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I honestly don't see how acting like sluts would make JJ change his attitute towards other people...

Here's a Conspiracy theory: The target is neither Elizabeth or Alexander. The target is Brad. Both Elizabeth and Scott are known associates to Brad. Scott still lives in Brad's condo in Hawaii. If Elizabeth was raped, she would NOT have beaten up a close friend. She would have hired someone to beat up (or had someone rape) a family member.

I'm Confused. I am now totally convinced it's not Elizabeth Danfield being the Black Widow. Her getting raped was personal and she does not have access to her mother's fortune. Not convinced it's ABC either. She's was broke so she couldn't pay anyone to do anything. One thing that worries me: what if Elizabeth and ABC made a deal to frame Brad? Conspiracy theory: Brad gave $100 million to ABC. She kept half. She promised $25 million to Elizabeth. Is that enough to make ED go all psycho on the Family? Is $50M enough for ABC to go psycho and blow up a plane? If the Duke dies, Lord Preston might get control of that huge dowry given to the Duke. That's another $100M plus whatever Mary Ellen has control of. TexAss: yeah, not likely those courts is going to grant an outsider custody of kids, let alone substantial property. I think Buzz did that to piss his family off. But this is not what is confusing me. It's the title of this current book "Black Widow". It seems off.

Chapter 37: 1) cease fires only works if all sides agree to it, everyone is made aware of it and if it benefits all parties. If Elizabeth Danfield finds out The Family has a cease fire in place, she can strike everyone in one sitting. That is a bad thing. And no, you scattering the family or agents of the Family to DC, New York, TexAss and London couldn't possibly raise suspicions to anyone watching. ) : ( 2) how can Will possibly mess up a Kamikaze? Stick with your gin and tonic Will...

I am wondering if Will can manage to attend a party without winding up in the pool or having a fight with someone. FYI: Cease fires only work if it benefits both parties.

For all in the US: Happy Enslavement and murdering of Indigenous People Day... Thank you Mark for the latest chapter of BW. It's always good to hear from one of my favorite authors. And thank you for updating your ealier works. Gotta re-download them again. Black Widow: The twists and turns never cease to amaze me. As Much as I predicted some plots that is being discussed in the story right now, this is going to wind up like in Game of Thrones. I have a feeling this story is not going to end well for this family as no one is going to wind up "winning"... 2 more to go. Who do we root for?

Spoilers: chapter 34 If that NTSB report is accurate, everyone in the family should be concerned since it now shows the evil queen ED has people on the West coast. I'm still not convinced it's Elizabeth in the first place.

Thanks for the latest chapter Mark! Still not convinced ED is behind all this and I'm wondering if the Family is going to go down when all the secrets come out.

But you did

This is a dumb question but why is Brad (and everyone else) is accepting AC's word so easily? 2) re JJ and a GED: I know I said the family would find it unacceptable for JJ to get a GED. Not sure if I went off though.

I mean look how WELL she did handling JJ...

That makes sense. If you are trying to deceive people from where you are going, have your name on a flight log going somewhere else. Still feel cheated on calling the pilot and copilot as TWO of the deaths.

Well that was a senseless death. More of this please!

Chapter 30: In case you missed it: The cliffhanger was not that Brad didn't die.

Ch 30: You seriously counting the pilot and co-pilot as part of the 5 deaths? Really? I feel cheated

My bets: 1) JP or Stef (heart attack) 2) Elizabeth Danfield or Alexandra Carmichael. ("Accidental/ suicide") 3) Buzz Dalby (Crampton/Schulter arraigned "accident") 4) JJ or Mary Ellen. (Because F them, that's why.) 5) Tony (car ramming an oncoming train followed by a 747 failling from the sky after being hit by a meteor.) Honorable mentions for the NEXT book: Kevin, Cody AND Alex Danvers. (Because having 10 deaths in a book is a bit over the top. )

If you read the reviews and noticed Pvt Tim's comment --> $88 Million http://m.sfgate.com/realestate/article/88-million-Los-Altos-Hills-estate-house-tech-6674008.php#photo-9056584

Just wow. Of all the characters in play, Buzz was not on my radar. It should of been. And now I wonder how bad Buzz's son is going to be.

If it Fits: one Bloodlines: zero Poor man's son: zero Paternity: one ( JJ's coach ) Millennium: two (Brian and Carson) 9/11: Seven Flux: zero Streak: zero Black Widow: Forty two. (Edit)

Okay: here's some perimeters --> 1) they have a name and was mentioned at least once by the POV of the narrators. 2) they had to have sex with a character IN the story (Matt Shepard counts then)

If that's the case: bloodlines body count --> zero Paternity --> zero

Death count in Bloodlines : Either 15 or Zero. Depends on if Mark is going to count the Columbine Shooting as "in print" deaths.

Okay. I was wrong. 6 people died in print in 9/11. Samantha Kaminski, the tour guide Senator Danfield was trying to protect with his body at the Pentagon.

The Box: quite a few characters died "in print" via the diary

Holy crap Mark (that's Mark with an M) Does this also include every single character and relative that died off print? Tonto? JP's parents and grand parents? Bill Hendrickson? (Brian Parnel and JP's bio father) Abe and Vella? JP's maid/cook/driver in Chicago. Mark Clark (does that count?) And no 9/11 total is 5. You forgot Jeff Danfield.