Title: Chapter 33: Around the Kinda Misery I Find Part 1
I like the friendship Nikolai has with Anatoly. They are good for each other and it's good for Nikolai to have a friend that cares about the things he cares about. A friend that he can trust.
Stanislavsky's relationship with Nikolai is very special. The father figure he never had. I'm not sure how I feel about the story he told Nikki about his Svetlana. Though it is a possible outcome to Nikolai and Sunshine's situation, I hope with all my heart that they find a way to resolve this impasse that they are at. But at the same time, I don't want Sunshine to settle. You can't build a relationship on a lie, the lie in this case being that she doesn't know who Nikolai really is, because he is clearly not just a "fixer of shoes". (And I secretly want to know what he REALLY does too!)
His mother is something else! Her point of view makes sense though. I just wish she had found a way to let Nikolai know that she loved him instead of letting him believe that she didn't care what happened to him. At least now she's told him the truth. I'm glad she's happy for Nikolai and Sunshine. Hopefully she'll stay in his life now and that their broken relationship will mend.
In the case of the father, Nikolai extended the olive branch. He didn't accept it. Oh well...
I'm kidding! I just hope that the father realizes before it's too late that alienating his only son because of his foolish pride, (When he was the real reason Nikolai was betrayed in the first place!) is going to cost him gravely.
Then Sunshine comes to the rescue, and comforts him the way only she can...sigh... Now for her to tell him she loves him too...
In this update I saw another side of Nikolai. His relationships with the people he holds close to his heart. Now I know that he really is bad boy with a big heart.
I liked the structure that you put this update in. It felt like the story was more filled in because now we have more insight on how the key things in his past are influencing the future.
I loved it Onimosity! Thank you.
Reviewer: JazziePassion Signed
Date: 13/02/10