All Comments on 'Dilemma Continued Ch. 06'

You show a real talent for writing and look forward to future stories. Thanks for finishing Josephus's story.

You did a good job with finishing the story. One detail though. The game is held in Dallas not Houston, hence the rape occurred in and his departure occur from Dallas. No biggie really.

Enjoyed the story.

Very well balanced, good character development, and an intriguing plot. I love happy endings.

Thank you

Thanks for the comments both positive and negative. Right from the beginning of joesephus's first story I felt that Lorelei got a bit of a raw deal and that Chris behaved like an immature brat until he met Cindy and found what problems are out there in the real world. During my 37 year career in law enforcement I met a number of the first type of Chris usually in a battering situation where the wife had not done some the husband thought should have been done or she had done something that he thought she shouldn't do. So I felt I had to give her a chance. Joesephus in his writing had already given a basis for those strings so I just rolled them out further

Wonderful story & a great finish to the story

While Chris and Lorelei were able to get past the huge barrier that was imposed on them, their relationship looks to be interesting enough that additional stories would be worthwhile.

A seamless extention of the story. I have to wait for the whole story before I read it but it was not a long wait. I just comment at the end. Great writing and even better reading. Thank you. Jim ....for some reason I can't log in so I will have to be an anon....sorry....jiminab

I really enjoyed reading this, well done. I hope you write some more good one real soon. Cheers Roger.

The possibility turned real here was certainly present in the original story. I have to admit that I was a bit surprised by how Chris viewed himself in the end he did no bodily harm to anyone and just wanted to be left alone to deal with his pain. That may be immature or inexperience but it did seem very natural to me. Anyway we can all love the final couple and their children.

Story too harsh on Chris. He was the victim more than Lorelei. She could of refused the ride but choose not to do so. Still, good ending.

I read the original and found this, from your recent story I read today.

I always wondered what would have happened if Joesephus had the opportunity to write further.

I enjoyed your take and thank you for writing it.

Now I'm going to start on the rest of your submissions.

Thanks again for a great story.

As I stated in my response to Joesephus in the original, I don't think it was ever intended to be completed. So, I am not sure that this is the story he would have had in mind. Cindy comes across as an afterthought in this chapter.

Chris was not so immature, he was hurt by the actions of the one person he thought never would.

Chris was more the victim than Lorelei.

She chose to ride with prof. King instead of waiting for the man that was supposedly her "soulmate".

That was her decision, as was allowing her head to be turned by the prof.'s flattery.

She put herself in place for what happened, she was not kidnapped.

That anyone would draw parallels to abusive relationships is unreal.

In the original story, Cindy was hoping to bring about forgiveness on Chris' part. Because she could see how not forgiving Lorelei caused him continued pain and just because that's what ministers do; it's an occupational thing, and anyone who marries a minister should just accept that your spouse is going to champion forgiveness. By introducing the rigged class scheduling and the date rape drug, forgiveness on Chris' part isn't merely devalued, it's turned into a burden of guilt. The redemption of Lorelei's sin and the grace of forgiveness from Chris are twisted into a typical "blame the husband's stupid male ego" cliche.

I don't think the continuation of Joseseph's story could have been done any better.

Doggone TX pollen is strong tonight. Parts of this chapter were very moving. NL stayed with J's characters unusually well.

When Reading Theodor comentss..i fucked update..indeed my wimpy white knight. You took a gem abs turn IT in a pile of shit. Your wife was beating your ass și You ca-n write ghid shit And make it the husband fault that She was a slut. You nade cindy a vague memoriu And also nade him în the perfect husband..quit writing. Remain ar shooting Black people first And asking questions later

Outstanding continuation and conclusion to the saga. Thank you.

Good ending to Joesephus story

Thank you

Good story,

Nice happy ending , it I didn’t like your treatment of Chris. You say you see him as a brat. Right away that tells me you’re off base. To resolve the situation only required Chris to forgive, not become involved with his ex.

They were both taken advantage of, but his pain and loss is discarded to forgive her cheating. That was a trope even when you wrote this. It’s a shame you didn’t try to find a better way forward

Damn good finish

Pardon me while I throw up. What a convoluted, even tortured, defense ofcheating and demand that the victimpays.

