Oh, what a gift for the senses and for the fandom. Parker's internal dialogue is all so fresh and in character. Pulling a U-ey, moisture damage when she couldn't find the bathroom lol 😂 I love it. We've all been there! Jarod's family making him search Parker's bag sounds about right actually and I can understand the frustration Jarod and Parker must feel knowing she's innocent but I also don't blame his family. Parker thinking Jarod's  associate =lover but it was really his mom. So many brilliant details. I love this story, your writing voice, the narration, your story telling all of it. I could read you forever. Please continue.

Amazing work as always Mirage. You are brilliant. I love the characters are you really do them justice. Please never stop writing for us.

...and OK I get it... what you said in the last response to review.

YES!! Thank you for this! Please keep going.

EPIC! I love this chapter. OMG the library. "Contentious ghost and secret passage" and then boom Jarod has secret passages. OMG!! Gothic trifecta achieved. I love it. Damn, girl, you rule. Glad to see you back again too. So much to love. Thank you so much for updating this.

Exquisite. You continue to out-do yourself. Appointment in Samarra feels. Very very Miss Parkeresque, like all of her other thoughts. She's come close to losing Broots already with his health issues that are related to working for the Centre. I too want to see him get out of the mess alive. It's probable that there would be a time that this would happen, and cannon because in the past she's been protective of Broots. The closeness Jarod and Parker shared wasn't expected. You're not a shipper but you also know the chemistry and cannon. She's important to his world and they both had some flashbacks of kissing each other during the television series and they did almost kiss in Carthis. Actually I think they did kiss and Ocee walked in and we weren't allowed to see that they kissed. All of that mouth wiping of Jarod's makes me wonder. Apothecary and card catalog ahhh a woman after my own heart. I can smell that library. Books. Lightly scented oak from pervious fire place fires. Pancakes. You caress all of the senses including auditory with Bach. The feel of books. Records. Polished wood. Jarod's gothic trifecta achieved was brilliant. A real stroke of genius. He's restoring an observatory, and he's rather observant. I think he meant "first step" exactly the way Parker thought he did and I think she probably had to conceal the alarm. Your writing is transportive, illustrative. It feels like I'm there. If Parker COULD could allow things to happen, one first kiss as adults, take that first step there's no telling where it'll take them. We all want it.

Your response to my previous review and check in was really vague, Mirage. "Priorities that could't be back-burnered." You're not actually Miss Parker, are you? That sounds like some quick stock reply. As a matter of face you replied to another reviewer with that same reply. I hope you're really well and taking care of yourself. Until next time.

Ciao!

Welcome back 🙂 we've missed you! I love your wording "guilt sickness" which is a thing and Parker saying "fuck these appointment in Samarra feels" worry that Broots will suffer no matter what.. he is her idiot like she said on the DVDs and she loves and protects him and I love that dynamic and that you explore it. More please!

Yay!! You're here. Girl, I was worried 😫! We've lost so many of our Pretend family and.. 

I'm so grateful for the update and you're ok.

I love love love the action. Jarod piloting the plane and flying Parker and himself to another lair to the groundwork and ohh another almost almost almost-kiss or a moment at least. My Jarod-Parker shipping heart beats for this! I love the details of the architecture and omg Jarod in the restoration hobby..like Thomas. "first step can be tricky" and Parker's reaction and Jarod clarifying the literal steps. What did Parker think he was talking about?! We all know. The same thing I was thinking. Your characterizations, transition work, and detail work is phenomenal as is your storytelling and and grammar. I wish I could give you more 🤩! Thank you for this!

I love this so much 💞! Uhh huh. I don't know where you are or why your Twitter no longer exists or what has happened but I hope you're alright and I hope you will come back. At least say you're alright please.... 😭 😢

OMG where are you? Are you ok? You have to be ok. And you have to show your selfies with Michael T. Weiss.. the ones I have a feeling that you have taken with him but won't talk about? Are you embarrased about it or something? Like.. you didn't try to kiss him or anything did you? Because I AM THE ONE who does things like that. SO if you did it's cool. No s hame in my game. Even if you like just did it now... now when he's old. SO um anyway. If you got selfies show me. I will email now and email you every day until you come back. Please. I love this and all of your stories.. even the holiday one .. and by now everyone should I hate holidays that were hijacked by christians and renamed.  Please. I miss you. I miss your writing.

I'd share you on Twitter but I've left that cesspool of racism and sexism. This is so worth of sharing. You broke from the pack right at the beginning and always went against the grain and it's no sure you're still crushing it and taking directions I've never even imagined. I'm glad you're imagining these directions and writing them and so grateful to you for sharing them with me. Much love to you!

Oh, can't wait for more of this. It's lightning fast and brilliant.

I can never get enough of your writing.