JP is getting really stupid has the ages goes by...please that fucker Brian does't desserve anything he has no morals and he is a fucking leach that doesn't go away..i can't wait til he gets himself kill ( i hope for a quick dead )

I guess I'm just monogamy minded. I don't get this incessant need to have someone else in your relationship as an "escape valve."

Of course, it's not enough...Brad has been monogamous for 14 years and now he has the chance to be a slut. What almost 40 year old guy wouldn't jump at an opportunity like that. It is incredibly selfish and self centered, but hey, isn't that just the stereotypical gay man?

Poor Robbie...he fucked up...he knows he fucked up...he has bent over backwards to solve the problem and there is nothing he is going to be able to do to fix this.

I'm not sure I can go through another month of Brad wanting to fuck around and Robbie trying to do everything he can to get back!!!

This was probably my favorite chapter. I was literally crying and laughing through it. I loved the wedding/commitment ceremony. Brad and Robbie are one of my favorite couples and I have been pulling for them since 1980. Thanks.

[Spoilers]
Since I decided from the current chapter of Paternity so re-read Be Rad I have re-read from Be Rad to Millennium. I want to review my I like Robby in Be Rad, but dislike his perspectives in Paternity.
I have realized why Robbie acts the way he does in Paternity and to an extent Darius, Brad, and JJ.
Darius: He probably viewed Will's actions through Robbie's reactions to them. Since he believes Will has Brad (so he sees Brad as biased), JJ has Jeanine (so he sees why JJ reacts badly to Will's actions toward her), and he has Robbie (so he trust Robbie's judgement). I guess watching Robbie's behavior in person influenced his change of heart to Will.
Brad: He value's his connection to Will. Granted he told Robbie he does not put a list on the people he loves I read it more as a coonetion to Robbie. His #1 is tied to both Robbie and Will.
JJ: I understand why he values Jeanine, but I would have thought he would have followed Tiffany more. Granted Jeanine is his "mother" (the only parent to go see him skate) Tiffany was his instructor. I am surprised she did not try to stop JJ's cockiness. Now she is blind, but I guess this is due to JJ being her kid.
Robbie: So far I cannot believe I did not connect Robbie's perspective of Will's actions to Robbie's relationship with his parents. He seems to regret it; probably he is confronted with his parental relationship in Will's actions to him. I am guessing that Will is giving Robbie a taste of Brad and JP converse when JP is wrong. Robbie always joked about it, but he was never in that position. Now I realize how much Robbie use to piss me off. Brad has always been a favorite character of mine (number one until Will in Paternity).
I still like this story, but more so after Robbie and Brad get back together. This also made me realize how I underestimated Claire as a character. She is now one of my favs (Will Brad Claire, Stef Wade).
Kody

HOLY.

EPIC.

DRAMA.

I can't say I understand the idea behind having Robbie suffer a "mid-life crisis" for the first 20 or so chapters, though. Reason I say that is...reading it, it was feeling like a plot for the sake of having a plot.

I do think Alexandra's complex super-revenge plot threatened to turn this story into a completely over-the-top affair. But, what managed to keep it "grounded" like the previous stories before it was how even once plans were set into motion to bring her and her cronies down, life still went on for Brad and Robbie as usual. I think that was a very smart approach to take.

And as for Brian...can we get a round of "Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead" in here? Anyone?

I'm glad we moved from stereotyping Robbie as the whiny one, unstable one, etc. They look more equal now, more stable and more mature I really like in what state they evolved.

I love your "Deus ex machina" solutions, Mark!

Bah, you Americans are soo uptight! So what if she slept with a black man?   Moreover, affairs from wife's life wouldn't make that ado in Europe. Sometimes I'm really happy not being an American.

"Merde" ) That sums it up soooo well!!!

“I think their relationship is more complex than any of us, including Wade, understands.” I’d been trying to figure out what made Elizabeth Danfield both hate and fear Alexandra Carmichael, but I hadn’t been able to discover it.
That's an easy one. ABC knows Danfield abused his son. It would destroy the politician's career. I wonder how this is going to be dealt with though.

I really hope Jeanine's child has lavender eyes! It could be twins! one from each

Haven't you hired Nephy as a member of your team? I hope we see the room being used a lot!

I think I don't praise too much. Well the flashback and the kinky sex scenes you mix in the story are really fun! They spice it up.

