12/1/2013 c39 3Rightytighty
SO glad you're back! (resounding cheers echoing)
The chapter was terrific! Ranger got off pretty light, but considering he really couldn't win any way you cut it, he took the path that made for the best ending. I'm really excited to see what Joe's reaction to Steph's return will be - PLEASE don't make us wait a year before you update! Keep that momentum going and finish your story!
SO glad you're back! (resounding cheers echoing)
The chapter was terrific! Ranger got off pretty light, but considering he really couldn't win any way you cut it, he took the path that made for the best ending. I'm really excited to see what Joe's reaction to Steph's return will be - PLEASE don't make us wait a year before you update! Keep that momentum going and finish your story!
12/1/2013 c39 reddnrad
Thank you for updating! I'm so glad that writers block is gone, for the most part. I'm going back to read this again so when you get the next chapter up I will sing your praises and just maybe someday you will write more stories. Since Janet can't write anything that we "babes" want to read.
Thank you for updating! I'm so glad that writers block is gone, for the most part. I'm going back to read this again so when you get the next chapter up I will sing your praises and just maybe someday you will write more stories. Since Janet can't write anything that we "babes" want to read.
11/30/2013 c39 daxandpat
It was great to take the time to read the whole thing again. You did a fantastic job.
It was great to take the time to read the whole thing again. You did a fantastic job.
11/30/2013 c39 RangeGrrl
I hope you never try to deprive Stephanie of sugar again. No wonder she stopped speaking to you!
I hope you never try to deprive Stephanie of sugar again. No wonder she stopped speaking to you!
11/30/2013 c39 3Vulcan Rider
I want you to know that my family think I've flipped out and am now possessed by something...some characters who SCREAM OUT the LINES of the story written above. I FELT Stephanie and Ranger's hurt, pain, anger, frustration, just EVERYTHING.. so RAW. so VISCERAL. (when I think of the word VISCERAL... I picture being EVISCERATED... that's how BADLY the scene between Steph and Ranger hurt me. I was cut to the bone. I felt every. Single. Word. Hurting. Me... just like Stephanie did. I felt like a fool. Like I had been manipulated. I cried tears and filled tissues with snot. You should be proud. I'm furious.
When the calm came after the storm... I was exhausted.
Then they talked.
And I got p*ssed off all over again. At Morelli. At the Feds. At the different agencies who use innocent people for their cases and consider them "collateral damage". But, I'm furious with Morelli right now. i think that everyone in Trenton needs to understand that Joseph Morelli WILL sell out his OWN MOTHER, HIS OWN WIFE, HIS OWN CHILD, if it means he can make the case and get the accolades. I think Eddie Gazarra will remember how Stephanie looked dead when he found her in that car, and when he sees the barrel burn scar she has, he will know. And I think that EVERYONE should know. That Joe is a great cop. But he is a TERRIBLE MAN. SELFISH. ARROGANT. He will sell his very SOUL for the case. He'll probably make FED for this. I hate that. I think he needs to have some serious inner pain. and maybe some outer pain, too.
I loved the week that Ranger and Stephanie spent in Key West, but I kept thinking that they would have to pay dearly for it. It sounds like the Feds are going to make them both pay for it, too. I hope that Stephanie develops a serious case of trauma-induced amnesia from the burn and the hypothermia and the terrible pneumonia she caught because of Joe Morelli shooting the gun next to her skin and locking her in a car to die. I think she should not have any memories of anything that happened, just that she remembered Morelli looking at her and locking her in a truck and freezing.
Yeah, let all the hometown hero's friends know just what a GREAT, UPSTANDING COP their "friend" is. Then if they get out of prison, which they would eventually, kill 'em all and let God and the Devil sort them out. I'm thinking that at this point, Morelli has already sold his soul, so what the hell...
Can you tell I'm a little p*ssed. Yeah, Stephanie has NOTHING on me.
Okay, Stayce, pull me back from the brink a little, and show me what revenge you have for us.
Yeah, I know, you're probably going to make us suffer for it, first, though.
God, I'm so, so, so glad the muse is back. We've been waiting a long d*mn time for this and you made it worth it.
Thank you so much.
Maggie M.
I want you to know that my family think I've flipped out and am now possessed by something...some characters who SCREAM OUT the LINES of the story written above. I FELT Stephanie and Ranger's hurt, pain, anger, frustration, just EVERYTHING.. so RAW. so VISCERAL. (when I think of the word VISCERAL... I picture being EVISCERATED... that's how BADLY the scene between Steph and Ranger hurt me. I was cut to the bone. I felt every. Single. Word. Hurting. Me... just like Stephanie did. I felt like a fool. Like I had been manipulated. I cried tears and filled tissues with snot. You should be proud. I'm furious.
When the calm came after the storm... I was exhausted.
Then they talked.
And I got p*ssed off all over again. At Morelli. At the Feds. At the different agencies who use innocent people for their cases and consider them "collateral damage". But, I'm furious with Morelli right now. i think that everyone in Trenton needs to understand that Joseph Morelli WILL sell out his OWN MOTHER, HIS OWN WIFE, HIS OWN CHILD, if it means he can make the case and get the accolades. I think Eddie Gazarra will remember how Stephanie looked dead when he found her in that car, and when he sees the barrel burn scar she has, he will know. And I think that EVERYONE should know. That Joe is a great cop. But he is a TERRIBLE MAN. SELFISH. ARROGANT. He will sell his very SOUL for the case. He'll probably make FED for this. I hate that. I think he needs to have some serious inner pain. and maybe some outer pain, too.
