Author's Response: Sorry if I made you cry. Or maybe not, since this is supposed to be a tearjerker.
Oh wow! These lines here:
With an unpleasant frown, JC lowered his paper and said, “Don’t tell me you went to see her again.”
Joey replied coldly, “What do you care if I did?”
JC’s ice-blue eyes turned icier. Now he folded his paper in half and threw it on the floor. “Oh, I care, all right, buddy. A great deal more than you’d be inclined to think.”
That really packed a punch!
Hopefully this blew out of water, and this should all go away soon, its difficult seeing Joey upset, and I find it amazing that JC automatically judges Shari, he must find it really hard to trust her, though it happens, some people walk over you, then after you help them, they disappear..and you never see them again..I know how that feels.
This is really good! I'll be reading more..
Author's Response:
That's great! Means I'm heading in the right direction as a writer.
Again, I'd say the worst is over. You may want to keep an eye out for when Joey talks to JC and the others again. (And he will, I promise.)
JC's assessment of Sheri is not TOO far off the mark (because there are some people who really will do that and you end up questioning everyone's sincerity), but that was still quite harsh. He is jumping to conclusions a little too soon. However, there is more to his hostility toward her than this, but that's for another chapter.
Wow, it's finally come to blows. In a way I'm glad. It's all out in the open now and they can all reflect and move forward. I hope Joe is able to complete Sheri's list.
Author's Response:
Almost physical blows at that. JC and Joey both had to literally hold themselves back from each other. And Joey's strength isn't what it used to be since he started taking chemo, so it would have hardly been a fair fight anyway.