Seriously? ALL of Brad's enemies grouped in one place?

This is scary! :-o It looks like the storyline is moving! :-o So we have only one last piece of puzzle to solve... And since everything is tied to Man in Motion, how about connecting the evil person instigating the wrath of Carmichaels being some Neil's relative, huh? They'd have how to know the identity of Brad, motive and just waiting for the right opportunity to rise... This is why I like these stories, not all that emotional drama, mostly self-induced.

  more of pitying and encouraging poor Brad. BORING.Until last four paragraphs. You're evil, Mark!

One technical. Coming from. There's hardly many chapters where the characters don't say they understand where somebody is coming from. I know it's too late for correcting that but it really starts standing out. Maybe there are some other ways how to express the same?

This is the crucial to this whole drama:
Robbie: “I thought about what you said, and I can’t do it. I mean, if you want to have sex with someone else with me, I’m fine with that. But I can’t deal with you having sex with someone else when I’m not there.”
Brad: So many emotions flew through my body. Anger that he thought he had the right to set the rules like this when he’d broken them in the first place. Sadness over what this would probably mean for us. And more anger and disappointment, that he didn’t see what I needed, and was once again was putting himself first. But somehow I managed to stay calm, something I needed to work on doing more often anyway. “Explain that.”
For God's sake, it's 29th chapter and we still hear the same. It's all around Brad who wants to f**k other guys whenever and wherever he wants because HE doesn't get emotionally attached to them (not true) while Robbie does. Brad is selfish, arrogant, self-centered slut with a very fragile psyche who likes to preach others and set rules for them - the same rules he's not willing to abide. AND he doesn't see it! He can see all the flaws in Robbie but he himself has never (in this story) done any retrospection - never ever pondered the arguments Robbie gave him (even if there are mentions he needs to work on some of his biggest flaws). That somewhat reminds me of JP in his prick days early in the saga. JP had 30 years before he overcame it, I really hope Brad won't take that long.
And after what Robbie said - I think very reasonable from his point of view (let's f**k other guys but together) - if Brad breaks up with him just because of that (and blames Robbie for that I bet), then he definitely loses as a character. I heard about how the story evolves, I think their wedding is in the blurb even. BUT if Brad doesn't pull his shit together... i.e. if the author doesn't manage to make ALL characters more... balanced then well IDK what to think about the story. Maybe the return wasn't worth it. Maybe I moved on and I might not be the target readership. I might be the wrong reader reading a wrong story.

I understand regaining trust is not instant. God knows I'm an example of that. BUT instead of helping Robbie to regain his self-esteem - which was what lead to this "crisis" - he's pushing him back down. And why the main target was Brad - and that's why he shares responsibility for that. And it's not right he doesn't get any blame, only pitying and whatever. Moreover all that bullshit about his "fragile psyche" - others don't have a fragile psyche? How does it go with his depiction as the tough guy? He's as instable as Robbie, only here Robbie is depicted as the unstable whining one and Brad is the poor victim irritated by his whining. I see it as unfair and unbalanced which in consequence irritates me so much I wouldn't believe a story would.

That's a very nice touch, with the cuff-links it's original, not that corny, yet gay I really liked this chapter, first after a long row that I really enjoyed.

Love is about vulnerability. If you love someone, you open up to them wholly, without any condition. It's the highest level of trust, exclusive, infinite. Usually it's also equal. There might be some shifting balance as if it were communicating vessels but the central point is equality (with the only exception in M/s relationships which are mutually agreed on). I do see faults on both sides and in my eyes Brad doesn't have the right to want to have an "upper hand" in their relationship. "Love" with a f**k-buddy list aside is not real love, it's a mutually profitable relationship based on common interests bound by some synerging effects that overweight the possibility of two people being just "friends with benefits".

This Brad adoration is annoying. It makes me want something bad to happen to him, just so that he's not so f**king positive. I really liked his character before this story, he was among my favourite ones (not because of his huge cock ). But right now... GAH! I'd do anything for his vanishing. Of course I could stop reading the story. But that would go against my resolution. And most probably I wouldn't get back.
Bah... “Brad, sometimes things are just not your fault. Sometimes you’re not responsible when things go bad,” JP told me. “Tell that to Robbie.” OF COURSE HE IS RESPONSIBLE! He's responsible too! And with his slutty behaviour he's making it worse.

