You know, I had a feeling Rich would show up at her house at some point. Not expecting him to fall face forward when he did but ah, well, what can you do?

The angst between Ant and Natalia is killing me, but its so real and heart wrenching. Both of them are silently suffering without the other, but I must commend Natalia for slowly but surely putting her life back together and not just going through the motions especially where Richard is concerned. Yeah, he laid it on real thick last chapter, but tigers don't change their stripes, not to say he's incapable of change, but so far all he's offered Natalia is words. And why would anyone want to return to someone who constantly disrespected and disregarded them?

And I find it cute that Anthony went through all those lengths just to peep Natalia. Now it would appear he's going through what Natalia just came out of with Jamison, only he's not holding his surliness at bay when it comes to Sabrina, but again, he's going through the motions. Loved the update! 

I'm ugly sobbing just want you to know. Bravo!! This was an emotional, superbly spun story that made me laugh, want to hurt someone (namely Barbara, Mercede, and Richard), and anticipate each new chapter unsure of how things would be resolved, but it was a wonderful journey. Ant and Natalia are proud parents, Rich Jr is on the road to getting his life back together and doting on his niece and nephew, and all toxic individuals have been flung out of their lives. The reunion with Ant and his uncle and eventually his father was simply beautiful. And that vicious, lying Mercede going so far as to forge a death certificate to keep a man away from his child, how cold-blooded and selifsh can you be? Ugh, but enough ranting, thank you SO much for sharing this story with us. Looking forward to what you have cooking in that magnificent brain of yours next!!

Oh, and thank you so much for responding to my earlier review and clearing up my own confusion ;)

Yep, you done did it again, JJ. Last chapter I was ready to rake someone over some coals, that person being Mrs. K and now I'm like where's some tissue? 

Eshan is just...can I have one, please? No seriously. The man is perfection and the way he breaks things down is like poetry, but nothing less than the truth. He's very right that the person who has to make things right, make amends is his mother. And that it would hurt him more and make it even harder for him to forgive his mother and for his family as a whole to come back together if he were to allow Joss to walk out of his life. 

Now I just need Joss to catch up to Eshan, and maybe she's getting there. She still only appeared to be looking at things from one perspective and not looking at things across the board. Don't let that cantankerous woman ruin your shot at everlasting happiness, Joss because she's made you believe you're the root cause of the turmoil her intolerance has set in motion. That is not your fault. 

I am TOO ready for this wedding to happen. Joss is better than me because I would just marry Eshan out of spite, lol. But maybe she's forgotten that in the Christian faith it says, that a man leaves his family and clings to his wife. And he who finds a wife finds a good thing. I think it's bout time Joss used some of her faith's teachings on this subject as her ammo. 

Anyways, loved the update as usual and how fast you're cranking these chapters out!!

Okay, I'm back in. Let's get this wedding on a roll! I was fully prepared to continue to give Eshan the side and stink eye, with my arms folded and lips twisted, but he has won me back over. I'm glad he explained the situation concerning his ex-almost-fiance, and I even feel a tiny bit bad for her. Considering the culture they're apart of it can't be easy for her knowing that everyone knows she was rejected, and that her prospects of getting married have become even more dire. Poor thing. 

Should Eshan have had the conversation at his engagement party...well yes and no. I say both because his mom invited her so that put the both of them on the spot which was just wrong no matter the angle you look at it from. And hey, why not kill two birds with one stone by just going ahead and trying to make things right, I'm sure may have been Eshan's train of thought. Explain himself and make amends. But at the same time, he should have told Joss first so it wouldn't appear that he was being consoled by his ex-almost-intended. Appearances are just as important as the words people speak, so if anyone else had caught them huddled intimiately together, what would have happened then? 

Pearl is my She-Ro. 

And I'm glad that Joss and Eshan clarified about their stances on their religious differences and how her being Christian isn't a disappointment to him, and that he loves her no matter what. Can the man be anymore perfect or understanding? 

Thanks so much for updating!

