You get it.. Some people don't get it,  I read somewhere that this and FON were social experiments. I know some people defend Jarod no matter what he does.

You aren't those people. I love that about you.

This is a tragic and plausible story that needed to be written.

Donald Trump came along after this to run and showed his predator side and people still defend him no matter what too. He admitted to grabbing what he wanted and women were like yeah that's what he did to me but society laughed at those women and defend donnie.
I think you understand this ...I hope I'm right. People are frustrating. If it were Lyle and not Jarod people would have been like "Lyle needs to DIE die die."

Do you think there's a bias for Jarod and against Lyle? I do. If this was a social experiment we learned that people will defend certain offenders no matter what they do....and blame victims .  A thought provoking story. That's one reason I live you. It's my favorite characters and it's philosophical, psychological, and intelligent.

I hope to read more like this from you.

Victims often get sucked back in. Jarod is charming, handsome, and has done good things. It's a cycle of abuse you're writing. That's obvious or is to me. Circles of hell , cycles. It's a theme you have her. This couldn't have been easy to write. You do seem .. don't take this wrong.. I think you may be had to make yourself kind of numb and desensitized to be able to articulate this all so well. Even if you've never been in the situation you know enough about it to include small details that only people close to that kind of situation could know.

Whatever the case is I'm glad you wrote it.

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!!!!!!!

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!

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.

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

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.

Perfect ending. The circle never ends. I love the entire story. Thank you with all my heart for writing it.

The way Jarod keeps getting away with it... reminds me of Donald Trump the P***y grabber and I think Weiss could play him on screen. I know you wrote this before 2017 but... I'm just saying. The beginning of the end was perfect analogy for all of this chapter. I think Parker can't stand Jarod being nice. She's so used to Jarod the game player, Jarod the man child with tricks, tormenting. She needs to believe he's evil and hates her.

Parker is backed into a wall. Jaord is playing a crazy game of chess here. He has paternal rights and it's easy to say she should move away ... where is she going to move to? When he does find her he'll have the court take her daughter away. Some judges even force victims to share custody with rapists. Victims of domestic violence never leave right away in real life either. This story is so true for so many. She loves him too and htat's a problem. It's so plausible. The fact that Parker is the victim here .. I won't say I like it but I like that you show that look, even this strong, strong bad ass woman is a victim and entrapped. This happens to men too. It can happen to anyone. You shed light on things people want to kept dark and don't want to see. Don't stop now.

Brutal, beautiful chapter. my heart ❤️

"more livelier funerals" lol. Those little doses of comedy are welcomed 😉

You are the first author I have ever read to talk about female ej*cul*tion even though it was subtle, all the moisture .. Bravo to you..I didn't catch that during the first read. I think it's revelant ..