OK, Brad adoration like at the beginning of this one just confirmed to me how one-sided and biased this story is. Nothing is always so black and white and I know this is a soap opera and that we have Brad as the narrator but this was just too much. Or maybe I'm a cynic prick. And I'm biased too. But Brad has his flaws too. Having read the whole chapter, I'd say one of the biggest flaws of Brad is that he's an incorrigible slut. I wouldn't mind him having an incestuous f**k with Matt IF he weren't so righteous about shit Robbie got them in while he was aimed at as one of the aims to shoot down. Even if it was Robbie's lack of self-control or whatever, he wouldn't have done it himself (I expect Carson was the active one in that one). While Brad is the active one almost in all his f**ks so far, justifying them with how much Robbie had hurt him - so he has right to do it. I call it hypocrisy and double standards.
And what about that miraculous turning of Nick?

nice chapter! but I hope the courting won't too last long. It would be boring and I don't think I'd like seeing that. I'm for equal treatment, if Robbie growels, Brad should help him, go towards him, not being like a queen expecting everyone to court her.

While I was first on Brad's side, now I'm starting to lean towards Robbie. He's not a saint and his hurt ego is starting to annoy me. What looked like a nice twist to get Brad laid with otherwise unreachable guys is starting to drag. I hope it will be resolved soon (and not in next sixty chapters). Well, 2-3 days per chapter... that's another four chapters! Probably more. Sigh....

I really enjoy reading this. And since I don't have to put up with all the endings you make (I wouldn't dare to call them cliffhangers! ), I have to say the story has a really nice steady pace and runs swiftly. I'm also really enjoying how you're developing the characters.

Leave it to Cody to explain things! And Stefan is looking like some medium or future-teller in these few starting chapters. Though I don't see a big point in getting Lark back, even as the main villain. He already had done some pretty nasty shit - but it wasn't linked with Brad if I remember correctly. And to taking a wrath on the whole family, that would look pathetic. It's just been so long since I've read those stories that I can't remember who got any shit from Brad.

I don't know why I can't stop laughing at that closing scene, all three coming out of the limo. It is so typical of all of them, but my favourite as always is Stef "smiling as if he was getting out of the car at the Academy Awards and photographers were there."

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I'm not sure that my words can do Millenium justice. Fantastic! Thank you.

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Another great story from you.  I hope you update the women soon and their pregnancies and who's the daddy!

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That was so beautiful I was actually laughing and crying at the same time. I really feel that emotionally I have been through a four hour f**k (can relate from personal experience hahaha). Wonderful ending. Everything was wrapped up. I don't care who the next narrator is or from what perspective because I know I will read it and that it wil be great! Thank you for such wonderful stories that always bring a smile to my face and anticipation and excitement when I see a new chapter posted.  BRAVO!  ENCORE! ENCORE!

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Ok so we Chet Matt or Gathan as the next narrator - now for the million $ question:

When will we see the first chapter of the next CAP storyline???

You fans anxiously await the response!

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Another shocking climax.  2 chapters in a row.

It was a good place to finish.  Still no clue as to whom
will be caught in the 9-11 attack or the impact on this
intrepid and extended family.  

We all await the next book in the ongoing saga of JP &
progeny.

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Great chapter Mark.  A great ending to this part of the saga.  I'm looking forward to the next part.

The way Brad dealt with Mike at the end showed that he has class and doesn't want to hurt those who are innocent.  

Thanks.

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always a pleasurable read.... thank you!  Now I need to go back and start from the beginning ;-)

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That's a great end to a great story. I'm glad that Brad felt guilt over the events of 74. Otherwise, he would be a monster. I'm also hoping that in a future story that Mike and Brad have some kind of relationship. I think it'd be great for both of them. So, who's the next narrator? I'm kind of hoping Matt or Gathan.

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Great intense chapter.  Not expecting all of that to happen.  Brad is as ruthless as JP.

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This was a most disturbing chapter.  In fact I waited till later in the day to actually comment on it.

At first I thought that what happened to Carson was really too much, but after some thought I guess it really wasn't.  Even if he was under Alexandria's thumb (or whoever) he made the choices he made all along with Robbie and then to actually do what he did to the Boys (or Will in particular).  Whether he would have done something else with him or not, Brad couldn't take any chances.

