by SteveWallace
Have been ready for another of your tales and you did not disappoint. Now waiting for Ch. 02...and beyond!
I figure that was his IQ. I gave it a perfect score. Love the direction this is taking.
I love your work. The Circle is one my favorites on this site
However, I felt like this was very disturbing. I am sure you are going to make this guy as slutty as his girlfriend and he will like it, hence the paradigm shift. I guess he should have guessed this from her past, but don't make him recover overnight. Betrayal is a very powerful emotional downer. In his mind she has lost a lot of credibility. Please don't make it suddenly OK. That is not what real people do. (From my own personal history I can identify with him easily) Don't make him into a cartoon character. As I try to identify with him it would take a lot to keep me from throwing her out. She could have brought him along more slowly with Don and Edie instead of giving him a gator aide bath like that. Pretty cruel. KC must have absolutely no sensibility about where his head has been for the months of their relationship. My entire image of her now is extremely negative.
I will continue reading this story unless it becomes cartoonish. I am interested to see how you handle it!
Did you write this before or after you decided to used "Paradigm Shift" as the title? I did enjoy it, for the most part. Looking forward to the next installment.