I try not to call women bitches but Mrs. Koursh is a straight up BITCH! Now, I wasn't hoping Ms. Pearl would shoot her but I was hoping she'd at least get to introduce Mrs. Koursh's cheek to the palm of her hand and maybe snatch some of that nice, dark hair of hers. Something! But I'm glad Asa and Delkash spoke the truth since Joss once again wanted to sweep that woman's gutter actions under the rug all to keep the peace. Don't get me wrong, I understand why Joss wanted to play it all off considering her wedding is the next day, but there's but so many times you can allow yourself and your family to be disrespected before snapping back, fighting back with words and make it plain like "Guess what boo you might not like me but I'm marrying your son and having a bus load of his babies so suck that sh*t up or keep to yourself in your corner and sulk for all I care." 

Now I'm back to being on pins and needles wondering if the wedding will take place. Maybe Eshan and Joss should just elope. Surely they can have a quick but intimate Muslim/Christian wedding somewhere else? Maybe keep the guest list to those who actually do SUPPORT their union. But I doubt it may happen. Eshan loves his family, but after his mother's betrayal...I'm wondering if he may question something's, not if his marriage to Joss is worth it, but maybe he should do more to protect her from his witch of a mother and what that may mean in terms of him having a relationship with the woman who gave birth to him. 

Last chapter I was almost crying, this chapter I'm ready to cut a bish. That's just the power of your writing. 

Thanks for updating!

Okay I tried to submit my review and this thing wouldn't let me, and it was a long one, too. But anyways, to summarize what I initially said...Officially squealing!!!!!! Carter Gerring isn't real?!?!? He's a ficitious character being played by the man Aaron had called to get rid of Miguel's body??? ahdiadhiahdaa. I kind of had a feeling Carter might not be who he said he was when he was suddenly pulled over by the cops, and we hopped to Aaron in the next scene who I hadn't expected to make an appearance in this chapter. Put the two together and the plot thickens! Wonderful monkey wrench :)

What I would love to see come to an end is Shauna's deep seated, but misplaced hatred for Tamryn, for her to choke on her own entitlement. Yeah, sorry you weren't loved enough but Tamryn had no say over how her parents doted on her. People like Shauna I have little sympathy for. She could have easily been placed into foster care or grown up on the streets, but she lived with her father and he did the best he could. Yes, receiving love and feeling like you matter to your parents is tantmount to shaping who we are, but when is she going to take any kind of personal responsibility; she's not a child anymore, but she wants to sanction her sister to death? What will that solve, Shauna? Nothing, just like I thought. Anyways, moving on.

So far, I'm loving all the development, however we've only seen things from the Hooks end of the spectrum and law enforcement to a certain degree. I would love to see Shauna's enemies conspiring against her, or even one of Larry's. There's always competition of some sort or someone wanting to get retribution or settle a beef, so it would add another element to the story to see someone thirsty to bring either Shauna or Larry down. But I'm leaning more so toward Shauna since she's been having people knocked off left from right. She should feel the heat of having to watch her back.

I'd LOVE to get some background on Mikhail. How long has he been working undercover to bring down Hooks? This may have already been discussed from "Carter's" POV, but when did Mikhail find himself caught up with feels for Tamryn. And maybe Aaron and Mikhail might suspect the other has breached ethics (well in Mikhail's case that's more than obvious) in getting personal feelings involved in an ongoing investigation. And I'd love for Tam to be called down to the feds to report whatever she may have since she hasn't had contact with them in weeks. 

This is my favorite chapter BY FAR! Thanks so much!!!

This just keeps getting gooder and gooder, (totally not a word but it is today!). I am really digging Aaron Reed, and now I'm kind of leaning toward wanting Tamryn to be with him. He understands and is sympathetic to her plight, and yeah he might be engaged to someone else, clearly he's having second thoughts about marriage. However, considering what he does for a living, that only really puts him one step up above the criminal hierarchy, working long nights, dealing with unsavory individuals, his life being on the line constantly. But he looks like William Levy sooo this only adds to my conflict, lol. 

