Mark Arbour

St. Louis at night. Kiener Plaza with the Old Courthouse in the background. The Old Courthouse is known as the site where the famous Dred Scott decision was made, a banner law for slaveowners. I live in the western burbs. Here's a picture of an airport near my house.

You guys are chumps. East and North St. Louis make those places look like Beverly Hills.

Glad you liked it! I think Brad can be more ruthless than JP, but I think he shows his emotions about it whereas JP doesn't.

Yeah, I knew this would be a bit disturbing, but I think it was about the only way to bring closure.

First of all, I'm really enjoying this discussion. I can't wait for the firestorm I'll get on the next story. For someone like Alexandra, jail and disgrace are a fate worse than death. She will have lost all of her social standing, her power, and her pride. But the thing that made me comment on this post specifically was the highlighted section above. I don't really think Brad treated Dan badly in BeRad. I realize Dan got hurt, but I think Brad was pretty honest with him about where things were, and the status of their relationship. I'll have to reconsider that.

Beautiful! Truly beautiful! And it's nice to see you back.

I have one son. I remember when he was born, and how nothing prepared me for the emotion of fatherhood. I held this little being in my arms, and knew that for him, I would gladly sacrifice my own life to save his. There are other people who are important to me, but I'd have to at least think about it for a second before I flung myself in front of a bullet, Secret Service style. For my son, I wouldn't even have to think about it. It would be an automatic response.

Thanks! That was a pretty flattering two for two.

I think you're asking for a lot of logic from someone in a pretty stressful situation. At what point do you decide the kids are actually being threatened? When the threat appears, or after overt harm has been done? Carson tried to get Will and JJ to go off with him in his car. How many parents, hearing that, wouldn't flip out? If someone did that to my kid, tried to pick him up and drive him off, and was admittedly in alliance with my sworn enemy, he'd be on borrowed time. I think that Brad realized that the Omega folks (all of them) had just escalated the battle to a whole new level. I think Brian exposed himself and his true colors when he acknowledged that he was going to keep messing with Brad, Claire, Ace, and their offspring. Do you leave someone like that, who has already created so much carnage, loose?

I anticipated this reaction from some of you, and I understand where you're coming from. Paternal instincts are powerful things; they can lead to unfortunate decisions.

July 4, 2000 Claremont, Ohio Gathan “Good to see you here, Gathan,” Mayor Schluter said with his plastic politician’s smile. “Enjoy yourself.” “Thank you, your honor,” I said respectfully. His smile got a little more genuine when I said that. He liked to be called ‘your honor’. Who would have imagined that a Hayes would actually be an invited guest at the Mayor’s tent here at the 4th of July Festival, Claremont’s biggest event of the year? The thought of that mad

Mike's never heard of threesomes? The other thing that's interesting, on this "rep" thing, is that some people will dis a story with the star ratings. It's a lot more subtle, and since their rating gets morphed with the others it's not so obvious. I guess having haters is a mark of success.

Thanks. Sometimes the bad guys just have to go.

Your hot-headedness just makes you sexier. When my positive points restore (evidently I've used up my daily allotment) I'll help you out.

I don't think I've ever seen Cia referred to as an angel. Ever.

Glad you liked them! It was the least I could do after you guys all voted Millennium as best hosted story.

Great choices Jeremy! I love the way you incorporated the Sopranos into this. Spot on perfect!

trans furrier?

This was, IMHO, the climax. Chapter 75 seems more like a denouement

Really? You think so? You know, if a guy threatened my kid, I could pop him and sleep at night. Just sayin'.

I'm glad you enjoyed them, and I'm glad I went back and re-formatted the older stories!

I think there's a form of that in Chapter 75

April 17, 2000 “It is almost time,” Stef observed. I nonchalantly walked out of his office, acting as if nothing urgent was going on, when in fact we were about to start our assault against Omega. I went down to the conference room, which we’d officially labeled the ‘war room’, and found my team assembled. They were in better spirits this week. The collapsing NASDAQ had helped us out considerably. In addition to that, the concept of moving beyond this negativity, and of simply comp

Homewrecker.

Happy Birthday!!!