Yep. Faye IS a bitch. I love your original characters as they are so true and real to life. "someone else you mean."

"I'm perfectly capable of saying precisely what I mean." She ain't having none of his mansplaining. Love it. But it's so good between them when he takes it down a notch and comes to her with heartfelt concern. I love the conclusion. Love it so much Mirage. More please?!!!

I love the verbal volley, so like the televised series that it gives me chills. "yes, his penis accidentally...." lol I'm laughing like a maniac over here.

Oh Mirage it's so lovely to have you back and a hell of a ride this one is already. I was reading along thinking Jarod was dead and then ...no. It's so like you to kill Jarod and so I was convinced he was a goner lol. He has a way doesn't he because at the end of chapter 4 he's saying "don't do this for me, do it for Eli" and that is classic Jarod. You know him well. Even if you don't like him well. He can be creepy sometimes.. I recall another of your wonderful novels where you described his conversation with Miss Parker and how she was feeling while he interrogated her and it was something like "intensines churning" and then "or a cloth being wrung out" like twisting at the ends or something anyway yeah I felt aLOT like Miss Parker when I watched some of the Pretender episodes.. he can be cringey. Risque Business was one of them.. that whole conversation with Blass and Jarod can be just...weird. You capture that perfectly. Pretender perfectly. Don't stop. I love your writing.

Didn't expect an update so soon my God Mirage you write quickly and don't lose quality. Nice flow.. oh, god there's nothing I can say here. After that chapter I can hardly think. It's amazing and I just want more. Always gracious to you for keeping these characters and the heart and soul of this show alive. It shakes me.

Uh huh yes more. So much to love here. "Faye is a bitch." Lol. How could Parker disagree with that wisdom? Out of the mouth of babes. It's true. Not many people write the children dymanic so well but you do it brilliantly. The interaction between Avery and Jarod... oh, heartwarming but not cheesy. It's a vivid scene and as much as you don't LOVE Jarod you always do right by him and you have to admit it, he's great with kids. He probably still identifies with them. Your Muses seem to know it. The flowers. Wild ones. So nice. I googled some names of flowers and thought... ahhh Mirage you have a nice eye for nature. Jarod's "does anyone own a cat" was funny, so true there. Cats own people not the other way around lol. Love it.

He was respectful of Eli as the current man of the house and waited for permission which again... such a Jarod thing to do. He doesn't do the same with Parker or adults in general much but with kids he treads carefully and I love that about him and about you for understanding Jarod so well. 

Good of Jarod to call Parker on her attempts to manipulate, "you don't have a monopoly on " wow. We know that pain and maybe fear of losing Jarod a second time is the root of her deceit... in chapter 1 or 2 there was mention that she'd survived without Jarod and built a life and she didn't think she could do it a second time. I think Jarod doesn't know the extent of damage or that's my understanding so far.

Now this honey, "You and I... we'll always be unfinished business" holy wowz Mirage. But again he's forward and candid. Painful honesty.

The ending we see him asking her not to think about his rights... he knows that she thinks he has no right even though legally he does...to consider Eli's rights.  That's Soooooo freaking like Jarod. I'd love to buy your novel. It's the only novel I'd buy. You're brilliant. Underrated talent. I hope you are writing somewhere for money. I feel guilty that this is free. The quality is superb. More please?

It keeps getting better and better Mirage. Oh, I love it. More please? I wish you were writing the novels but I'm also glad you aren't because you are free to do as you wish and have complete creative control. You do it better m'dear.

If this is going the way I hope it's going I'm going to love it more than I already do. Glad Jarod is alive. He's annoying sure but come on? Annoying is better than dead. I'm loving every word. You should be writing the Pretender novels. I'll say it again. It can't be said enough. I noticed she called him "Agent" and she did that in Nemesis too. You said it was to emotionally disconnect herself and she's doing it again huh? That has to hurt. I love Jarod's apology all the same. He's too sweet sometimes. Longer chapters would be perfect. This goes so fast. I love that there's another chapter waiting for me after this one. :) So happy. Thank you.

"her words slamming together.." oh my heart Mirage. I can see MP just trying to chill now after all that hell and turned herself into a mom and doing family stuff and trying to live and here comes Jarod like a damn tornado tearing up her life. We saw her put her face in her hands after almost kissing him at Ocee's so we know this vulnerability and sheer freak-out-by-Jarod-ness exists so yeah, that's not just plausible that's canon. She's all bad ass but Jarod can break her down like no one else ever could. He's got the wrecking ball you know? You know. Obviously you know and I love you for staying true. You probably wanted to have Miss Parker take a kitchen knife to him but you did right. Thank you. I love you for this.

WOW. Just wow. You been adding to this quickly and it's amazing. Thank you. SO nice to have you here.

Impressive as always Mirage. You often in your writing reveal dichotomies and again you've done it. Parker driving an SUV and Parker shopping with recycled shopping bags with Respect Mother Earth on them.

Parker mourning Jarod's death but in life can't even look at him knowing he's the father of her child. Loving him in death, loathing him in life.

In chapter three you went further and answered the ages old 'are you really pro-life' riddle in such a way that can be applied to real life. "The building is on fire and you save a toddler or you can save a box of embryos. What do you do?" Parker could only save the actual children, the ones who had been born and taken the breath of life. Staying pregnant under those conditions would have been a psychological burden, plus the morning sickness slowed her down, almost getting her and the children [who were considered alive, given a birth certificate, etc.] captured by the Triumvirate. She couldn't save both the embryo/fetus inside her AND the children who were living and depended upon her. Fantastic.

I do love Jarod's reaction to her reaction, his calm demeanor. Well thought out and beautifully written. It's always a pleasure. Until next time..

Thank you! Oh, God. I love that Parker took matters into her own hand regarding her health and choices and that Jarod called it like it is when it came down to what Lyle did to her. Parker is too defiant to let someone else decide whether she remains preggers or not.

Jarod always did keep it real and you may not love the guy but you're true to his character. You keep it real too.

Tight story and top notch too. You write vividly..sometimes that's scary. Her reaction to the news..I felt like I was there the whole time and damn it hurt me.

A most profound line... "Jarod tore open her scars... he should have anticipated blood"

More please?

Yas!! Oh yes. Please give me more.