Don't freak out today (Wednesday) - that's just the Cast of Characters updating a bit. Saturday will be when Chapter 14 posts, and it's being uploaded today as well.
I think an email response I got from previous blogs is right. Cal is a 16 year old boy, acting LIKE a 16 year old boy. Sometimes he's all grown up, and sometimes he's just a dork. How can he 'come of age' if he's acting like he's got the life experiences of a 50 (59, in my case) year old man behind him all the time? Also, Jennifer isn't necessarily the greatest judge of character as an adult - she was married to a child molester for HOW long? Only staying with him because of her own guilt due to cheating and her church.
I had hoped to have Book 3 done by Memorial Day. I'm going to miss that deadline. I have a closing on Friday, and then this weekend we're spending time with family. Of the six of us in this generation, four of us are prior service and one of us is still in the military. I know - which a lot of people don't - that this holiday isn't for us, the living, but to remember those who have served our country and are now gone.
One grandfather a US Marine in WWI. Three uncles - one a US Marine (including Iwo Jima), one in the US Navy (North Atlantic convoy duty), one in the US Army Air Corps (P-38 crew chief in South Pacific), in WWII. My wife's father, USAF. My flag flies for you, and the rest of your brothers and sisters in arms that gave their lives for our freedoms.