I loved the week that Ranger and Stephanie spent in Key West, but I kept thinking that they would have to pay dearly for it. It sounds like the Feds are going to make them both pay for it, too. I hope that Stephanie develops a serious case of trauma-induced amnesia from the burn and the hypothermia and the terrible pneumonia she caught because of Joe Morelli shooting the gun next to her skin and locking her in a car to die. I think she should not have any memories of anything that happened, just that she remembered Morelli looking at her and locking her in a truck and freezing.
Yeah, let all the hometown hero's friends know just what a GREAT, UPSTANDING COP their "friend" is. Then if they get out of prison, which they would eventually, kill 'em all and let God and the Devil sort them out. I'm thinking that at this point, Morelli has already sold his soul, so what the hell...
Can you tell I'm a little p*ssed. Yeah, Stephanie has NOTHING on me.
Okay, Stayce, pull me back from the brink a little, and show me what revenge you have for us.
Yeah, I know, you're probably going to make us suffer for it, first, though.
God, I'm so, so, so glad the muse is back. We've been waiting a long d*mn time for this and you made it worth it.
Thank you so much.
Maggie M.
11/29/2013 c39 susangw
Great chapter a dim so glad you are back. I'm glad Steph and Ranger talked things out. I hope they both kick Joe's ass.
Great chapter a dim so glad you are back. I'm glad Steph and Ranger talked things out. I hope they both kick Joe's ass.
11/29/2013 c39 frostdance
I thought this chapter along with the entire story is/was brilliant. I can not wait to see how you wrap it all up and I can not wait to see the confrontation between Morelli and Steph. What a dick. ;) patsy
I thought this chapter along with the entire story is/was brilliant. I can not wait to see how you wrap it all up and I can not wait to see the confrontation between Morelli and Steph. What a dick. ;) patsy
11/29/2013 c39 47Two Guns and a Knife
Ah, here comes Morelli?
Update soon!
(Yeah, I waited, waited, waited, and waited...)
Ah, here comes Morelli?
Update soon!
(Yeah, I waited, waited, waited, and waited...)
11/28/2013 c39 20Roscommon
Thank you so much for coming back to this! It's a great chapter and feels like you'd never left this story. You're such a good writer. I look forward to the final chapter, and will be glad you finished this story at the same time that I'll be sad that it's over.
Thank you so much for coming back to this! It's a great chapter and feels like you'd never left this story. You're such a good writer. I look forward to the final chapter, and will be glad you finished this story at the same time that I'll be sad that it's over.
11/28/2013 c39 Laura S
Ah, Stayce. I have missed your writing so much! I just loved this chapter. Your dialogue is always the best. My emotions were all over the place while I was reading this. Can't wait for the next chapter.
Ah, Stayce. I have missed your writing so much! I just loved this chapter. Your dialogue is always the best. My emotions were all over the place while I was reading this. Can't wait for the next chapter.
11/28/2013 c39 BookAddictinFla
Sooo glad to see this chapter, like a pre-thanksgiving treat! Stayce, although I hate waiting and have loved all your stories, it's always worth the wait. Wonderfully written, always weaving what we know from the books with the new so seamlessly. I love how rise and fall of their interaction about the newspaper. I hope joe gets his ass handed to him;) I loved how ranger said it was a test for joe, to see if he deserved steph, and he failed. Great writing, glad to hear your muse is back. Happy Thanksgiving.
Sooo glad to see this chapter, like a pre-thanksgiving treat! Stayce, although I hate waiting and have loved all your stories, it's always worth the wait. Wonderfully written, always weaving what we know from the books with the new so seamlessly. I love how rise and fall of their interaction about the newspaper. I hope joe gets his ass handed to him;) I loved how ranger said it was a test for joe, to see if he deserved steph, and he failed. Great writing, glad to hear your muse is back. Happy Thanksgiving.
11/28/2013 c39 21Proudofyoubabe
I was so happy to look in my inbox and see an update from you. I was just so ecstatic that my favorite of all time FF writer was back :) Great job!
Glad R&S were able to get away before facing the feds. Almost thought this wasn't going to work out-Steph seemed too angry. Glad she flashed on the opposite of love being apathy, not hate and glad Ranger apologized (well, that's as much of an apology and Ranger will ever give anyone).It was nice that they took a mini vacation in Key West before facing the feds. That has trouble written all over it. Please finish this story and update again soon. I, for one, missed you much :) Happy Thanksgiving! :)Elaine
I was so happy to look in my inbox and see an update from you. I was just so ecstatic that my favorite of all time FF writer was back :) Great job!
Glad R&S were able to get away before facing the feds. Almost thought this wasn't going to work out-Steph seemed too angry. Glad she flashed on the opposite of love being apathy, not hate and glad Ranger apologized (well, that's as much of an apology and Ranger will ever give anyone).It was nice that they took a mini vacation in Key West before facing the feds. That has trouble written all over it. Please finish this story and update again soon. I, for one, missed you much :) Happy Thanksgiving! :)Elaine