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.

Hot smut. Consensual. Melikes. Those two could easily sex each other to death and I thought they would on the tv series. i remember him grabbing that cristi woman black widow on TV and saying, "i'm innocent" and I'm like why you grabbing her Jarod? He's a rougher man, he's so many faces. This is one of them. Hot. I love this chapter.

I remember losing my ability to breathe when I read this. She didn't really cheat on Jarod. I think Jarod's clone is zeroed in on the abusive situation and maybe even wants to save her like she once saved him. Whooaa so many thoughts to think Mirage. You're so amazing.

Didn't see that coming.. you do a brilliant job of unraveling the story like layers of clothing and I need more and have read this before but still fear the next part.

Their first time.. wasn't the r***. I like that

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 ..

"the last time I was removed from civilization it took me forty years to get back to it" Jarod isn't wrong tho.. He can be so salty. I love him and I hate him...and always have and always woy

.. I just don't know why or what it is about him that makes me feel this way

How DO you write them so in character? You notice little mannerisms that I completely missed. Please answer. Please be honest. I know you're "never serious" here and try to keep your responses light and playful but I need to know. Did you take a college class or profiling?? How do you do it?

⭕ the circle doesn't end. Really is scary to think that so many people end up this way with so much hell. Plausible as always Mirage.

This chapter reveals so much about our Miss Parker from the TV series too. The person she hates. Is her. She believes she killed her mom, and has self esteem so low she thinks it's a compliment when married Michael Patrick had sex with her even though he was only using her for info. She did a lot frat boys doesn't speak to self love either. She thinks her father hates her and it's why he always disappoints. She stays in the hell because like zoey she thinks she doesn't deserve happiness and a real life.

You took my breath..I remember the first time I read this and how it was like air being sucked out of my lungs and it's the same now. This is so ghastly and beautiful..

Can I just say thank you for not letting the r***s be glossed over, forgotten, forgiven, or Parker being so desperate she'd pursue him, a r***ist, not even to have a father for the kid. This crime is severe and damage is lifelong. I've read stories where he r***ed Parker and she basically threw herself at his feet. Healing takes a minute. I've read stories where he r***d her into changing her mind, kept r***ing until she wanted what he was doing to her. So thank you for writing r*** respectfully.

So much to say... who among us hasn't been assaulted or r***ed ? You wrote this with scary accuracy, the self blaming. People need to know that this is what victims feel like... especially cruel people on Facebook and Twitter. She has to know she said no and knows what that means but still shamed herself and accused herself of adultery. I think Jarod knew he was going to manipulate the situation before he walked inside. He knew he was going to do that to her. It's even more scary because it's Jarod and this is possible. Thank you for writing this.