Even if it sounds strange in context to the story... I enjoyed reading it. Yep.
(I confess, I had to skip a lot of the childhood scenes) But I loved the Tony and Gibbs moments very much.
Greetings SH

This was a hell of a story. It seemed like a bit of an abrupt ending, but it fit with the rest of the story, so I think it worked.

Whew. Honestly, I had to take a break in the middle, because I thought I was going to throw up. It was rough. I think, though, that it was honest; people do go through that kind of pain, and it's awful and sickening. You conveyed that well. I am just hoping that you haven't had to experience this kind of abuse, because nobody should have to.

Damned straight we're keeping him! :D
And I'm also keeping this story on my favorites list. It's been a long haul, but it's been absolutely worth reading it. I don't think watching NCIS will be the same again...
You've shown your greatness at writing with this one. Thank you for giving us the chance of reading it :D

Well what can I say about this chapter...
It was difficult to keep on reading, because it started to make me a bit sick. Must have been difficult to write too, I imagine...
But I'm glad I did, because that last part, with Tony finally standing up against his father, you managed to make me actually feel proud of him. I was nearly cheering him on ;)
So yeah, the combination of both made me feel a lot better instantly.
Really powerfull chapter.

Oh my, it has been so long since I had the time to read some of my alerts but now RL has finally graced me with some time, so I'm going to finish your great story.

And from the start you once again manage to drag me in! I wanted to seriously strangle Tony's father last chapter and I couldn't stop the tears from coming in this one. I just had to review in order to stop crying...

So now I'll go see if I can finish it finally and long overdue!

well, i've got tears in my eyes, and in my view, when an author gets that much emotion from a reader, great job. i am, however, comforting myself by imagining just what gibbs would do to dinozzo senior in that dark alley.

This story was absolutely breathtaking. You showed just how much of a monster Tony's father became, and yet at the same time illustrated how broken the man was. And how poignantly alone he is now. I wonder what he'll do when he's old and at death's door, if he'll reach out one last time. Or not. Or if Tony'd even show up, now that he has a REA family around him.

Thank you so much for writing this story. It hurt so badly to read it, and yet I would never have thought of stopping my reading. The psychology of grief and loss and agony changing people while causing irrevocable damage to everything around them was perfectly written.

Again, thank you for sharing this.
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Oh my gosh. This story was so wonderful. I was crying through the whole thing. It was written so well and I really enjoyed reading it. Every abuse story I've ever heard was extremely fake and unrealistic. Cheers to you for making a realistic-sounding abuse story!
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i liked the storyline. i think i read some parts of it before so i think someone may be copying ur story. A bit too much description and too little speech. other than that this is a pretty good story.
abbie
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Holy Heck! That was fabulous! Totally made me cry though! Thank you so much!

This was one of the best NCIS fics I've read. I thoroughly enjoyed it, especially the flashbacks, though I have to admit, I did cry at most parts where poor Tony was being abused. Very good plot, you kept in character, the chapters were nice and long. Not a thing wrong with this fic that I can see other than it ended too soon for my liking. lol.

Thank you for this fic, it's really opened my eyes to a lot of things.

~ No1butjoe

This story is really good shows how I'd like the relationship between Tony and Gibbs to be. Made me cry a few times reading this. I can't believe Tony'd believe that,it's just wrong I mean he's Tony. Ya know? I loved the story it's really good I suprisingly cried more when Tony wasn't being beaten. Marie's funeral expecially how could Tony's father make him apologize to Marie's daughter for killing her that;s just wrong.
I really did love it in a morbid angsting way.

Wow. I just read all 14 chapters in one sitting. I think I went through half a box of tissues reading this. Wow. Just. Wow. This was a terrifically moving and heartfelt story. I loved reading it so much that instead of working on my dissertation (as I should have been doing) I spent the entire afternoon reading this. It was a great story and I hope that you do a follow-up someday. Does knowing all this about Tony's childhood change how Gibbs reacts to Kate's teaching Tony at the office? Does Tony ever open up to the rest of the team? Will Gibbs or Tony ever confront DiNozzo senior? So many possibilities.

Again- this was a great story! Thank you for writing it!

I loved your story, from the very beginning and suffered with Tony on his remembrance of his childhood as it where a real person and not a story. But don't worry I always do that with great angsty stories but I KNOW is a story. Continue, please.
Good luck, Trecia.