You have been so missed.

Your writing is totally exquisite. I just can't even... the way you open and close the chapter. Transition. Descriptive work. Expressions. Mannerisms. Dialog. Charaterisations. Story telling. Grammar. You have got it all. It's so mind blowing. I can never get enough. I need more.

Ahhhhh ok wow. The beginning. What a shippery feels beginning. They are so sweet together. It's perfect. Jarod is a doctor? OMG! Parker calls him out for that and for all of the other sketchy shit he did and I love it and she also is reasonable when he tells her the truth that he watched and listened but only in the Centre, which is fair. SHe was chasing. When she stopped he worried. Thank you for mentioning unspoken arrangements. I always thougth they had somethign between them they never discussed. Parker is still evading him hella mucho here.Things are still unfinished. I've got faith you'll finish it. I love Parker's gentle snark, slightly saltiness, the "astute observation you must be a genius", the "traitor", the "aww honey you shouldn't have." The end is packaged as beautiful and bookends the perfection. Jarod saying "no, I don't believe me either" after Parker leaves. She leaves because she's hurt that he said that "not soon enough" wasn't the correct answer for them. She still has feelings. She told him that when she basically said time flew by really and that means nothing changed for her. The way they talked about the places they were going to see was heartwrenching. The longing sorrow looks...oh, Mirage. You take my breath away with the beauty, pain, love, and tragedy. I need more. Now.

Wow I'm blown away by your writing. I love all of Parker's internal dialog. My GOD you capture her and all of these characters brilliantly and your descriptive work is stunning. I can see everything and everyone. You keep me coming back. I'm stoked that Lyle is getting some help even if it's not what he thinks of as help. I will read this chapter again and again. It's all beautiful and amazingly well written. Please don't ever stop writing. More!!!

So... the art? The way you talk about art? Is that part related to a certain actor's art? I'm really curious.

You ARE an author. When I'd rather read your fanfic and pay you $$$s for it than read the official novels... there is no doubt that you're an author. I crave the next part already. Thanks for sharing and congratulations!

I love the visual descriptive work and.. everything else. Amazed. I'm so amazed. More please?

I'm in love with your writing. You built the tension and horror up in this chapter and the anxieties and guilt Parker was already feeling would be made so much worse by the silence of that building and the art was evoking emotions, too, and then Lyle added to all of that by talking about Jarod watching and it's common knowledge to all fans that Jarod stalked her, followed her, watched her on the tv series and then he knew she didn't want the police involved in this story and also on tv and that's why she went to get LYle out of hospital in this novel and then later Jarod even told her he had camera inside the Centre because she had stopped chasing him. I think it would be unnerving and really uncomfortable to feel like you're being watched. ON top of all those emotions Lyle began pleading with her for help and crying. I think her tears are called for. She's really vulnerable also after nearly losing Sydney and with Jarod being in her life again and also after learning about the aversion therapy and torture she went through. She probably thought she could save Ray too but Lyle killed him and it's so much pain and so many different emotions. I think she still loves Jarod anyway probably. It's so hard for them always. It's so emotional and vivid. I could read you forever. Please keep wrriting.

Bravo! It's always beautiful to see that you've updated. I never know what you'll do and as always I'm surprised.

Miss Parker turning to Jarod and telling him to deal with the doctor is the most Miss Parker thing ever or since the last Miss Parker thing she did in one of your pieces. There's a comradery there whether you and Miss Parker want to admit or not Mirage and you know that obviously.

Jarod is typical Jarod here and you always excel with characterizations so this is no different. Miss Parker chooses to tag along but he also knows enough about her mind to know that she would wish she had asked where he was going prior to tagging along.

Love Lyle or hate him or feel indifferent like you but he's right about prisons and he's right that cops get trigger happy. I love that Jarod actually wants to do right by Lyle finally and it's a moment of grace really that I didn't see coming ever. Jarod had opportunities to do this on our televisions and that would have been perfect justification for him staying close to Blue Cove, more than he didn't to "kill the drama" as Parker said once on the tv series. Instead it seems like he played God with Miss Parker's life. I think she would need the encouragement to comfort Lyle. My heart swelled when she apologized to her brother for what she was doing and the scene is she and Jarod holding a recently sedated Lyle down so it's traumatic for her and Lyle, especially when she knows that she was probably treated the same by Raines during the aversion torture therapies.

Thank you for the beautiful update and keeping this series alive.

It's not easy to be patient. I wish you well and quick writing Mirage. Until next time

Ciao!

Lyle has been through hell. He's done bad sh!t but bad sh!t was done to him and that's why. This is probably why Jarod never killed Lyle or never had Lyle arrested, why he never took down Lyle the way he did other baddies. If Lyle was so bad Jarod should have done something about him. Thanks for updating and being you.

From the top.... Jarod's happiness to be outside of the hospital is way to reminiscent of everyone in the world wanting to be outside again and dining out during the pandemic...and it's still not over but we know to wear masks and be vaccinated and safely distance and still be out now. But I swear.. ughh Mirage I felt that. I felt that so hard. Parker's inability to leave Sydney is appropriate. She feels responsible...mostly becausee Jarod made her feel responsible and that means she values his opinion more than Jarod could have known. It feels ...not over between them. I think it's understandable that Jarod would be surprisee to learn that he had been sharing Sydney, Nicholas, and the family with Parker... ahhh I love how write and story tell. I love the word placement, the word choice, the complexities involved. I never liked Lyle, always thought he was completely evil and impossible to redeem. Now I'm asking myself why. Chapters back you reminded us that Jarod led Ethan and Kyle to redemption and that Parker was in a position to pretend to kill Jacob convincingly. Lyle had to make tougher choices. Lyle was taken at brith, never knew love, never was nurtured and never had a Sydney to pick up the slack and nurture. Ethan seemed to have a good foster family, so good that they were killed. Kyle had his parents for a while too just like Jarod. But Lyle had none of that. This is more than a sympathy for the devil plot you've written. Lyle isn't the devil. Raines is if anyone is. Lyle isn't evil. Lyle wasn't cared for and that can have bad results and it's not his fault. He wasn't raised to know what was right or wrong. He was influenced and raised by Raines and crappy insane and abusive foster parents who tortured him and taught that if wanted acceptance he had to kill and do what Raines said. This is why I can't call your work fanfic. It's so much more. You're writing fiction and I don't know want led you here  but I'm grateful that you're here. You really made me think and rethink my feelings toward Lyle. I was prejudiced and quick to label him bad. It's not his fault if he is bad. What can be done for that though? Will he be rehabiliated somehow? Was Sydney helping him? Because Lyle seems to realize his mistakes and doesn't want Jarod's pity. It's like he knew he was bad and thinks he needs to die now because of it. Will Lyle be mad that Parker distracted him so Jarod could inject him? I love the exploration and I want you to keep it up and explore even more. I wish your works would be in television format. You should be writing the official novels definitely. I wonder if Jarod and Parker will patch things up now. I'm so full of anticipation to know what will happen next. I'll patiently wait. Thank you a million for writing and sharing.

Thank you so much for posting and I gotta say this chapter is so worth the wait. It's been a real pleasure Mirage. More of this please.

Awesome. I can't get enough Mirage.

Top notch writing always.