Another excellent chapter. Moving along nicely. Can't wait to hear about the upcoming "camping" trip. Hope Joel doesn't have to sleep in the bed of a pickup truck again. Except maybe if he's alone with Davin.
Awesome. That puts this story 74th most in comments. Tied for 73rd including this one. Not bad out of the 6693 current total. 3rd out of 91 In-Process.
Don't give loser Lisa any ideas.
I had a thought they were headed to Joel's house too, but because dad finally broke, stabbed his wife twenty or so times, and Cody would go to live with the Connelly's.
Baby steps, but now Joel knows Celia doesn’t hate him for who/what he is. His dad seems to be finding his backbone again. Cody will make it to the Connelly’s. I hope.
A nice, gentle chapter. Yes, Clint is a persistent little bugger, maybe he’ll find himself a boyfriend at some point and leave Michael alone.
Nice lottery wins. A decent chunk of change, but not a fortune. On to Christmas day!!!
I added this quote in the post-chapter notes of a recent penultimate chapter of a story of mine. I think it applies here:
I think Richard Carlson said it best in his book, 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff.'
“As long as you think more is better, you’ll never be satisfied.”
I agree that Joel needs to step it up and share with Celia. Depending on what happens with Colt, he may not have a choice if they get angry with him for disappearing.