In Pieces.
I love how we get right into it with doubt being cast and just like on the tv series Parker and Sydney wonder if Jarod has snapped. THey thought he was addicted to drugs again in the Junkie episode and are quick to believe the worst so that was in keeping with what we know.
I love this chapter so much.
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I don't know how you do it so magnificently and really pull me in and not let go. So addicting. I love how in character they are all and the same intensity from tv.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Oompff!
That's all I can say.
Can't get enough.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Ompffffff! Jarod is so ... yummy Jarod. Parker is Parker. I love that I can SEE the characters and what they are doing. Really action packed and fast paced and I love it.
Reviewer: Jana Signed I keep worrying that something bad will happen, something more. I hope Parker will let Jarod love her. On the tv series she is clearly so afraid of him and a relationship with him. That gun always there. When he grabbed her hand in IOTH ni that car at the airport in Scotland she looked so terrified and shook.. and she cried some too. I can't wait!
Reviewer: Jana Signed I need more and more. I don't want to finish this because then it will be over. :( I love this so much. It's so exactly what I wanted.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Ohhhh. Parker is so bad ass and still it's a facade. Just like the tv series. I love this story so much. Your writing and style is amazing.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Parker is becoming what she once ridiculed. Minivans. I love that. I always thought she could be taken down a notch from the superior feelings. She didn't mean it. She's really afraid and vulnerable and uses the gun because she's afraid. You capture it all perfectly.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Look at you bringing the happy ending home.. or happyish. I'm glad they didn't have sex. I love smut don't get me wrong but I love this. I see that the readers were pushing this one along. I wonder how many emails you received, so you gave readers what they wanted all along. I think that's sweet of you. I also am glad that you do what you have to do now and let the story write itself. Trying to please everyone must have been hard for you. It sounds impossible to do that. You handled it all with grace and pleasantness. Bless you. Thank you for this beautiful story. It's amazing.
Reviewer: Jana Signed ...
Oh my god. Beautiful. I'm speechless.
Reviewer: Jana Signed If you have a minute to spare, go for it.
Oohh it was ice cream!! I thought.. other. I love this. Awesome.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Sequel to Simple Pleasures. Parker is lured away from the Centre "Fun House" and soon finds herself trapped in Jarod's literal Fun House nestled away inside a cozy county fair, no it's not what you think. (Or at least I don't think it is) Mr. Parker's body is found, Lyle is arrested along the way and... blah, who cares?
Ooh. This IS everything. I love how Miss P handled that. Manipulative but I don't blame her. She is scared and not ready and I think that is exactly like she is on the tv series. She even cried a little pulling her hand from his.. after being really shook by him grabbing her hand. SHe's so scared on the tv. Perfectly written.
Reviewer: Jana Signed A sequel to FUN HOUSE and SIMPLE PLEASURES. You don't have to read either of those to get the gist of this.
Oh yeah, you know what you're doing. You do it brilliantly.
Reviewer: Jana Signed You gave us some sweetness in the darkness and wow, you are so versatile. I love it.
Reviewer: Jana Signed Twelve years after Carthis, the death of a dear friend reunites predator and prey. *If adultery bothers you, click elsewhere or prepare to be bothered.
I do feel sorry for Zoe. She wasn't likeable at all on the tv series but your prespective casts her in a different light. She never really knew Jarod and still doesn't and that's his fault. He pursued her but never let her in, just really was stringing her along on the series and cannonically you continued that and I respect you for not straying from what we already know to be true.
Can I just say that I love how you just tackle this topic. Some authors dance around it. Even on the tv series the word used was "attack" never rape. You yank away the stigma and call it by it's name and we need more of this kind of conversation. You aren't afraid of honesty.
I could always see Jarod raping her. It's what I really expecting to happen every time a new season came out. I don't know how to explain why. He abused sooo many positions of authority and crossed sooo many lines and always justified it and even fans justified it.
Like a roach he crept into Miss Parker's house while she slept and tampered with her gun. I don't care what his intentions were either. There's a power balance. He's a genius, a pretender, and she is not. I thought IOTH would be the tipping over point. He said, "we're alone now" and I was like oh shit here we go.
This is one of the most plausible pieces of literature I've ever read. Thank you for writing it.
