- Fiction
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- Authors:
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Robert Hugill
Ralph: Breaking free 2. Parborough Chronicles
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Genres:
General Fiction
Sub-genres:
Drama,
Family Drama
Ralph has a successful web-design firm, lovely twin daughters and an ex-wife with whom he is on reasonable terms, though his parents persist in regarding him as a disappointment, disliking his choice of career and general lack of ambition. But, in the wake of his divorce, he experiences a return of feelings and ideas that he hasn’t had since his teenage years when an affair with another boy at school left an indelible mark. And now, he has to decide, does he want to be that person who hides, lashes out at any suggestion he might be gay, or does he want to break free.
After Ralph’s brief, non-speaking role in Brian: Taking Courage, I found myself wanting to learn more about what had become of him. The result is this story. It runs in parallel to Brian: Taking Courage, so Brian, Gordon, Toby and Russ all make brief appearances, but this is Ralph’s story. It helps to have read Brian: Taking Courage but you don’t have to.
Brian, Gordon, Toby and Russ will be back with the continuation of their saga with the next instalment of the series.
Brian, Gordon, Toby and Russ will be back with the continuation of their saga with the next instalment of the series.
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- 08/14/2024 (Updated: 12/18/2024)
- 28 Chapters
- 61,413 Words
- 36,027 Views
- 382 Comments
- Mature
- In Process
Story Recommendations (8 members)
- Action Packed 2
- Addictive/Pacing 7
- Characters 7
- Chills 1
- Cliffhanger 1
- Compelling 6
- Feel-Good 4
- Humor 5
- Smoldering 3
- Tearjerker 1
- Unique 4
- World Building 5
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Table of Contents
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1.
A ghost & a party
- 2,654 Words
- 2,019 Views
- 13 Comments
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2.
Lunch-boxes and packages
- 1,514 Words
- 1,499 Views
- 12 Comments
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3.
Parental duties & football practice
- 1,688 Words
- 1,407 Views
- 13 Comments
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4.
Web pages and posing pouches
- 2,014 Words
- 1,443 Views
- 23 Comments
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5.
Kisses, boyfriends and boats
- 1,488 Words
- 1,211 Views
- 11 Comments
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6.
Advice and coffee
- 2,896 Words
- 1,152 Views
- 15 Comments
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Parents and Photography
- 2,155 Words
- 1,003 Views
- 9 Comments
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8.
Things we can do and things we can’t
- 2,005 Words
- 1,100 Views
- 15 Comments
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A party and panic
- 1,618 Words
- 1,088 Views
- 21 Comments
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10.
Tea and coming out
- 1,877 Words
- 827 Views
- 10 Comments
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11.
Photographing and being photographed
- 1,392 Words
- 1,014 Views
- 24 Comments
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12.
Making plans and meeting Verne
- 1,995 Words
- 848 Views
- 8 Comments
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13.
Shirts, sociability and well-filled jockstraps
- 2,861 Words
- 808 Views
- 13 Comments
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14.
Wives, boyfriends and families
- 1,608 Words
- 820 Views
- 17 Comments
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15.
Panic, relaxation and parental musings
- 2,454 Words
- 826 Views
- 16 Comments
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16.
Boating trip and boyfriend problems
- 2,725 Words
- 783 Views
- 12 Comments
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17.
Rogue accountants and supportive friends
- 2,525 Words
- 751 Views
- 12 Comments
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18.
Humble pie, domesticity and Dragons’ Den
- 3,011 Words
- 809 Views
- 18 Comments
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19.
Rallying to the cause and relaxing with chowder
- 2,452 Words
- 684 Views
- 7 Comments
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20.
Russ Kahn and gay Gordons
- 2,509 Words
- 702 Views
- 13 Comments
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21.
Sunday football and a visit to the gym
- 2,327 Words
- 737 Views
- 13 Comments
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22.
Gordon, my Gordon?
- 1,591 Words
- 724 Views
- 15 Comments
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23.
An old friend and catching up
- 1,559 Words
- 560 Views
- 8 Comments
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24.
A question of time and space
- 2,125 Words
- 1,365 Views
- 9 Comments
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25.
Carine and Beth go boating
- 2,054 Words
- 533 Views
- 8 Comments
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Pictures and Plans, Beer and Bangers
- 2,827 Words
- 647 Views
- 12 Comments
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27.
Open Day and Photo Shoot
- 3,325 Words
- 712 Views
- 21 Comments
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28.
Wandering hands and risqué pictures
- 2,164 Words
- 468 Views
- 10 Comments
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