- Fiction
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- Authors:
- 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.
- Author
- 08/14/2024 (Updated: 11/20/2024)
- 22 Chapters
- 47,359 Words
- 27,699 Views
- 309 Comments
- Mature
- In Process
Story Recommendations (6 members)
- Action Packed 2
- Addictive/Pacing 5
- Characters 6
- Chills 1
- Cliffhanger 1
- Compelling 5
- Feel-Good 3
- Humor 4
- Smoldering 3
- Tearjerker 1
- Unique 4
- World Building 4
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Table of Contents
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1.
A ghost & a party
- 2,654 Words
- 1,868 Views
- 13 Comments
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2.
Lunch-boxes and packages
- 1,514 Words
- 1,414 Views
- 12 Comments
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3.
Parental duties & football practice
- 1,688 Words
- 1,302 Views
- 13 Comments
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4.
Web pages and posing pouches
- 2,014 Words
- 1,346 Views
- 23 Comments
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5.
Kisses, boyfriends and boats
- 1,488 Words
- 1,088 Views
- 10 Comments
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6.
Advice and coffee
- 2,896 Words
- 1,059 Views
- 15 Comments
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7.
Parents and Photography
- 2,155 Words
- 936 Views
- 9 Comments
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8.
Things we can do and things we can’t
- 2,005 Words
- 1,028 Views
- 15 Comments
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9.
A party and panic
- 1,618 Words
- 956 Views
- 21 Comments
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10.
Tea and coming out
- 1,877 Words
- 750 Views
- 10 Comments
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11.
Photographing and being photographed
- 1,392 Words
- 946 Views
- 24 Comments
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12.
Making plans and meeting Verne
- 1,995 Words
- 777 Views
- 8 Comments
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13.
Shirts, sociability and well-filled jockstraps
- 2,861 Words
- 716 Views
- 13 Comments
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14.
Wives, boyfriends and families
- 1,608 Words
- 744 Views
- 17 Comments
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15.
Panic, relaxation and parental musings
- 2,454 Words
- 766 Views
- 16 Comments
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16.
Boating trip and boyfriend problems
- 2,725 Words
- 700 Views
- 12 Comments
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17.
Rogue accountants and supportive friends
- 2,525 Words
- 659 Views
- 12 Comments
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18.
Humble pie, domesticity and Dragons’ Den
- 3,011 Words
- 733 Views
- 17 Comments
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19.
Rallying to the cause and relaxing with chowder
- 2,452 Words
- 612 Views
- 7 Comments
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20.
Russ Kahn and gay Gordons
- 2,509 Words
- 608 Views
- 12 Comments
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21.
Sunday football and a visit to the gym
- 2,327 Words
- 599 Views
- 13 Comments
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22.
Gordon, my Gordon?
- 1,591 Words
- 479 Views
- 13 Comments
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