As for Brian - well - good riddance to bad rubbish.  This is a story after all and not real life - so I think Mark can take the liberties he wants.  I'm sure it made him feel good too.

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OH MY GOD... not only do we get 2 chapters in one day... fantastic and wonderfully surprising by the way.... thank you for that.... but what a chapter, things going down for omega and the assassinations were f**king brilliant!!

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Whoa!  Beyond Kink.  Intense.

If this is the penultimate chapter, (which blew me away)
I can't imagine what surprises will occur in the finale!

Perhaps, some foreshadowing of the next book in
the saga?

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As Brad envisioned, a very "Godfather-esque" ending for two of our prime lowlifes. At least they went out with an bang in more ways than one...

So when will Bradley be sitting down for the ritual ring kissing procession?

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I love all of your stories and this ending has been building for a long time. I've even gone back and read all of the CAP stories again to refresh myself on all of the intertwining relationships.

Thanks for giving us hours upon hours of great storytelling!

Kevin

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dum dum dum .... wow, threaten the kids so Brad can start killing people hahaha brilliant!  and Carson coming back,  the gloves are off and let the fur fly.... I can't wait to se ehow it all wraps up...

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Thanks for giving me a smile this morning... and something to look forward to!

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Wow! Brad is quickly moving into JP territory. It's scary. Oh, but I love every minute of it.

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I want an e-stim machine. That part made me horny as hell.

Hehe, I'm looking forward to finding out what Elizabeth Danfield has up her sleeve. I have a feeling it's going to be underhanded, perhaps even illegal.

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I absolutely am enthralled with this series and now I'm to the "end" of the already posted books and chapters... so I have to be a good girl and wait for you to post.

I must say that whenever you have Brad make the shape with his hand for fisting and use it to tease Robbie that has got to be the hottest thing I've ever read. I definitely look forward to those parts.

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can't wait to find out what the clincher knock out will be.... and what is up with their sons?

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only four more to go and things are heating up.... Ella may be pregnant... what is up with JJ and Gathan? this was one of those calm before the storm chapters and i loved it hahahaha  where is the news story of Brian's death?? hahaha

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great boardroom battle hahaha maybe a little anticlimactic, but then you worked up to a couple big climaxes at the end though. i really hope there is another book coming in this series because it simply MUST continue.

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What a hot way to end that great chapter. I have major wood now.

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Mark you are an effing TEASE! Talk about a cliffhanger... the whole chapter was one.... great job!

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These games are becoming more and more devious. I love every chapter! I am curious though as to just how many are left.

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wooohooo  i wonder what Alexandria has on old man Pfinster? hahaha the wheels keep turning. wil Brad get back in time? Is JJ really gay? Is he after Gathan? Is Darius gonna get with Ella over break? Who is Wil going to hook up with? Will their sex tape get out? So many thing to find out.... stay tuned kiddies hahahah great job once again.

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For once I can't wait for a Monday, too bad its a fictional Monday! I really can't wait to see how Omega handles what Brad is getting ready to launch!

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more, more, more... hahaha great chapter.

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Awesome Chapter!  I liked that Robbie got a little vengence.  I'm also glad that he was able to hold his own, afterall there's not much cause for brawling skills in Hollywood unless you're a stuntman.  And the fight was written really well, like you could see it happening.  Again great job

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Woo hoo! I love fights. Fred deserved what he got, though I wouldn't have minded the cop killing him.

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This is a doozie!  

Fast paced, riveting and confrontational.  It ends with Stef diffusing the situation between Brad
and J.P. in his famous style.   I loved every word of it.  Oh, and there is a reference to a little potential
kink as well that acts as a bridge between two different scenes.  Neat!

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I love that way you make the whole thing so real. It is refreshing to read something that makes homosexuality normal almost included as a textural conext to enhance the depth of a character or illuminate the connection between characters. Although I love to read the description sex action it is such an integral part of the story and character development it is not the focus. I would be just as engaged in these stories without them, although I may not stay up for 8 hours at a stretch reading a single book hahahaha. Good job and I hope to see many more stories from you in the future.  P.S. I think that JP will appreciate Brad's creativity with Brian since JP would have had him killed outright or done it himself. He has a ruthless past!

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Loving the way you made for Elizabeth to get out of Alexandra's clutches.  I am wondering how JP will feel when Brian probably gets offed, even though he has done it to several people through the years when they have hurt his family.

