Holy WOWS Mirage. Okay okay okay!!!

I love that Jarod was watching her the entire time and that she kept saying his name first as if to caution him but then all of that bite going out of her voice and then just panting. Got to go change my panties for now. Wow. MORE!

So... Mirage, you have outdone yourself again. Let me start by saying I'm not  THAT Michael so you can stay relaxed and all.. I read another review and I got curious but anyway I'm not an actor and never have been..Someone on twitter found my twitter and asked me if the reviewer named.. well I would never want to freak you out by pretending to be that Michael.

With that out of the way....

I love this story and that Miss Parker shows Jarod her pain. That last line hurt Jarod. He won't recover for a long time. You characters are perfect. The characters we already know are perfect. Over all this is a solid chapter and Pretender calibre and can't get better. More please? Please don't stay away so long next time.

Until next time..

Mirage thank you for writing and sharing your talent with us. You're keeping these characters alive and it means so much to me. I love this story, the clarity with which you write, and how in character the characters are. Thank you.

There you ARE! I love this. I love Jarod's "what I mean is what the hell do you mean Jarod' lol.  Parker plays this out well, giving a calm face and she must be going a little crazy inside but doesn't show that until she's alone with Jarod again. She's loyal to her children and will do the thing that makes them happy and that is the best for them even if it hurts her and means having to include Jarod who really shouldn't have vanished the way he did. Her confession that she never fought him or he would have been in a cage is why she's having such a hard time. I love his reaction to learning that she could have cornered him when he returned to Scotland to chase the lead on his mother... and that's so plausible in the direction the show could take after Carthis.

Thank you so much for keeping these characters alive and relevant and in a way that makes sense. I will be grateful always.

Welcome back Mirage! You have been sorely missed! But this was worth the wait! I've said before how well  I feel you flesh out Jarod and Miss Parker. It's also true of the characters you have created.

It's hilarious how much like Miss Parker Eli is. 'He is right here!' That was great! Eli is like a combination of both of them. This was a great chapter. Nice father and son moments. Eli seems more mature than either of his parents!

Thank you as always for both updating and creating Pretender stories. You are basically the only one keeping Miss Parker and Jarod 'alive'. I'm very grateful for that!

Always a pleasure to read you Mirage. I've spent the evening with this story and I'm in love with it. I think it's telling that Jarod understands that he repulses Paker but I think he knows she's attracted in some ways or attracted to him at least when she isn't aware it's him, attracted to what he can do for her. They seem to mutually acknowledge that he can give her what she really wants but she's too repulsed by him to allow herself the satisfaction that he can give her. It's such a paradox and it's not fair and it's in keeping with canon but I sense a change and whether I'm right or wrong I look forward to what comes next. The story and your writing are so intriguing. More please?

Beautiful prose and so so eloquent. You amaze me. Your voice is strong and you know these characters and where to place them to perfection. I'm eternally grateful Mirage.

Bravo bravo! Always impressive, always exquisite. I was concerned when you didn't update within the week of the previous chapter. I saw nothing on twitter to indicate you had updated today or yesterday and feared you'd left us. I hope you weren't mad about last chapter's twitter frenzy. People enjoy reading and this is a hyperfan fandom. We made the creators give us two moveies.  We need to make them give us another 2 movies. Be proud and feel accomplished. I'm ecstatic that you've returned and I hope you're well. This was another excellent chapter, small but filled with meaning. You leave me craving more. I hope you will continue. Until next Mirage. Ciao.

Ooh.. I feel so hard for everyone in this one. It's hard. I can see her drinking heavily like this... she did when she learned her mother's body was missing from the coffin. I love that Stella gives Parker a mental health day to cure that hangover and cry it all out. It did her good. She was able to meet Jarod hours later in the AM hours ... still hungover though? Because Jarod could tell she was ill. I love how they didn't care about the almost nudity and that Parker is entering and leaving his life like he once did to her. Showing up and vanishing. You're brilliant and your fiction is addicting as fuck. They are more in character than I've ever seen them and real enough to touch. Thanks for writing, for continuing to update for this poor little fandom. You keep resuscitating it. Please don't let it die. Please. More?

Impressive Mirage. The internal war that Parker is holding within herself is reminiscent of what we see during the tv series and therefore plausible. You write these characters and define them exquisitely making them more real than they've ever been. In true Jarod fashion he remains candid, telling her that any apology would be dishonest. He's not sorry that he was able to provide her with the thing she sought. He gave her some enjoyment dancing with her. I don't think the twenty and thirty year olds would be attuned to her the way he is.

He also bluntly explains his pain to her, that she disappeared first. He leaves her with food for thought, getting in the last word as he did so many times during the series letting his emotions be known but not being unkind to her. It is painful that they are so obviously attracted to each other, that he knows what she wants. He can please her but she is so repulsed by him through not fault of his own because a part of him was stolen by the Centre and used to hurt her. It's a sort of paradox that is in line with the orginal story. She was attracted on the tv series but confused by her father's lies. It continues. The Pretender Still Lives. I thank you for that.

You already know you're amazing so ... what is there to say? I love it. Just when I think you can't shock me or get any better you do this. Bowing to you. I need more.

That last line. Mirage. You just get better and I keep wanting more and more. I love every word of this. I love the way Jarod turns it around. She left him first. He never ordered her out of his sight afterwards either. Cries! He still wants to believe her promise. I'm so devastated. Shout out to twitter readers. I'd never know you updated if they hadn't gone nutty with the tweets. Don't get too mad at them. ;) Keep updating please. I understand if life gets busy. You don't have to go fast but please don't stop.

I wish 'the Pretender' still existed as a TV show and that you were the head writer. Steven and Craig have failed to give us an ending but it doesn't matter because YOU are keeping the characters alive.

I love the way they dance around each other in this. They've been connected to each other since childhood and remain so like it or not.

I've stated this before but I really do appreciate how you write. Miss Parker and Jarod seem so real in your stories. So vivid. So complex. 

Thank you for updating so quickly!