Yeah yeah yeah. I got two reviews on the last chapter, so I was feeling bitchy and neglected. So you got a cliffhanger. LOL.
I think the key to this battle is whether they can actually board the San Augustin. If not, she'll probably pulverize both ships, or at least the Santa Clarita.
December 31, 2000
Escorial, CA
Will
I was walking to the kitchen when I almost ran into Marie. I managed to pivot my body just in time, which made me careen into the wall like a total dork. “Watch where you’re going, dumbass,” she said.
“Hey,” I said pleasantly, ignoring my clumsiness. “What are you doing here?”
“I just came up to see if things were all set up for tonight,” she said. I felt kind of bad about that, since I hadn’t really worried about our party at all.
Well, I was thinking that the long evenings they encountered would have been when they were in the whaling areas, which would have been to the southwest of Valdivia near Antarctica. In Valdivia, it would probably feel similar to home. I'm not sure how that compares to England itself.
This is great for all of us who want to see the Ravens fall on their asses. With Flacco sucking up so much money, there won't be any left to pay anyone else. It's a Peyton Manning deal redux.
November 1797
Granger stood on the quarterdeck of Bacchante, marveling at how much daylight there had been in the lower latitudes, when they’d been chasing after the French privateer. It had made the shipboard routine somewhat difficult, since dawn was a strange phenomenon that seemed to arrive almost as soon as the sunset. Now that they were nearing Valdivia, the sun rose higher in the sky and twilight was shorter, much as it was back in the Mediterranean. Its s
I didn't win this, we won this. Thanks to both of you, and to the rest of our team.
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As usual, your review is interesting and enlightening. I'd never thought of the impact a near-death experience would have on someone at a core level. When you lay it out there, it makes so much sense.
Two things: 1. I think that if Jeff would have been left to his own devices, he wouldn't have said anything. He would have been really uncomfortable in approaching Stef about going back to college, so Will's course of action was probably the only way to make it happen.
2. I hope that you ultimately can have a relationship with your birth parents. I wonder about equations such as you alluded to, where other people avoid expanding a relationship for fear of hurting someone else. To me, that always makes the one who is in danger of being hurt seem petty.
I think that Jeremy is right about Jeanine and JJ. I think that despite the blood ties between her and Will, JJ's vulnerability at birth and beyond has endeared him to her.
I think that Will found Jeff in a vulnerable situation, otherwise I'm not sure Jeff would have let that out. JP is a huge advocate for education, so it's likely he sees the latent talent in Jeff.
You're busy? Cry me a river.
Is Will seeing Ryan in Jeff because Jeff is like Ryan, or does he just miss Ryan? You know better than to trust me when the clues seem obvious.
Interesting thoughts.
I think Brad may very well be that crafty, but he's using his machinations for good this time. :-) JP was probably trying to gather the facts - that being the overall purpose of meeting with Jeff - but he abhors violence, especially in his own house. Remember back to Bloodlines, and how he lost it and actually yelled after Matt laid Brian out?
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