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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Karin" data-source="post: 92655" data-attributes="member: 57167">Thank you for the detailed feedback Ms Southworth. It's much appreciated as always. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />:Clol: I think in order to write the characters you have to understand them. So I was simply trying to explain JR's POV. You are right of course, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that JR is behind this scheme...But I guess you'll just have ro keep reading to see who sees through JR's scheme first... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I understand your POV when it comes to Charlie and Jenna. You read the scene from a mother's POV and yes Charlie does come across as a bit bratty and ungrateful. Yet the scene is written from a teeangers POV. Yes it's one of our original scenes that hasn't changed all that much since we wrote it back in 1995. So as a 15 year old girl I definitely sided with Charlie in this conflict and thought Ray was totally unfair. It's true that Charlie is trying to establish her life elsewhere. But like all college students who comes back to live with their parents over the holidays she is having a bit hard to adjust to being back living with her mom. Also everyone matures differently and there are some 22 year olds that are still acting like teenagers! Anyway this scene is important in the sense that it establish that Charlie still has issues with Ray, Bobby and Pam and what happened some 8-9 years ago. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown    :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />I'm glad that you think the business scene is one of the best ones. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />It's one of the new add on scenes. Anyway here's today's update: Later that evening at the Jones’ house. Mitch, Lucy, Trevor, Lynette and the kids were seated outside in the warm July heat celebrating Mitch new job. “Didn’t I tell you, you would get it?” Trevor smiled. “Who was right huh?”“Alright, alright I admit. You were right!” Mitch smiled.  “Hear that Billy daddy was right!” Trevor smiled at his son who was playing with a car on the porches’ stone floor. Next to him sat Lucy and Lynette, also on the floor, watching him and Kathleen who walked around with a doll in her hands.“Yeah go daddy!” Billy exclaimed and started clapping his hands.“Hear that darling?” Trevor asked his wife.Lynette shook her head with an amused smile on her face, “Will you stop bragging and check on that grill instead?”  Lynette asked. “After all when you promised Mitch a celebration dinner you didn’t mean to serve him charcoal now did you!”“Ha, ha very funny,” Trevor said before standing up to check on the grill that was built-into the wall surrounding the porch.“So did you get the invitation to the vernissage at my gallery?” Lucy asked.“Yes thank you we did,” Lynette replied.“So are you coming?” Lucy asked. “It would really mean a lot to me if you did.”“We’d love to, we just need to find a baby sitter for the children,” Lynette replied, as Kathleen walked over to them, putting her doll in Lucy’s lap.“Hi there, is this your doll?” Kathleen nodded and Lucy went on, “She’s pretty, what’s her name?”“Hannah,” Kathleen smiled.“Oh that’s a nice name,” Lucy said.“It’s after my sister,” Lynette said. “She gave her the doll and since Hannah was the first name Kathleen learned to say…”“Hannah it was,” Lucy said. “So your sister lives in Dallas too?”“No she doesn’t. She lives back home in Vermont, in Saint Albans near Canada.”“Oh I see. My siblings live in California, in Knots Landing.”“Brothers or sisters?”“One of each, twins actually!” Lucy replied.“That’s nice,” Lynette said. “Are they older or younger then you?”“Younger! Much younger,” Lucy laughed. “They’ll be 11 in November!”“Oh really?” Lynette looked surprised. “Your parents must have had them late!”“Not that late. But they were still in their teens when they had me,” Lucy said.“Mommy, mommy,” Billy said. “Can I go ride on the slide?” Billy pointed to the yellow slide coming out of a tree house that stood out on the lawn.“Billy we’re gonna eat soon,” Lynette said.   “Please mommy! Just one time!” Billy pleaded.“Kathleen slide too,” Kathleen said.“Oh come on Lynette let them go. I can watch them,” Lucy said.“You sure?” Lynette asked.“Yeah,” Lucy stood up.“Okay you can go slide with Lucy,” Lynette gave in and the kids cheered and jumped up and down. Before Lucy lifted up Kathleen and started to walk down to the slide with Billy running ahead! Mitch smiled as he watched her.“Lucy is really good with the kids,” Trevor remarked.“Yeah,” Mitch nodded. “She is.”“Makes you wanting one of your own?” Lynette asked.“Someday,” Mitch said.Trevor pulled down Lynette in his lap and said, “Hey honey they just got remarried. Give them a few months before you start nagging will you!” And they all laughed.</blockquote>

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