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@sizzybuzz Lola, first of all, I hope you had a great birthday! Thank you for this chapter. Some might disagree with me but I love it! It would be unrealistic if David stops being an ass overnight. It’s a process and he’s at the starting line. He’s also totally lost without Emily, that’s clear. I’m so enjoying the process and discovering all the secrets that will be revealed.
A bit late reading and posting today Lola as on Grandma babysitting duties. Firstly, enjoy your birthday weekend celebrations at your home town, and hopefully your bestie made it in to join you.
Another great chapter, with lots popping out of it.
David, I know Jerome told him to get a lawyer to represent him, but I'm not sure Jerome was meaning for him to use David's nemesis from law school.
David I think is so clouded in his thinking and desperate to do anything to delay the divorce, has agreed to everything Gideon wants him to do! I'm not sure theres not a bit of 'slap it to him' from Gideon in his approach he's maintaining David takes, as well as an opportunity for Gideon to use David's case to try to get one over Claire!
I see this approach taking David even further down towards absolute rock bottom. This will likely alienate his kids further, enrage Jerome and David's mother more.
I would imagine as Emily is a distinguished author, we may find she actually has a lot more evidentiary information collected on David's affair than what has been implied in book 1, and I dont think Claire will allow Emily to be as easily buldozed as Gideon is implying.
David, is still very unredeemable, no real acceptance of the true damage he has done to his family, still focussed on just what he wants for himself, no consideration of his boys or Emily! And whatever he discovered at age 14yo, holding that document close for 26 years, surly he is not going to claim as the catalyst for his rogue behaviour at 40yo!
@Leeni1960 I feel like Claire has something under her sleeve. She probably expected this. So she’s prepared
@sizzybuzz...Hi Lola, . Hope you are having a great time with your friends & family in your home town Today's chapter was a good read, so enjoyed the twist..yes..finally some action as in a legal battle between Em & David.. I just want to point out 1 think. When David thinks about the pictures in his phone, all the folders he has saved, he mentions pictures of boys, firm events, everything imp.. Not once does he mention, pictures of his wedding, Emily. Why is that? If he loves her so much, as he says, then should'nt her pictures be mentioned.
@avbookworm His claim of love is abstract and verbal, rooted in history, duty, and fear of loss, not in active tenderness. Emily exists in his mind as a constant, not as someone he consciously chooses to see. That’s why she’s absent from the visual archive of his life. You don’t forget to mention the person you long for; you forget the person you’ve unconsciously taken for granted. In short: he may believe he loves her, but his mind reveals something colder, she has been filed under given, not cherished.
The book is overloaded with unresolved cliffhangers and suspense threads: David’s secret, Emily carrying secret, Ava’s secret, and Kathryn’s unanswered role ; the mystery of who sent the video , the credit card; whether David knows Julian; whether Emily will ever learn how brutally she was mocked in Boston; Will Emily ever learn about Ava’s pregnancy? the two unexplained pregnancies revealed in the epilogue. David playing cookery show host with Ava, saying he wants her in all the ways possible but can't, will Emily ever know??
And now this new twist is added—how will Emily react to Giddon?
@avbookworm yes she knew it'll be Gideon but did she thought David would stoop this low.. what I meant is how she will react to them using her boys ,asking for her royalty etc
@ShellyGupta7 .. I think Emily knows it'll be Gideon. Her lawyer did mention Gideon's name
@sizzybuzz - another well crafted chapter, carefully weaving the past and present into a compelling insight into David, and his life before the affair. Adding a new character, making them. I suspect when Emily learns who he has chosen for counsel it’s not going to go well.
Hi all, hi Lola, @sizzybuzz another great chapter as always. Thank you! I am so invested in this document and I have to share my theories. To me the document is not for David beening illegitimate. Why this document is on his father desk when he is 14 years old? This will has been resolved way early. So, that is not the case . For me there are two possibilities: 1. It has to do something with his brother. He is James affair baby and Kathryn adopted him but I don't think that its. Emily said Jonah looks a lot like Kathryn (ch.20 first book). I am thinking he is Karhryn son but James is not the father and he is forced to recognize him as his child in order to keep Kathryn. 2. James has an affair baby (son) and the document is ether birth certificate or a paper that he signs his rights away to the mistress (and/or maybe pay her off). If that's the case that child now will be 26-27 years old (close to Ava's age). Could it be he was in the bar or he is one of Ava's friends that celebrated a birthday (ch.8 first book) and make the video and send it to Emily? @sizzybuzz would you give me a ⭐ if any of my theories are close to the true? "cold" or "warm" also works Have a safe travels.
@sizzybuzz...Hi Lola.. Great chapter.. David's digging a bigger hole for himself!!! Win't this fire back big way.. Also so looking forward to Emily POV.. Now if David got so irrigated with Gideon when he was mentioning Emily, wonder what will be his reaction when Julian enters the scene.. Some hints pls..
@sizzybuzz Will there be a time soon that David actually sees the pain and hurt he put Emily through?? That he broke her heart in ways that he can’t really fix ?? I need a full David breakdown , him to feel everything
@jwelbo if you read WPF, then don’t skip Swimming Naked- the sequel. They are both heartbreaking but good books, although not as good as these two IMO.
@Winderfulgrovel I’ve heard of White Picket Fence, but never read it. Who is the author? If you search it, there are quite a few with that title
@sizzybuzz, LOLA! LOVED today's chapter but I definitely need to read it again! Not sure if it was the right thing for him or not. Hope you have the LOVELIEST weekend, catching up with your people and celebrating YOU! Safe travels lovely lady. Can't wait to see what comes next...
Brilliant chapter Lola again.. please once to satisfy our soul give David punch square on his face anytime in the book, he has earned it and how. Is he going to stoop more low??