Redemption - Chapter 19/?

[phyllis629]

Apologies for the delay in posting new chapters. Real life unfortunately intruded over the past few weeks and prevented me from writing. I promise that there will be no further delays in posting the remaining chapters!

Beck and his troops weren’t deployed until more than 6 weeks after the wedding. To Heather, those weeks just flew by.

She

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[nativefloridian]

“Jesus, did somebody put something in Jericho’s water supply!”

Yeah, don't think you can blame this one on the water, Jake.

I don't know if I've mentioned it yet, but my favorite part of your story is how you expose the Beck/Heather relationship at one remove, through the Beck/Jake interactions.

[phyllis629]

Thanks so much for your feedback.

I think Beck/Jake have an interesting dynamic, and it does enable me to expose other aspects of Beck/Heather relationship that would be awkward to do directly. I'm glad you enjoy it.

(Of course, I could probably do the same thing through Heather/Emily discussions, but those don't have the same level of appeal for me!)

[shirleyann66]

First, I'm so, so sorry for not commenting earlier. I have no idea where last week went... :(

Anyway, loved this chapter as always. I loved Heather sending Beck off to war; loved the confusion in the bedroom when she said "let's not" and he thought she meant the sex (bwahaha! Beck's so sweet, and a little clueless. :D).

The description of the combat conditions they'd been facing and the long hard road to Cheyenne was heartbreaking.

He’d just learned that he was going to be a father again. In a bemused way, he supposed he should take some masculine pride in getting Heather pregnant on the first attempt.

All I could think was "that's my boy!" ;D

Jake laughed. “Jesus, did somebody put something in Jericho’s water supply!” He turned thoughtful. “What do we do now?”

“Well, I think it’s what we already did that got us into this situation.” Beck said dryly.

BWAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh, dear - both boys being fathers-to-be at the same time.

Both men were quiet for a few minutes as they thought about the mission in front of them and the

[phyllis629]

Thanks so much for your feedback. No worries about the delay. It's been crazy for me as well.

In writing about the combat conditions, I actually used some of your Oasis chapters for inspiration. I though you did a great job in describing the horrors - both physical and mental - of war.

I'm close to finishing the next chapter. Should have it up before the weekend. I'm actually close to wrapping up the whole story, although the chapters keep stretching themselves out!

Hope NaNoWriMo is going well for you!

[shirleyann66]

I'm FINALLY starting to get caught up on LJ, and I'd always meant to respond to this comment:

In writing about the combat conditions, I actually used some of your Oasis chapters for inspiration. I though you did a great job in describing the horrors - both physical and mental - of war.

I just wanted to say that this is one of the nicest compliments I've ever received. I'm just so...awed that something I wrote would help somebody else write.

Thank you!! :)