Josh Aterovis
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Thank you. I wasn't sure how folks would react to this chapter. This means a lot.
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I've had similar experiences. I don't react well to psych meds. I'm always so jealous of my friends when they work well for them. LOL Who said this was rock bottom?
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I think it really says so much about all of you that you have all picked up on Aidan's well-intentioned but perhaps rash reaction. Very thoughtful and sensitive. ❤️
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Thank you, @Summerabbacat! Unfortunately, much of this chapter is also based on personal experience. As @RichardWrites said above, it does get better. Thankfully.
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Thank you! It's been so fun and rewarding to revisit these stories!
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I want this on a T-shirt. With this emoji: 💩
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Over the next few days, I spiraled into a depression even deeper than before. Each passing moment felt heavier than the last, and not even Aidan could pierce the thick, suffocating fog that wrapped around me. Aidan brought in the big guns, but Laura's commands fell on deaf ears as well. For the first time in my life, I found myself contemplating suicide. Even worse, the idea wasn't at all as repugnant as I'd always imagined it would be. It held a certain alluring charm, a promise of escape,
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Thank you for standing up for your coworkers like that! What you said is so true, and a subtle moment in the chapter that only someone who has been outed against their will would recognize.
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So true. I've always found that our true friends really step up when we're knocked down, and it's not always the people you would expect.
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Thank you, @Geron Kees! And chapter 7 drops this weekend...LOL I can slow down if I need to....
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@drsawzall I just started working on the rewrite for the next book in the series, All Lost Things, and I cannot wait for you to read the first chapter...
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I look forward to the comments on each chapter the way some of you look forward to the chapter itself. I love reading all the comments, reactions, opinions and theories. I love when y'all are right, and I love even more when you're wrong! 🤣🤣🤣
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Agreed! Joey is a lousy excuse for a best friend.
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You actually have a few more chapters before the first body shows up. Patience is a virtue...or something like that. And thank you! The title inspired this entire book, so that verse was baked in from the very beginning.
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You know, @Summerabbacat, I really wish you would stop holding back and tell us how you really feel. If you think you hate Joey now, just wait... That is a sentence I never thought I'd read! Can't argue with it, though. LOL Thank you! As always, I always love reading your thoughts and opinions about each chapter, however subtle they may be. You are correct that Will's father's first name is Lowell.
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Woohoo! Glad it didn't disappoint.
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I made it to church Sunday morning, much to the approval of my parents, then spent the afternoon hanging out with Aidan. I was getting ready for bed later that night when my phone started vibrating. It was Joey calling to ask if he could come over. He sounded serious so I quickly agreed. He was at the door in minutes. "How'd you get here so quick?" I asked as I let him in. "I was already in the parking lot." He pushed past me in a cloud of alcohol fumes and glanced around uneasily. "Ca
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Thank you! And I love reading your thoughts about Nikki and Co. It's funny how she is amalgam of so many "artsy" types I've known over the years, from my personal life, but also from my time as a professional artist and later as a theater artist. You'll just have to wait and see if she's bad or just drawn that way...
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That's an acceptable theory.
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Yay! Good to see you here in the comments. 😊
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The Plaza, as it's commonly known, is a brick courtyard created by closing off a section of Main Street running through the old shopping district in the heart of the city. Tall Victorian-era brick buildings lining the pedestrian-friendly corridor, with fountains, sculptures, and flowerbeds scattered along the way. The old store-fronts mostly housed restaurants, upscale boutiques, lawyers' offices, and antique stores. The idea was a well-intentioned attempt to revitalize the downtown area, but th
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Coming right up!
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Yeah, I wish I'd had an Aidan at that age!
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Thank you, @Philippe. Returning to this story for such a deep rewrite after all these years, I've realized how much writing this was therapy for me at the time. I was working through all this stuff in real time. Of course, twenty-some years later, I'm much farther in that journey. I've done a lot of deconstructing, so I'm coming at it from a different viewpoint than I was then, but it still feel poignant for me. I appreciate your kind words.
