Love the story’s development. Chapters still coming? Hope you are well.

This arc really pulls you In. I like that Jason is fighting hard and can’t rely on his system to bail him out. He’s using his wit and charisma. Can’t wait to see how the face slapping will unfold. 👊

Not loud enough to hear it? Um, she heard it directly. Body shaming in junior high? Not kind. Surfer dude provoked the incident. If one of my kids said that to the other there would be consequences.

Good memory. Likely plot hole. One way to make it work is that the grandfather has siblings as well and Chloe is a second cousin. Extended family is still family, too. That they all terrorize each other could still be part of the greater family dynamic. The problem isn’t something that just started with the generation of Jason’s dad and caused by the grandfather. It’s something more deep rooted and goes even farther back.