Lola Love Paris

Posting a few days late Lola, after a fleeting Easter weekend visit up to Auckland to see my son and daughter in law before they embark on a 4 month trip around Asia!
          
          This chapter, the clearly loving transparent relationship between Emily and her mother and father, the banter that exists. Emily's parents relationship with their grandchildren, keeping things standard while fully supportive. So important for Max and Theo to be amongst a 'normal' relationship, having a male figure they trust being there to help in life's learnings; so important in the story to see life moves forward for all of them in what is their now ordinary environment. 
          
          Randa, over stretching in the current moment, out for revenge to honor her friend, but clearly not understanding the limitations a new born will bring to what she sees as a typical book roll out. The backward and forward between Emily and Randa demonstrating a strong friendship and working relationship. Emily's novel long awaited, the compromise in the publicity of its release coinciding with Grace's birth still to find common ground.
          
          The easy, natural friendship forming between Emily and Julian. What Emily needs now, the focus and attention of a man that sees her, appreciates her, willing to spend the time courting her. While many readers want Julian to be the next steps for Emily, I sense he is the right man at only this right time, but not for all time. 
          
          Although Emily is now divorced from David, Jonah is still the loving brother to Emily and Uncle to the the boys. Hoping we have more of his story, what happened to him and Shona.
          
          While I enjoyed the foray into everyday life this chapter brought, I do want the rock bottom for David, perhaps that hits for him through missing Grace's birth and the confrontation that must happen between Emily, Ava and David; I want the climb up from David, the grovel, the redemption. 
          
          And the shoes; well what can one say, Jimmy Choo's, Manolo Blahnik's, a must have for every gal!

I don’t know if it’s just me but I haven’t really been feeling Julian since the beginning  like I have a bad feeling about him and now Randa’s getting on my nerves. I feel like she’s a bit two-faced and Em should be cautious of her. Idk, that’s just me ‍♀️ pls don’t hate haha!

Excellent chapter title again Lola.  I enjoyed this chapter especially since I have been to the Gibson Italia in Chicago with my husband.  Fantastic restaurant... I enjoyed a look into Emily's parents interactions with her,  each other and especially her father's with Theo and Max.  I see why Emily is a romantic at heart with your description of her parent's relationship.  I am so glad that the boys have such a stable, trusting and loving relationship with a strong male figure in their grandfather. Hopefully David will one day regain that relationship 
          with his sons.  My feet were hurting imagining Emily very pregnant in her 4 inch heels.  Ouch!!!  Still not a big fan of Julian but I know he is necessary for Emily's mental and emotional health right now.  He is also still on my radar as being someone connected to that video directly or indirectly.  Anxiously waiting to see what Randa has planned for the book launch.
          If I were David I would build a bunker or at least get some Kevlar.  Happy Easter.
          

please let julian be in the hospital when she gives birth

In The After currently number 2 in the UK top ten reads on Wattpad!

@sizzybuzz..One random question Lola, 
          How come David never had sex /oral/ making out or handjob with Ava in his precious Maybach. He was soo much in lust with her, so how come he did not give into temptation when they were together in the car.
           When she can give him a hand job in the plane, whats stopping them doing it in the car?? 

This is very random, but I really hope Emily doesn't let David in the hospital room when she gives birth. I hope he starts to realize that he's no longer her safe place. I also hope that, when it comes to Grace, she has a hard time trusting him alone with her. I want him to be iced out while she navigates being a single mom, and I hope it hurts him lol.

Lola such a sad but appropriate title for this chapter.  
          Your chapter titles hit the nail on the head every time.  
          Poor Emily needs a roadmap for all the land mines 
          discovered in the last 2 chapters.  It was pure Emily showing empathy for Ava's situation  in the termination of her pregnancy.  She is one classy lady.
          Emily will now carry the memory that because of David's selfishness and reckless behavior another woman had carried David's baby at the same time she was carrying Grace.
          Emily is still grieving the trust she thought was unbreakable, the future she thought was secure. The saddest part for me was her thinking about Grace not knowing the love and security that her sons had before David's betrayal.   I  hope that the first time David holds Grace he thinks about how he would feel if Grace's future husband betrays her like he did her mother.  I think that it could be devastating to him and he deserves it.  He is going to have to work hard to regain her trust and forgiveness.  I believe the love is still there because that's the Emily that has come through to me in your writing.  Is Emily going to give David an advanced copy of Requiem For My Husband?  Those will be some very intense conversations.  

My dislike for David is less about he " cheated " and more about how he "treated" Emily throughout. He was cruel, brutal and totally ignorant of her.

I think today's chapter was cathartic on the kind of emotions that has been reawakened in Emily with this much of disclosure from him.  To me, I think it sounds like a foreshadowing of what is to come to David in terms of a medical emergency that might happen or it could even be Emily herself if there was complications with her delivery.  If it is, they will  both be in grief for the hurt inflicted, in David's case, knowingly.  If it is Emily though, I am already grieving for her.