I don't know who is making me want to smack them harder, Gabby, David's mom or Valentina the Enabler, if she was any kinda friend(which she is not) she would be completley honest with Gabby and tell her that there are plenty of other boys around and to leave David alone. and drop Valentina as a friend.

As for David's mother, she needs top see that Davis is not the parent to those kids, and that he's just a young adult himself and  learn to stand on her own.

Welcome back!

Nice family get together. But Colton. Wow what a jerk. I think he may be the type to try to put the moves on Kendra then do something stupid when she rejects him. He might get another beatdown

I liked the family meet and greet. Everyone except that jerk Colton was cool. And I think Kendra made a sweet impression on the family.

Colton is a snake. I keep getting dangerous vibes off him. He's the type to take Kendra's innocent comment about coming over to try some cooking as an invitation for sex and do something awful to her. Keep a careful eye on that one.

Colton is gonna be the winner for the villain here!

Glad you survived that lifin' and thanks for the great update!

Ya know, AJ is really getting on my last nerve. He has said his peace and made his feelings known on the matter already. Why does he feel he needs to keep sticking his nose in this? He's not her parent and has zero authority here. What's all these threats about anyway? Their mother is doing fine with it. No one is asking him. Again, he should focus on his own daughters to raise. Would he feel better if it was a black dude taking advantage of her instead?

I think her asking that question was going to come up at some point. Jason was cool about it.

I wonder though if it was something similar from Jason, would Kendra feel some type of way that he asked or be cool about it as well.

So glad for the update. Thank you. I was really beginning to stalk it more than I already do...lol!

Double standards, 3 kids not married. Take a seat AJ.

OMG Ho 1 and Ho 2 are up to no good, and I hope that whatever they are planning will blow up in their faces. And Valentina is no friend whatsoever, b/c if she was she would be telling Gabby that there are plenty of boys out there and stop chasing one that has shown that He's Just No that into You.

This chick don't learn! Is she really trying to land in the ICU?! And Valentina really is the worst kind of woman. Despite all her talk, I bet if another woman took some dude she feeling for real away from her, she'd go all Fatal Attraction about it! Ughh!

As for the fellas, the talk was all in fun, but I'm glad Jason is keeping what he and Kendra discussed and agreed to top of mind.

Nice!

That tore my heart out! I feel for Jason. This kid is in pain and he and his mom need to really talk. I hate that he feels like he doesn't even have her to turn to right now.

As for the conversation, I loved it. Jason needed to hear that he had worth and value from the girl he loves. And I love that they confessed their love to each other that freely.

I also noticed he didn't tempt fate anymore by staying the night. Good for him.

Emotional chapter!

Hi. Great update. I don't know where to begin. Jason was raised in an abusive household and as someone who grew up in that environment it can take a lot to start rebuilding your life and trusting others. My father was a police officer and his colleagues knew that he was abusing his wife and children, yet did nothing but looked the other way. My mother stayed for 15 years. When she remarried, our step father had quite a challenge with damaged children and a damaged wife. Jason needs professional help to deal with his anger effectively. Mr. James and the rest of the family should seek professional help as well. They may learn that it will take Jason years to not get over, but come to terms with his damaged childhood. My step father has been married to my mother for twenty years and out of the six of us only two of us call him dad. It isn’t that he is not loved or seen as one, we don’t call our biological father, dad or any name for that matter; that’s just the way it is. Screaming and shouting at Jason will not get through to him. It never does. I only wish that my mother had gotten us help and herself as well.

Sorry for the long post. I like this story. Good writing.

I hope this isn’t used as an excuse not to like Kendra by his family.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Wow! I don't even know what to say! That took an unexpected turn.

Yeah. I mentioned the previous review that communication about this is important. If they can maintain this level of communication, they might reach their goals together. Kendra has to remember that Jason is a virgin as well. He's dealing with the same temptations and emotions, too. 

I think they both set reasonable boundaries. So just take it slowly and easy with the sexual teasing like that. 

I think Jason is proving he'll respect her. He asked what her boundaries were to get a clear and spoken understanding of what they are, and told her his feelings on the matter. And reminded her if they're abstaining, then lets stick to the plan and no playing around about it. He's made up his mind to do what she wants about it. I think his future endgame is more permanent in nature anyway.

I'm guessing either his brother or David.

Great chapter.

Mostly, I think Mary Ann's reaction was welcoming. I thought there might have been something at the very beginning there, but maybe she was just taking Kendra all in.

I think Mary Ann is ok with Kendra. Same for his stepdad and Josh. Josh was cool. Just said it surprised him and that was all. I don't think he ultimately really cares about it like that. He's 15, so its whatever for him.

The rest of the family is TBD. I'm interested in that meet up.

Not really. I like all the couples because they are all giving me different things. Everyone has there own drama, personalities, family and solutions to work on for themselves.

Nice!

Sensitive buttons were pushed, but I think they could be friends again. And honestly, Larissa is at the center of some of this. Brian is scum and he had no right to do any of what he did; but Larissa should not have been there. And Reese wasn't wrong for his feelings of protection of his brother. It doesn't mean he agrees with his behavior. Which he didn't. And neither did their parents. Ain't nobody crazy to agree with him beating on women!

It got out of hand, and Reese and David were trying to diffuse the situation while  Larissa kept going. Actions and reactions were popping off, so they, along with Elisha, got caught up all in all of it.

I don't know why to prove your love to Larissa, folks have to follow her into foolishness and danger. That's nuts.

Nice!!