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and so it begins... beautiful!  can't wait for more...

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I was expecting the calvery to arrive - not necessarily this quickly - but never did I imagine that the calvery would be none other than Lark.  Too too much.  lmao

I must admit Brad's plan to set up Brian is sheer poetry after what he tried to do.  What I'm really concerned about is his (Brad's) relationship with JP.  We'll see, I guess.

Excellent chapter, Mark!!

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HAHAHAHA Absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!! Loved this chapter.... wanted it to keep on going too..and I am even more eager to see what Elizabeth comes up with and to kill off Brian as well... this karma thing is wonderful!

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I read this chapter and must admit I found it riveting and nasty.   Brad is a bit, but just a bit more vindictive than I thought.  I  always believed he could play hard ball, but his plans for Brian to take the blame for the leaked video, knowing the probable outcome is truly consistent with the adage:  "Payback [revenge or vengance] is a  dish best served cold."  This is as coldly calculating payback as ever described.  JP will be more than a little uncomfortable.

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That was such a wicked chapter. I love every minute of it. I can't wait to see Alexandra and Brian buried literally and/or figuratively.

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Sorry this is for ch62 but I realized after that you can only add one review and it doesn't let you edit it. Anyway, I had another idea... perhaps the threat of Brad acknowledging publicly who his father is would be enough to make her back off since it would ruin her in Washington. Someone like her would have lots of enemies just waiting to pounce and hasten her demise... maybe akll he has to do is show the first slight crack for the pariah to attack hahahahahahaha.  Just another thought and BTW do I have to say how much I love this whole series... and all your others? hahaha

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I really enjoyed this twist. I love where Brad and Robbie are right now. I wonder how Brad and/or Wade will get his mother out of the clutches of Alexandria. Perhaps her grandfather on her mother's side was a Nazi doctor war criminal.... I know you will be creative... or perhaps she has no skeletons and they beat her the old fashioned way - by getting the goods on or influencing the politicians. Perhaps Brad finds a copy of his father's wishes in that box of items and it gives him the right to sue his father's estate and get a big chunk of her assets.... possibly enough so that things start to fall apart with the bad dot com deals. Oh well... just thinking....

Talk about the proverbial monkey wrench! It seems that Alexandria's evil is limitless. Someone has got to find her skeletons, of which she probably has many.

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Love your work.  I panicked on your other site when this story ended at Chapter 51.  I searched until I found it here.  I knew there had to more and you have not disappointed.

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I've been reading the CAPs series forever and finally have decided to stop lurking for a bit and say how much I'm enjoying it. I love the characters, they're fun, over the top and real at the same time. The wedding was perfect and sentimental but Brad and Robbie deserve much goodness especially to make up for the madness you put them through in the earlier chapters of Millenium.

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There are not enough superlatives to describe this chapter!  I really enjoyed it.

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Great chapter, Mark. It brought a smile to my face.

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Excellent dialogue in this chapter - the one liners you come up with, well they always crack me up.  Steph's Walmart crack was particularly funny.  Everytime Steph and Claire are in the same room, I know there's going to be fireworks.

Sometimes I think JP is just a bag of secrets and he's so miserly with them - he lets them out only when he perceives some danger approaching...he would make a great Secretary of State.

Super chapter, Mark!!

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Ch 60 Awesome!  I loved the interaction between Brad and Isadore.I also really like how you show that Brad and Robbie are learning to interact on a different level.  They've learned to reign in the first response and look at the situation before reacting.  It's like they are learning how deal with each other's "adult" self.Great job Mark!

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Great to see a "new generation/branch of family" join then ongoing story.  I'm in the process or re-reading CAP stories from the start just because I love the whole series so much.Thanks Mark!

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Loved this chapter!

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This is a good transition chapter. The last couple of chapters were quite heavy, emotionally speaking of course. This chapter was a lot more fun even with all the speeches.

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One of the best chapters in this story.....

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Hah, nope your cherry was all mine man.   Look at Be-Rad! lol

Anyway.... I always wondered when memories of his mother would came back to Brad and they did in vivid detail. On the flip side his view of his 'bio father' has changed considerably which is the positive to come out of this. With what Jordan gave him as well he at least has something physical as well as mental to remember him by.

Excellent as always Mark.

That was a good chapter, very touching. I couldn't help but shed a tear or two.

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