I found then continuation to be kid of dry and formulaic. It does dovetail with the original in that Professor King was a predator, she did say "no" several times at the beginning and then just let it happen, and Lorelei could never understand why she ended up in the room, and in the original, completely owned up to what she (thought) she did, with a lot of self loathing and getting revenge on Professor King, the only way she could. But there are some inconsistencies. Perhaps thr original Police Chief was corrupt. Also date rape drugs would have longer term side effects. In the original, Lorelei did appear to "bounce" back rather too quickly, as such drugs will have effects for some time, though admittedly some of her dialog (statement about the thread count), going to dance with Prof King (briefly, before telling him off) seemed, and the sequence she said things came off as weird or even tonally off-base. Moreover, date rape drugs have a significant half-life, and while may only be exploitable for sexual rape or coercion at their peak pharmacokinetic concentrations (ignoring person-to-person metabolic and clearance differences), they are detectable (at least in the last 10 years) for up to a few days, maybe even a week. All that aside, while it was a nice attempt by this author, Josephus was a clearly superior author (sorry to this author) and we don't know what he intended (or if he intended a continuation at all). Finally, if one accepts the presentation of evidence and facts as stipulated by this author about the predator Prof Kin and his accomplices, staging an attack on their marriage and a rape of Lorelei (again IF the reader accepts what is written by the author, whose story it is, so seems reasonable), then many of the commmentes below: NO Lorelei did not cheat on Chris. Period. Use of date rape drugs means rape and non-consent. And their are some elements that align with the original (especially from Lorelei's internal monolog in Josephus' second chapter), while others like the duration of effect of such drugs does not. Certainly there was enough wiggle room for this author to make this variant of the original. Regardless, while I don't blame Chris for flipping out and he certainly had every right at the time to feel he needed a divorce, his fugue state aside, his ditching everyone completely, including his parents and fleeing to Philadelphia and going to ground was a craven reaction. Not saying they would or should have reconciled at that time, as the wound was too deep. Cindy had a powerful effect on Chris for the better on the original stories. And Cindy and Lorelei connected strongly (because Cindy became a saint). But Chris' continued anxiety attacks whenever Lorelei was mentioned the first couple of years was troublesome. Clearly he need a therapy (which I suppose Cindy provided in her own way). Lastly if accepting the lremise of this story and the large conspiracy vs Lorelei and Chris at the outset, then reconciliation is a no brainer. But why did it take til the arrest of Professor King on TV, for him to start talking to Lorelei in a meaningful way? He already knew the evidence was all basically there, and very little was added later except Prof King got assistance from others at the hotel in the bar. So why wait months for the investigation to reach its point of filing charges? Note that as a reader, you can choose to reject all the evidence put forth in this continuation and go on despising Lorelei. That your prerogative. But if you accept that she was drugged with date rape drugs, then she is innocent of adultery. Can't have it both ways.

It probably ended up where Josephus would have wanted it but while it was a nice attempt, it was a bit lacking and threadbare. Jospehus had a flair for emotional drama and introspection. I suspect Josephus would have had Chris make the maturation of his character to forgive Lorelei well before all the hard evidence and conviction came in on King, the predator. The rape case came off as too formulaic and too expansive to cover up. Chris forgiving Lorelei and working on a relationship before evidence popped up would have been much more impactful and in line with the original author's narrative. Chris had his own redemption arc to follow, not necessarily regarding a divorce but how he completely severed all communication for years with Lorelei. Yes Cindy was part of his therapy but at the end of the original, with all his pain from Cindy's tragic death, he still was not healed, because he had never really confronted what had happened, confronted his own reaction, nor had any closure with Lorelei. Would have thought that finding out about even the strong likelihood of a date rape drugs, via say hearsay from a colleague or fellow conspirator, would be enough for Lorelei to forgive herself AFTER Chris forgave her, and then with some time reconnecting and maybe counseling, they could start a new relationship that would eventually end up where it did with then remarrying and a full family and HEA. But instead this author focused too much on the Law and Order SVU sub plot with a painted, bright yellow trail of evidence that was somehow ignored years ago. Still 5 stars for a HEA for Chris and Lorelei and considering how amazing the original author's two stories were. RIP Josephus.