Title: Chapter 1: I
Thank GOD you're back! This was just... I have no words. Beyond amazing.
When Parker says 'your mother believes you're dead' and Jarod replies 'she isn't wrong' I nearly died for him. I thought at first that Cox had infected him with HIV or something like that and he was dying. But he was talking about what rape does to a person. It kills something inside.
It's a sensitive topic rape is and you always bring the facts to life. What Parker says and does for Jarod is what every victim needs to hear. I don't know how you know all of that, how you knew to have her say what he needed to hear but you knew and I love you for writing respectfully about this topic. And you did it despite not being a Jarod fan or a follower of Michael's work or whatever. Parker knew she couldn't let him leave. She pulled a Jarod on him really, did what Jarod does.
What is really poignant and profound is that he'd had just enough strength left in him to try to save her. He wanted to save someone and thought it should be her because she can't talk about Luc still. He used it all up trying to save her if I'm not mistaken here. Had he gone to help anyone else in 'savior mode' he might have died 'drowned' doing it. But because it was Parker, she saw and she's trying to save him. Oh god. You're not a shipper?!
It is heartbreaking and beautiful.
If you were writing the novels I'd buy them and that's all I'll say because I don't want you to be pissed at me. I'm not insulting the creators. I'm telling the truth and trying to help sales.
More please?
Author's Response: Hi, yeah, I'll admit that I'm not always a Jarod fan; he was a little bit too much sometimes.
No, I'm not a shipper. This was two people who love each other, two people showing up for each other, and finally resolving decades of trauma, distrust, hate, etc, etc, and finding a way back to the friendship that had been stolen from them.
Thank you for reading and the entirely too generous review.
Reviewer: TheDarkAngel Signed
Date: 05/08/17