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December 24, 2002 San Francisco, CA Brad “Are you sure about this?” Marc asked me nervously. “I’m sure,” I said dismissively. “We’ll make it to LA in time to spend the evening with the family, but we’ll miss the thing at the Mission.” “It sounded like that was kind of important,” he said nervously. “Look, I’ve spent a lot of time and money supporting that place,” I explained. “I still do. But my presence at
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You make some very good points. Brad has some character flaws. In addition to being a control freak, he has a tendency to let his romantic life dominate everything. (think back to Millennium, and how he re-absorbed himself in Robbie) Most of the family members are pretty indulgent when he does this, but Will is less forgiving because he needs that connection with Brad more than Darius, Matt, or JJ.
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December, 1799 Palermo, Sicily Granger had little enough time to contemplate what this new young midshipman would do to morale aboard his ship, as the Elgins arrived. Granger watched, amused, as Lady Elgin was introduced to Lady Hamilton. Lady Hamilton was her normal, effusively polite self, while Lady Elgin behaved in character as well; showing herself to be the shrew Granger had come to know. “We had best be off if we are to be on time,” Sir William announce
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Great review, but you raised an issue that intrigues me...I wonder if it is just this generation who likes the "Shiny and New"? I think we all do, although not everyone keeps up with the styles. ;-) I can't see JJ beating Mary Ellen, because while he's bitchy, she's vicious.
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You are as predictable as Will! SMILE. Thanks for the review!
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It's really difficult to figure out what Susannah's purpose and motives may be. Right now, the field is wide open.
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LMAO. So true!
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Great review, and I'm so glad you raised the issue of Brad's reference to JP and Isidore. I experimented with that a little bit, and found that when Brad referred to JP as "Dad" it could be a bit confusing, especially when we consider that his relationship with Stef is probably even tighter than his relationship with JP. So Brad is humoring the author to avoid confusion, not showing a general lack of affinity. :-)
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I'm so glad this chapter complimented cookies so well!
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Great review Rachel! I think Will was thinking that if there wasn't some dramatic event, that it would be difficult to bring Kevin back into the fold. He's relying on the shock factor to help lube the moment, and Will knows all about lube. ;-)
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I actually have a chapter of Valiant ready to go...or I did. I need to make a few changes. So hang in there.
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Thanks Kevin! I think that Wally and Clara are going to tread very carefully, regardless of what they really think. Things are going well with Zach, and the last thing they need it to spark a conflict with him over Will.
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Jason, Astute observations as always. I think that Zach and Will are both enjoying their relationship and not thinking about the consequences, as you've laid out. They're both very organized, future-oriented people, so the fact that they haven't worked this out suggests the train wreck you prescribe may very well happen. Someday. Maybe.
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What's really funny is that all of Wade/Brad/Stef's whining at Will about grey areas hasn't really changed him at all. He really see's things clearly (in his own mind). I'm not sure that's a bad thing.
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There are others who don't share your feeling (SMILE). Thanks!
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Thanks! I actually had a chapter of Valiant ready to go, but then decided I needed to make some changes. It's in the works.
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Thank you! I think that the immaturity:maturity tug of war we see in Will has defined his adolescence. Two steps forward and one step back.
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He doesn't appreciate the old world Europe. He loves the chic and trendy new one.
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December 22, 2002 Escorial Brad Marc and I walked up to the dining room, to what would undoubtedly be a well-attended meal, and probably an important one. This was the first time I could remember that we were this close to Christmas and our plans for that holiday weren’t finalized, at least in my mind. I knew that Will had been working to make this a really special holiday for Zach and his family, and they’d been here and seemed pretty euphoric, but I had my own plan
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I meant to post an author's note about this on Chapter 43, so I'll edit the chapter to do that. The movie/book you're referring to is "When the Game Stands Tall", which has been an amazing reference for me on this story. The book is adequately written, but the movie is horrific. Watch at your own risk. The actual championship game was played by these two teams two weeks before I'm showing it here, but there was no way to make the actual timeline work with my fictional timeline, so I took some liberties and arbitrarily extended the football season.
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They hate me here. It was probably intentional. (just kidding). Thank you for the thoughts, both intended and expressed!
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Thanks. I knew that you, along with pretty much all my readers, would understand when the exigencies of life take control.
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The fowl look should have been 'foul', but as I noted elsewhere, perhaps the coach had merely adopted a turkey-like pose?
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Thanks! I'm think you're spot on about Zach and Wally.
