Your descriptive work is pretty freaking amazing actually Mirage. You paint me a portrait of the properties and.. wow. It's impressive as hell.  Miss Parker was right. Jarod was wrong. For some reason I like that. He's like NEVER wrong during the series and it was getting a little irritating. You keep it real.

I'm not logging in right now. I am always so excited to see a new update from you. I just want to thank you so much Mirage for keeping true to the characters. Many authors convey my own namesake as themselves and give Miss Parker their actions and reactions and make Miss Parker act and think and say what they would. You've never done that. She's indifferent and supposedly unbothered by Jarod and his overwhelming presence...that's who she is! Miss Parker would never fangirl over him. She might feel it and act like she doesn't but she plays cool. Like with Thomas...she didn't drool over him and she wanted him. She snapped at Broots to get that background check because she wanted Thomas but she played it cool and confident. Thank you for staying true to her and Jarod and all of these characters I love dearly. It's been a pleasure to read you. You write exceptionally well too and very clear. I did have to reread because the chapters are few and far between but I enjoyed the reread. I could read you forever. I hope I will. Please don't stop writing for us. I know you're busy writing and ghostwriting but please don't leave us. Congrats ie, etc and good luck.

Wow. This isn't going the way I thought it would. I'm glad it didn't. You always surprise me with a twist or a hundred. I love the way you got them here. Ive been a Pretender fan from the word go and am a long time reader of fanfic. I love the way you write them, how true you are to the characters and the story. I wasn't happy with the novels comics merchandising as they are a retelling of the dvds and an inferior one. I'm glad you haven't sold out. I'm glad you write the universe I know and love. Thank you thank you thank you thank you. Please continue.

I see I haven't reviewed in a couple chapters. Sorry about that. Its getting a little confusing for me. I may have to re-read from the beginning. In one chapter Jarod and Rachel had separate rooms and in another they are f-ing like bunnies.

Plus the missing for six years, back to save JR, then part of the Triumvirate, to workings for the F.B.I. I'm finding hard to follow. Miss Parker needs to kick his ass though. Not to mention Rachel's.

Thanks for updating. I've said it before but I truly believe it,  you write MP and J keeping true to the spirit of the series. If Steve and Craig aren't going to bring them back I am relying on you.

I know you aren't a MP/J shipper but it seems like your muse is. Maybe not in this story. Yet...

Solid chapter Mirage. I think you're warming to Jarod after all these years. You certainly took your time dear. Miss Parker is still giving him the cold shoulder but I have a feeling that will work itself out. She's hurt right now and mourning her father.

I appreciate your descriptive work, and not only in regards to the gardens but the human landscape as well. You dive right in to tragedy and hold nothing back. I think you presented a realistic look inside abduction. I consider myself stable and slow to become emotional. I felt like I was in the home with those parents. I had tears in my eyes.

What will stand out most aside from Joana's instability is Jarod's desire to hug his sister in the middle of all that turmoil. That brought on the waterworks and a big grin. I heard grown men don't cry. People who say that haven't read your work. I'd love to read more of you. As always Mirage.

I'm going to properly review this but now I just want to give props for this chapter. Girlfriend, you don't like Jarod? Most people can see he's sexy. I wonder if you sense what you're dealing with here in him or if you feel nothing because I'm like Michael's costar was on Jeffrey always like 'oh my god there HE is', mouth hanging open and in awe and I'm curious how you react. You've actually seen Michael in real life. Were you like 'omg'? Did you stop and stare, feel anything? Please tell me you didn't throw up? lol  Did you realize at the time that many women would have traded places with you and probably asked him to bed? Did sex cross your mind at all?!! lol Once in a lifetime opportunity Mirage. You could have claimed it was research for your fiction? Think about it?! Not that you need to research. You nailed it honey. Anyhoo! Very profound the way you illustrated his similarities to the Triumvirate and his ability to split himself ie be concerned for Parker's feelings while preying on her feelings. He's a gorgeous pyschopath, inn't he?! You reveal his darkness without a physical action ie he doesn't have to be physically or sexually abusive not that I'd have a problem reading abuse. It's been a while since Circles and Forces. Just putting that out there. Your wording showed tact. There are too many quotables to mention. Thank you for continuing to write Mirage. Thank you a million babes. Welcome back!