Reviewer: Jana Signed I do feel sorry for Zoe. She wasn't likeable at all on the tv series but your prespective casts her in a different light. She never really knew Jarod and still doesn't and that's his fault. He pursued her but never let her in, just really was stringing her along on the series and cannonically you continued that and I respect you for not straying from what we already know to be true.
Can I just say that I love how you just tackle this topic. Some authors dance around it. Even on the tv series the word used was "attack" never rape. You yank away the stigma and call it by it's name and we need more of this kind of conversation. You aren't afraid of honesty.
I could always see Jarod raping her. It's what I really expecting to happen every time a new season came out. I don't know how to explain why. He abused sooo many positions of authority and crossed sooo many lines and always justified it and even fans justified it.
Like a roach he crept into Miss Parker's house while she slept and tampered with her gun. I don't care what his intentions were either. There's a power balance. He's a genius, a pretender, and she is not. I thought IOTH would be the tipping over point. He said, "we're alone now" and I was like oh shit here we go.
This is one of the most plausible pieces of literature I've ever read. Thank you for writing it.
Reviewer: Jana Signed The nature of their relationship, the ways Jarod has already manipulated her back in the tv series is part of what lends plausibility to this story. Jarod being able to get away with it and continue being abusive is another layer. This needed to be written for so many reasons.
The self blame and shame Miss Parker is dealing with is being exploited by Jarod. He knows this. He's been a therapist he knows this It's all s part of the manitand control. He's violated a person's bodily integrity and autonomy before on numerous occasions, one being stealing a man's kidney. This is what Jarod does. This could easily happen.
Kudos to you for writing it!
Reviewer: Jana Signed Always with that knife twist Mirage.
I've worked with so many domestic violence victims and personally have seen abuse get this out of control. It's so plausible. Jarod is so dangerous.. He's has his trauma and I've always thought he was resentful and angry at Miss Parker on the TV series . He did enjoy tormenting her. He really terrorized so many people.
This really resonates
Reviewer: Jana Signed I heard this was a kind of experiment, a social experiment maybe. Whatever the reason you wrote it I'm thankful you did. Rape is a horrible crime with horrible consequences and you demonstrate that. I think sone fans try to justify Jarod no matter what he does. I like how you stayed true to the story and tv series and didn't let pleas for happy endings get in your way. You are wise. You know there can't be a happy ending when rape is involved. He broke trust. He hurt her. He took pleasure in doing it too.
Well done on transitions and characters too
Reviewer: Jana Signed Ummm did readers seriously ever believe a happy ending would be born out of a story titled "circles of hell" with your added words "twisted tale of despair"????? Do people not read the room?? lol.I know there are stories where Jarod rapes Parker and she pursues him!! This already obviously wasn't going to be that kind of story. This is more realistic. The only reason a rape victim would pursue a rapist is to kill him. I don't usually go in for rape stories but this needed to be written and it's honest. I don't mind graphic content as long as the story is honest and authentic. Yours is.
Reviewer: Jana Signed More honesty and authenticity. Jarod seems really sorry now. Parker still doesn't want him in her life or daughter's life. Why should she? Sorry fixes nothing, undoes nothing. I love that she still doesn't forgive. That's her right.
This is a gorgeous story
Reviewer: Jana Signed She still doesn't want anything to do with him. She doesn't want his money. This is exactly what someone in the situation would do
Jarod needing to get drunk to confess his sins means he isn't sorry at all . The lack of remorse is what leads to more dysfunction. I've been paying attention. Bravo!
Reviewer: Jana Signed I went ahead and slid out of my chair and onto the floor when I read your note/warning. Great decision. Jarod a priest. I would have hurt myself falling in the floor if I hadn't heeded the words.
Hell of a twist!
I love it!!
Reviewer: Jana Signed Ahhhhhh your descriptive work always stuns me and makes me catch my breath.
It's so plausible, so in character. I just can't!!!
I love you!!!!!!!
Reviewer: Jana Signed This!!! Parker is afraid, maybe even unconsciously of Jarod and so afraid that she'd marry AGAIN to hide from Jarod to make it harder for him to have access to her. I love Nicholas for standing up to Jarod. Oomphf! The reason Parker doesn't want to look at Jarod is he's a rapist but Jarod leaves out that detail. Again you demonstrate his manipulations and cruelties.
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