aaah! you left off HERE?! please, please, pleeeeease update soon!

also, oh. my. gosh. Clare is so stubborn! and she also must have a will made of steel because i can't even imagine how, after all of this time, she's resisted JC. and now that he's looking her in the face? she's a tough nut to crack, that one. 

This one made me smile: "She didn’t have the energy to punish him any further, but next time he used the term ‘Baldie’ she’d let him have it." Ohhh yeah, never underestimate what a girl can do, even when her energy reserves are low for the time being. 

Oh boy, how long is this battle of wills going to last between Clare and JC? Sometimes I think he should just grab her by the shoulders and yell in her face that he's not getting married and that the baby is not his own. I know it's more realistic this way, to not have a quick fix or an easy resolution, but the suspense is enough to drive one mad.

And I'll only say this one more time and then I won't bring it up again: be careful of how you portray Clare, lest she comes off as a petulant brat who doesn't deserve what she gets in the end. It is possible to get carried away with a character and a character's emotions. You haven't reached that point yet, but I'm just giving you some friendly advice before you do. I do like Clare and I did feel genuine sympathy for her at the first, but now I'm starting to feel less sympathetic and I'm all, "Oh, come on, enough already!" 

And just so you know, I've updated Fading Sun. I don't want to give too much away, but let's just say that Joey's on the brink of making amends with his other mates. I believe their feud has lasted long enough.