home address to make it all that much more easier. I wonder if Dizzy will happen upon him in the middle of the night on the way to sneaking into Artie’s room and sees him being sneaky. There is more to this guy. The conversations Artie has overheard he’s NEEDED to hear. Now he needs to act on the correctly. Everyone is learning on the fly here and yeah, it’s hard. But look at the growth. From everyone. Mason has been a savior. I love his wisdom.

Ok first off..both Artie and Dizzy have great points each and they’re both right for PART of their logic. Artie for trying to give Ezra a chance after not knowing him at all in 16yrs. Dizzy for saying Artie didn’t back up Adam. For my take, Ezra did kind of manipulate the evening. I guess dinner with Colleen never happened? Ezra is slick, but his manipulation is not invisible. I think Artie hearing Adam and mason’s convo is as a BIG eye opener for him. Let’s see if things change.

Yes but Mason absolutely shut that down and wouldn’t hear anything else about it. He reaffirmed Adam by building him up and telling him he’s exactly what Mason is looking for.

Great points

I specifically remember Nick “thinking” during the narration that Noah never sent anything over the holiday. Poor Nick. He’s all over the damn place. I’d wager he’s thinking more like a 16-17yo but that’s just my unsolicited uneducated opinion.

I suppose that would work. But would also wager that there’s a bigger story there waiting to be told. Painful though it might be, some of the best stories here in GA start with horrific beginnings and end so powerfully beautiful. That said, I realize it takes an emotional shit ton of strength to especially at that level. I also realize often authors create fictional characters after themselves or parts of themselves. A perfect example of this would be Comicality. Many of his characters are based off of his own experiences and personality. Man I miss his work. He encouraged me to write my own story from trauma but I just don’t think I can. Not just because it’d be painful to do emotionally, I just don’t think I have the creativity in me to make it a quasi-fictional story. Let’s face it. A lot of us have trauma from our orientation. A lot of us have bonded from what this site has brought us together. For some of us it’s closure. For some it’s acceptance. For all of us it’s a culture.we feel heard here. Safe. So IF it’s hard to read that’s ok. You don’t have to. Hugs man.

Oh man. Well, if you to ever vent…my inbox is always there.

You seriously need to also write a prequel story of Jack. This one was great.

Damn Jeff…you know what it’s like. I’m so sorry.. I’ve been there too.

Awe Cal was super cute with Warren. Also proud of him for giving Kyle chicken out. Time to move on from him. Also proud of him for sharing what happened with Draven

Overall, the disagreement between Artie and Adam was actually a good thing. They both got very valid points across and BOTH listened to each other’s points without overtaking the other. The respect they share is encouraging. Dizzy, for his part, was perfect. He supported Artie how Artie needed and also didn’t brow beat his own position which, in truth, is irrelevant because he doesn’t really have a say. This was a good chapter. I think Artie is right however in that he never got that chance with his father as Adam did even though Adam has history and at least knew Ezra as a teen. Odds are high Adam is right if I’m correct in thinking that Ezra is a narcissist. They don’t change. They just move on to a new victim and we see this when Adam no longer became Ezra play thing and Sarah took his place there. I’m not saying however that Ezra is a sexual predator or anything. At least Artie has taken Adam’s very valid concerns to heart and is keeping that information in the back of his mind as Artie continues to talk to Ezra. I would love to see Artie and Sadie talk more. She seems to have more she’s yet to say and seems to be holding it back for some reason.

Shows signs of narcissism.

Ky HAS been quite absent from a lot of scenes lately…hope he’s ok

Artie continues to grow and mature. Actually, in truth, they all are.

Good chapter especially on the conversations. There’s a lot of growth that’s been done by Artie. I recognizes what’s holding him back. He’s not afraid to face it

Sigh…first boyfriend turns into a narc. Yep. I can relate to that! 😔