Is there more to this? Or is this the way you want to end it?

Wow, that was so bittersweet! I do agree with J that it's time for a change - they're both too old to keep playing the same old 'games'. I do feel a bit sorry for MP - I think J has a much better chance of actually being happy than she ever will.
A very good fic, but it made me very melancholy.

Powerful stuff. I'm a big fan of everything Pretender and while I'd cheerfully torture Ms Parker for all the years she's hounded Jarod, I more than appreciated the way Jarod cleansed himself of her and has moved on. Raspberries to a stupid close-sighted woman in Ms Parker, but kudos to Jarod for laying that UST to rest, once and for all, and thus laying it to rest for me too. Thanks for doing that, and in a totally believable and character-true way.

Penn.

Beautiful story and great work. You just made me really, really sad. Haven't felt this sad about a book or a movie for a very long time.

Aw, she might have been willing to go with him! Why didn't he ask? *sad sigh*

Vey well done! *two thumbs up*

Loved it. Everything about this piece makes perfect sense. The non-shipper in me loved the way it ended - Jarod determined to walk away for ever, but still not willing to leave until he knew she was all right; and MP's uncertainty (after all, it's not the first time he led her to believe one thing, then did a 180). Very nicely done.

I went back to dig up the first part of the story. It is interesting that everyone has their own perception of the nature of each character. it's as individual as each writer and the story the writer tells.

I cannot disagree or agree with your characterizations because within the story you tell they make sense. It is an interesting tale and well told. You have a difinite skill in story telling and adapting your characters to the plots.

I hope you continue to write Pretender, it seems to be a dying storyline, when I feel there is still so much left to the mind to play with.