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Reviewer: 7Wildwaysup Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: Sep 23, 2019 4:09 pm Title: Chapter 6

I started reading this, and I loved it so much I had to read it all the way through... Now I can't wait until the next update! Great job Star!!!

Hugs ~ Kathleen

Reviewer: YumYumPM Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: Sep 23, 2019 2:25 pm Title: Chapter 6

So much goodness.  Gus is finally learning the truth about why Lindsay was gone.  Mel is learning that she is selfish and people are finally calling her out on it.  Jenny R. is learning she has a brother she didn't know about.  Patrick is taking things a lot better then most and finding new people who care for him. 

Reviewer: Nichelle Wellesly Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: Sep 23, 2019 7:40 am Title: Chapter 6

Fabulous chapter! Gus' visit with Lindsay had be actually near bawling at my screen. My heart really went out to both of them, and yet I think somehow they each made progress in their own ways. I believe that Gus is right in that it was cathartic for him in a major way. I also liked that Lindsay asked him about his relationship with Ian, and when Gus mentioned how Ian's friends treated him, Lindsay made the connection to the bet everyone was placing on Brian and Justin's happiness. Lindsay's comments to Justin definitely provided a new perspective in revisiting that particular scene.

YAY!! Mel is getting her eyes pried opened about a lot of things about herself and her motivations. The backstory on her bulljive throughout the years was extremely enlightening. While I hate David and all he stands for in this fic, I can actually be happy that he's thwarted her visions of having him for an ally while quarantining the human plague that is Michael Novotny. That's a major coup for him... and a well-deserved kick in his ears and brain since he has to wake up to that incessant whine everyday. You just CANNOT un-hear that constant cross between Evil Mickey Mouse and Pee Wee Herman. That damn voice could peel paint and singe eyebrows!

As far as Mel trying to throw her 'weight' around, that skinny ass chick better take several seats, open up her ears, and inhale a large dose of STFU! I'm so glad that Gus shut her down first with that VERY blunt text message, and then Deb with a whole lot of hard truths for her selfish ass. I have to wonder though... with Gus being 21 (or is it 23? I have to look again), shouldn't Jenny be somewhere close to 18? Or if not, at least near 16? If it's a case of the latter- and I was in Jenny's shoes- I would already be looking for ways to emanicipate myself away from the loose cannon that is Melanie. I believe the core requirements that Jenny would need is a life-sustaining job- preferably one that would offer benefits, even at a part-time status (ie: the local cable company), a place to live, and be willing to continue her education. It might be worth looking into for Jenny's peace of mind, because I can only see her life with that trouble-seeking missile Melanie getting worse as she's once again prevented from getting her way.

A little more about Jenny: I do actually feel a little sorry for Jenny, mainly because in that little bastard's spite and ignorance, he's taken the ONE person in Jenny's life that would have loved her unconditionally. Michael couldn't take the fact that Ben had found a reward in a new main squeeze after enduring the sufferance of Michael, so he punishes his own daughter for him not being able to keep a man (David doesn't count; he's just a controlling toddler with MAN parts). In all honesty, I STILL feel that Ben should be in line for sainthood in the Great Beyond simply for his charitable works in dating Michael! But I digress.

Anyway, it's really sad that Mel is not thinking of Jenny's feelings at all; only the money she would be losing by doing what's best for her daughter. I wish that particular tidbit of information had come out when she was confronted by Deb. But I have to say, good for Patrick showing his maturity- and also biting back- when Jenny made the snide comments so reminscent of those her mother would have made. Regardless that he may look like Sam, he is definitely Brian and Justin's son!

Looking forward to MORE!!

HAPPY WRITING and HUGS,

~Chelle

Reviewer: Calliesky Signed [Report This]
Date: Sep 23, 2019 1:50 am Title: Chapter 6

Another excellent chapter   💋

Reviewer: BritinManor Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: Sep 22, 2019 10:55 pm Title: Chapter 6

Boy, oh boy... Melanie Marcus is sure a piece of work! Can I say I got a huge smile on my face when she saw the big, beautiful house and realized Brian and Justin did indeed have a relationship... and Gus was more than likely a part of it? It's kind of fun to know all her manipulations and control issues might blow up in her face.

But how vicious that the reason she wants to move to Florida is to keep getting support money from David? David sounds like the devil incarnate. Controlling and manipulative. I have to wonder if the reason he wants Jenny so far away from Michael, is so that Michael can't get any information about Brian and now Justin. Is David maybe aware of their relationship? Has he had someone reporting to him about Brian? Yet, it sounds like Michael sold his soul and daughter for a place to live.

I feel very sorry for Ben. Maybe when Jenny turns eighteen, (which should be before long... right?) maybe she can learn the truth about Ben and have a relationship with him. But right now, Jenny is hurting. I'm so glad she has Debbie and Carl.

If Melanie thought she could scare Debbie Novotny away with a glare... she apparently has forgotten just who Debbie is.

Brown, not hazel... broke my heart. I tear up just writing it. Then you just knew her psyche couldn't deal with it any longer when she started talking about the GLC art show again. Poor, poor Gus.

HUGS  ~Cathy

Reviewer: The SNO Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: Sep 22, 2019 9:51 pm Title: Chapter 6

Amazing chapter! Deb and Mel's scene is a piece of art; neither of them is letting the other win, even if Deb seems to have the upper hand. It's  also great that Mel found out that she was wrong to be happy that Justin got rid of Brian and that Brian has been miserable for 14 years! What a vicious woman; she is so much worse than Michael.

Gus and Lindsay's meeting is heartbreaking. I hope they will meet again and that she will get better in the end.

Jenny should be happy to have such grand-parents. It doesn't replace her parents, but it can help.

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