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In the upcoming chapters I am excited to see if Grace gives in and talks about her past, and her parents. Her parents have been a very touchy subject and she avoids it at all costs.

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My reaction to this chapter is very sad and "oh no, poor thing". This chapter makes me think about how strong she is, and how incredible it is she even still believes in God.

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In this chapter we see a deeper look in Grace's life. We see more about her parents and how they died. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother was an angel. It is revealed to us that her father killed her mother and then himself, while Gracie was in the home hiding. Her aunt was left to take care of her, and she doesn't seem to have been the nicest.

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What I am looking forward to most in the upcoming chapters is Grace's full story. We see very little detail about her parents and how they passed away. I am also excited to see how close they get in the next chapters. In just one night they get extremely close so we will see how close they get in I think its three nights..

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I am beyond excited, what I wanted to happen is actually happening. It is also a little annoying because Grace wont talk about her parents, but Roman did. I am still extremely excited to see how close they get in the upcoming chapters

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In these two chapters, Grace and Roman go on a "Business Trip" together. They begin to talk a lot more than they ever have in the several months of her working for him. There is alot of tension, and vulnerability in these two chapters. Which makes me supa excited!

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In the upcoming chapters I am really looking forward to going more into Graces childhood as we did Romans. There was so much emotion in these two chapters being revealed.

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My reactions to these two chapters are very sad. it is very disheartening to see how he was treated by his mother because of her addictions. At the same time it is very hope filled because he is incredibly successful now.

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In these two chapters we see a lot of Romans past. We see who his mother truly was, and her addiction. We also begin to see his start in foster care. In these two chapters we also see jasper come into play, a man from Romans past. A good friend to him.

I made this post 10-11-23

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In these next few chapters I'm hoping to see Grace do something about her feelings toward Roman. I hope that grace stops seeing Brian. Brian is a wonderful man, but hes just not roman. I want to see how their stories play out. These chapters hinted at Roman talking about this past to Grace (which she has not heard before) and Grace talking about her past to Roman (which he has never heard before).

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I am so freaking happy with those chapters. We start to see what I want to happen unfold little by little, and it is so freaking exciting!

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In these chapters, we see Grace and Brian (major rolling eyes) get closer to Grace, they had their first kiss (ew). We begin to see Romans feelings about the whole thing. He liked Grace(Oh yeaaah). I am very happy about this btw.

I made this post on 10-06-23

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In these next few chapters i'm hoping to see grace with Roman. Im hoping we begin to see a real bond between the two. Roman is a broken man with a broken past, and Grace is a broken woman with a broken past.

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My reaction to this is what the hay-hay is wrong with Patrick?! Like why is he the man he is? Who dropped him on his head as a baby? I know if any man ever did that to me I would leave in a heartbeat.

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In these three chapters we see Graces past unfold by a ton. The story goes more into detail about Patrick (her ex-husband) and how they even came to be. In my opinion he is extremely toxic! I am majorly side eyeing this man.

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I would say my biggest concern for the chapters coming next is how Roman is going to feel about Grace seeing someone. Im anticipating that he likes her, so I hope Grace does not like Brian.

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my reaction to this is kind of sad. Im afraid Grace will start to see the youth pastor (Brian) more and start to like him. I like roman I am team Roman.

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In these two chapters Grace moves into the cottage and we see Roman begin to open himself to Grace. He starts to think about his feelings for grace. Grace also goes on a date with a youth pastor and really enjoyed it.

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I am very thrilled with how this is playing out. Everything is starting to make sense about Roman. I am really curious about grace. We haven't really gone into much detail about her past life, except for her previous marriage.

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My reaction to these couple of chapters is "Awhh". After so many chapters of roman having a bad past, we begin to see some good things finally happening in his life. He starts to experience good relationships with the other boys in the foster home.

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In these three chapters, we go really into depth with Romans past. We see him go to a new foster family, they have rules and things that roman is not used to. He tries to run away but ends up staying. It is very clear that this family is why Roman is the good man he is today.

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Im very intrigued on how these next chapters are going to play out. Are they going to face very difficult challenges or are they possibly going to fall in love? I have so many questions.

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I find this chapter to be bittersweet, grace is getting to be independent, but she is also missing out on so much time with her son. On the same end with Roman, he is really struggling with himself and his identity as an artist. Im waiting for the ball to drop.

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In these two chapters we see that grace is offered a place to stay (with Roman). Grace is at first hesitant, but is now taking him up on the offer. She has yet to mention she has a son to Roman. She is also doing extremely well in her work life. Not so much her home life. We also go in deeper with Romans past, and we find out his mother was a terrible mom, and his dad is dead.

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In these two chapters we see major shifts. Grace goes from lacking stability, to having stability. She is nervous to take the offer from Roman, honestly I would be too.

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Im a little nervous about how this is going to play out because if it were me, I would need a little more time around roman just to make sure he's ok.

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In these two chapters we see Grace Moore and Roman Velasco build a relationship. It is a very faint relationship but present. Roman offers grace a place to live because it is really hard for grace to drive three hours everyday, and still spend time with her son. Her friends come to see the place and meet the owner (Roman Velasco).

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This backstory in the first chapter leads me to believe Roman is facing his past and it is very difficult on him. I think this will lead to major character development throughout the book.

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The first chapter of this book has my attention grabbed. The author made it very clear in the first chapter what this book is going to be like; filled with lots of adventure and challenges. My reaction to the first chapter is honestly taken aback, I think that if I were to ever do something like Roman I would be caught and thrown in jail almost instantly.

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In the first chapter we see Roman Velasco's early life, and we begin to learn that he does street art (Graffiti). We read that Roman does his art at night, and that it is very very tricky. He spends the majority of the first chapter running and hiding from the police.

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Doctor Thorne's internal struggle in regard to the future well-being of his niece and the seemingly underhanded way it might occur contributes to his upstanding character.

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The way Trollope continues to add dimension to the story through multiple plot lines always impresses me, but this one in particular I was surprised by. I knew that Mary would need to inherit in some way so that she could be with her obvious future man, Frank Gresham the younger, but I truly did not know how it was going to happen. I am curious to know if Roger Scatcherd, her unknown uncle, will come to be known to her or if he will die before she or Doctor Thorne can make him aware of the situation.

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In these two chapters, Doctor Thorne learns that his niece's other uncle, Roger Scatcherd, has made him the executor of his estate. Inside of his will he has stipulated that if something should happen to his son, his only heir, then the bulk of his estate, which includes $200K, will go to his sister's first born child, which just so happens to be Doctor Thorne's niece Mary. Doctor Thorne spends the bulk of the remaining chapters going back and forth debating on whether he should tell Roger about this development.