Shauna, I wonder why no one, outside of Carter has thought that it may have been her idea to have Miguel drawn and quartered and stuffed into a garbage bin outside of her sister's house?? It would make zero sense for Larry to be the culprit because obviously he loves his girls, they are angels in his eyes, even if one of them is a bloodthirsty demon. If he wanted to send a message he wouldn't do it in a way that would implicate his own flesh that could lead to serious jail time. And on top of that Larry and Tamryn know how much Shauna hates her so why wouldn't that be up her alley? But I get it. Because of the world her father is apart of, Tamryn would assume her immunity only goes so long

I really felt for Tamyrn when she thought about suicide. With the feds trumping up charges against her, threatening her niece and her niece's family, making her look at pics of abused children, ugh I already have issues with trusting the police but knowing they really do stuff like that in real life...I'm just going to stop there.

I don't condon suicide, but I understood her reasoning as a way to avoid having to snitch on her dad, but also not risk throwing additonal lives in the balance for standing her ground and refusing to help the feds. Still, there wouldn't have been any guarantee the feds wouldn't go to someone else and use the exact same means to get what they wanted. I'm more than glad she didn't go that route because that could have created even more problems, and she deserves a life just like anyone else. 

I wonder what Gunner reported to Shauna. Maybe he spotted Aaron and now he will start to be followed. Not good. 

As far what Tamryn should do, I'm going with A. She should go with Carter, that would really amp up the tension. Thank you so much for updating.

As usual loved the chapter. I can only speak for myself and say that I love reading about flawed characters because everyone on this entire planet is flawed and there's something or lots of something's about themselves they don't like and that's why plastic surgery is billion dollar industry. But to go deeper than that, colorism is a REAL serious issue and anyone who wants to pretend it doesn't exist, that there isn't a certain level of privilege that comes with having lighter skin and "good hair" (hate that phrase btw) then they must be living in a cave somewhere. And if we can't come to a place and read stories that deal with this issue and can't talk about it in social media without people trying to police what we can discuss and what's relevant, then where then are we supposed to shed some light on this topic that many folks don't even think is a problem? 

So I commend you for weaving a tale about this. Sure it'd be nice to live in a world where all people saw were people and not colors, but that unfortunately isn't reality. Reality is, people don't see dark skinned black women as beautiful. The reality is there is anti-blackness everywhere you turn. The reality is a woman can see her flaws and love herself anyways, or see her flaws and feel bad about herself but continue on through life. If Adaline was already at a place of total acceptance then there wouldn't be much story to tell. Or the story would be about her regression into an insecure woman with a disability who has to find her way back to the top. In either case, I'm down for the ride because I can tell you, until your story I've NEVER come across a story of a dark skinned black woman with a hearing disability being in love with a white man, and him possibly loving her back. Never, and I thank you for writing it!

These two are really going to be the death of me. I'm trying to tell myself to let everything unfold at a slow pace, but their chemistry is just too explosive at times that I just want to smush their faces and er...um...other parts together and yell 'have at it'. *sighs*

Diya's father is adorable.

And Brandon, he's sneaky, must watch out for him Diya. But like her, I'm mad curious about the beef between him and his brother. I smell all kinds of twisted messiness afoot. 

Trying to get caught up on this. Diya's beef with Camilla the cat is probably one of my favorite things. You know you're reading the work of an excellent writer where it has you wanting to splash an animal with holy water, lol.

I know it's probably too early to think things have been completely resolved between Mannie and Diya, but I'm glad he didn't cop an attitude with Diya when she pretty much put the brakes on her dad's attemp at matchmaking. However, I'm sure her dad being the lawyer he is, I can see him not wanting to let this drop as easily. 

Brandon, ah love him. I'm trying to picture the litany of tattoos he has and the story behind each one. Is his torso completely covered, or just a particular side of his body and arm? In any case, I know he looks good, lol. I have a thing for white guys with ink. But it's also pleasing to know he's not trying to keep his relationship with Diya a secret from his family. And I understand Diya's reasoning in keeping their relationship private since they've only been dating for a month, and she knows how intrusive her family is. Lovely chapter as usual. Off to get another in.