by JaxRhapsody
Love this whole series and want to read more. Kinda getting the impression Rebecca is using her son and hasn't really changed at all!
Great series, should be several more stories to come. But, the one story that has to be written is them going to the family reunion...........():\
At this point, I think garth557 has a point. So far the romance has been romance-novel level - leading to the natural conclusion that they're going into happily ever after, if not already there.
However a few chapters back, Rebecca said 'time' s up' on the lap dance. And yet after getting a hundred dollar bill, the lapdance ends anyway almost instantly just judging by the conversation. The money is probably nothing to Danny, but there's no reason to take it if the conversation is gonna pause anyway. Maybe she was testing him. But early on in the series, it was pointed out numerous times how she didn't want his money. So it was kinda jarring to see that.
That might have been nothing, maybe still isn't anything. But now she's basically fucking some dude just to get out of a lease. She's got a better paying job. Lives rent free. That dump's rent couldn't have been costly at all; the landlord even makes a point of saying its the cheapest around. It seems rather easy to just pay the rent. Or even just offer to pay half the remaining lease while the landlord can try to rent it out right away and maybe get double rent. Considering the sex happened off-scene, it wasn't there to add sex to the story either. She even mentioned earlier in the series that she didn't like it (hooking), and yet her plan a is to fuck in exchange. Even as a recently retired hooker and one time porn star, it's really fishy that she'd offer sex offer it.
Considering that throughout the series some plot points were seeded some chapters back before the 'pay off', it seems Danny and Rebecca might be setup for some turbulent times or even a tragic ending.
Especially considering Rebecca's "mistakes" weren't really elaborated yet. Sure, she left her son because she didn't want to be a mom yet. But Charles was saying 'stupid and inane' reasons - plural. It was explained before that she basically left them and lived as a wild child. Considering the 'strong traits' (Rebecca had related parents) and that no one else in the clan seemed to be a druggie nor hooker / porn star, it kinda begs the question why'd she be different enough to land on this path and be a black sheep.
Anyway, whether it's a plothole or plot point, I hope there's more to this series.