Your wrting is very well done and your story is one of my favorites. I love how you portray Rhett and Scarlett! They are both very true to character. I would love to see how your story ends.

Glad to see you're back and hope you find your GWTW passion again soon. Oh, so many questions and so few answers (sigh)...what to do? I agree, Rhett wouldn't use a rock, so Scarlett's right there. He'd prefer something cleaner as that's what has worked for him in the past. It is ironic that Rhett thinks Scarlett is too delicate to kill anyone. If only he knew! I'm disheartened to hear that she doesn't even have any affection for Rhett any more; not even that night with Rhett helped, huh? But she is fearful of what would happen to her if he went to jail...oh, dear! Sounds like she is still worried about her own precious hide.

I hope enough wonderful reviews tickle your muse and your mojo returns! We can't let you acquire that other Corrin-iform virus, update-itis (like the one-shot that took 2 years to complete). You can do this Steph! Think of the group of us begging. The loud collective whine will drive you nuts as it grows and swells with each passing month. You will want to beat us to death with a rock to make the noise stop! Okay, enough of this, you get the idea!

The suspense grows. Scarlett, eternally vain, imagining pleasantly two men she claims she doesn't love dueling for her affections, while one of them is dead and the other under suspicion. I agree with Scarlett, Rhett wouldn't sully his hands with the rock, especially when he was such a good shot and had murdered other men before. But would he hire some brute to do it? Rhett is a very rich man; he needn't soil his own hands.

Rhett doesn't seem to be sweating this out the way Scarlett is. I thought it interesting that rather than focus on Renard's interest in the Butler's connection with the murder, he is wondering who hired him. I especially giggled at his assessment of Pittypat as someone who couldn't hold a thought longer than she could hold her breath, and rejecting the idea of Scarlett as the murderer because she didn't like to get dirty. Rhett doesn't have a guilty conscience over this, but Scarlett certainly seems to have one.

As usual, I finished reading with many questions: Will Renard find out about the black man and the Yankee Rhett killed, and nearly hanged for, after the war? Will Renard find out about the Yankee Scarlett killed? The fact that they've both killed before would be very incriminating under the circumstances. Maybe one of the convicts that Scarlett used as a laborer at the mill took revenge on Ashley, rather than Scarlett. Doesn't Rhett's concern for Bonnie's reputation and place in society supersede his obsessive jealousy of Ashley, or at least make it inconceivable that he would commit murder?

You used some great turns of phrase like "plantation golden boy". I also thought this line was interesting: *The flame she had once carried for Ashley was now as dead as he was, and the affection she had once had for Rhett dissipated under years of hard feelings and resentment.* So the night of passion after Ashley's birthday party didn't convince her she really has feelings for her husband? Some people really do need to be smacked upside the head!

All in all, another good chapter. Please don't make us use desperate measures to get you back on task!

I like this chapter. Lots of intrigue. No typos. The plot thickens.
Hm. Please fall in love with this story again, it is very very good, especially since Ashley is dead. Hey, maybe he could come back as a ghost and haunt somebody...like maybe his killer. Just a thought.

Hey, you're back! I didn't think this was bad at all, there were quite a few lines that really stood out to me, especially the one about the black and white knights feeding fair Scarlett's ego. Also liked the phrase, 'golden plantation boy', its just kind of funny.

I hope you update soon, but no rush, we'll all still be here.

Lost your GWTW mojo? No, you have to get it back! Anyway, it was nice to be into their heads, especially Rhett's; it was very believable that he would decide to find out who hired the man and so on. And I also like how Scarlett thinks Rhett would not have mashed Ashley's head with a stone, but gone for a more elegant solution. And since I think she's right I can't wait to see who did it so don't take too long to update!

I am so glad you have updated this story! I agree with Scarlett, Rhett would not murder him with a rock, maybe by throttling him with his hands. I'm racking my brain trying to think who done it. Please put me out of my misery soon.

nice, but not really exciting.

The story is wonderful!! I can't wait to read more. I thought Rhett had killed Ashley. I think I might go back and make sure I read it right. I just can't believe that Melly would kill her husband. But it is very well written. Please up date soon.

The man still comes to haunt Rhett even after death... =)

I find that strangly amusing.

It's really cute how Scarlett truly believes Rhett didn't kill Ashley that she has that much faith in him.

Ah, give them enough rope and they will hang themselves! Great chapter. The interplay between the Butlers and Renard, and then the accusatory exchange between Rhett and Scarlett certainly gives the impression there is something to hide here!

I also liked the references to Scarlett's pregnancy, like this one: *Even though now she was more than visibly pregnant, Scarlett could not help herself from running off to her store as soon as the opportunity had presented itself, and as she looked around the room she used as an office, she smiled, her heart swelling with pride, this place was her baby.* The baby growing in her womb is a burden, but the business she nurtured is her baby! Or this one: *She leaned back against her chair and rested her hands across her belly. God, she hated being pregnant. It made her feel awkward and out of place, constantly uncomfortable, hot and bothered. * Being a businesswoman in a man's world doesn't make her nearly as uncomfortable as pregnancy--that's our Scarlett! And then Rhett referring to her "delicate condition," and Scarlett thinking she'd never been in a "delicate condition."

You've set up a fertile situation for suspicion, and pregnant with possibilities. (Sorry, couldn't help it!) Well done!

Well, I finally got around to reading your latest installment of this story and I'm wondering what you have going on in that devious mind of yours. I'm wondering if he's thinking Rhett or Scarlett is the guilty party. Oh, what are you going to do? You've got me hanging on and believe me, I'm no fan of India's. Can't stand her and I wish she never hired this Frenchman.

Bravo my friend, I always enjoy an update.
If only I could return the favor lol.

Uh Ohh - the plot thickens - but please let R and S have their talk before R is pulled of to prison (which I hope will not happen) - but yo never know