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Bethany...why must you cause me such pain!

This was an incredible experience to read! The relationships, the condescension, the tie-ins. This story was perfect in every way!

Nelson, he’s hurting.

He’s hurting so badly and I am struggling to remember what this man does in the very near future. This man. THIS MAN had his best friend killed and authorized the attempted murder of his sister.

His father...

This one line stood out to me.

“The thin smile that eased onto Syphus’ face did anything but make it more palatable.”

This line is referring to Mr. Syphus Senior! But it could be referring to Nelson in another story, and still be perfect. I want more. Desperately!

This was amazing, Bethany! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Amazing job Bethany!! Sooooo cool, you can really see how Nelson becomes his father in his later years. This was amazing

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Ah! This was amazing! Great job Bethany!

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Ooh my theory that Neslon was talking about his father in some of the video episodes is all he more coming true, it never got an answer but hey who else could it be right? It was confusing at first but further reading made it all fall into place and by the end i felt sorry for him. Bethany, you did an excellent job with this, looking forward to more from you, keep it up!

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Interesting background information on Nelson's dad and their rugged relationship. Bit of a hard man wasn't he?!

I really liked the part where we find out that Nelson's dad was the one to direct the story about why the Syntec co-founders' left the media Q&A, which I took as a reference to the article John Doe dropped for the team to review some time ago, right?

If so, nice twist!

Which brings me to a question. If the Syntec fire was just an excuse, what really caused damage to the handkerchief Deb gave Syphus?

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Wow. Nelson’s dad is really horrible. Basically straight up told Nelson that he’s a loser. 😳 In the future, Nelson really proved that he’s like his dad though. 😅 Kinda makes you wonder what would have happened if Nelson had supportive parents. Perhaps he would’ve turned out more like Matt... 🤔

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I’ve got to say, this is definitely my favorite short story by far. I’ve always wanted to know more about Nelson’s father, so this was a joy to read!

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I enjoyed this so much! Brillian writing! ^_^

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