I've removed one character from this part, Loren the gardener. I think I'll put him in Toronto or maybe even Vancouver. Haven't decided, yet, but I do like having him in it.
Something else was Eric's overdose. It felt too Hollywood-ish and I was working too hard to make it a smooth part of the story. I finally decided to pull it, completely. And it works a lot better.
I now have Luc letting Adam know the pot they're smoking has THC in it, which is very addictive. It's the decent Christian man's method of controlling the boys and Rory is his go-between. So Adam stops smoking pot. He starts sneaking out of the home to go to a nearby used book shop and buy books he can't get brought to himself by his visitors. That keeps him sane.
One such book is Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir. He doesn't like the ending of it, but otherwise loves the man's prose and characterizations...so makes it a habit to go there once a week, or so.
Until one night he runs into his brother, Reynard, learns his parents have said he is dead, to them, and his world explodes.
I'm going to watch another one of the Thin Man series, tonight. Cleanse my mind of all the shit with the Epstein files and such.
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