SS7 119 A Tainted Apology
skyangel on Oct. 17, 2021
The thing I enjoyed most about writing this scene is the way Janey's mum's apology slowly starts to leak acid as it comes out, leaving poor Sarah somewhat dumbstruck. We still have two more pages to go yet so I won't say any more but you might guess where it's heading anyway.
tommym at 5:00PM, March 19, 2022
Dear Sky, Just thought about Janey getting hit by truck. In any case it is about time Mrs. Donavan comes clean. tommym
DarkVisor at 7:44PM, Oct. 21, 2021
Not saying it justifies what Janey did, but this might go towards explaining _why_ she cheated: if she already felt she was losing Sarah, what more did she have to lose?
skyangel at 1:04AM, Oct. 22, 2021
DV: Nicely noted. As Fruitbat mentions, Janey's excuse for cheating were somewhat different to the one's her mother's proposing but at least it gives Sarah more to think about.
Bluack at 7:48PM, Oct. 19, 2021
Looks like Mrs. Donovan is trying to absolve herself of her not caring one whit about Sarah. If so, I do not understand it this context but another. And if so, I sympathize with Sarah.
skyangel at 11:30AM, Oct. 20, 2021
Bluack: The relationship between Sarah and Janey's mother has never been that great so Sarah's just as confused I think as the readers are at this point. :)
fredhedges at 9:52AM, Oct. 18, 2021
Very nicely drawn page with expressive faces and lots of detail. And I'm with the other readers - was Janey "losing" Sarah before or after she cheated on her?
skyangel at 11:22AM, Oct. 20, 2021
Fred: Thankyou, I try to get facial expressions looking as meaningful as I can on pages like this as it helps give so much more weight to the text. Not to give too much away before next week but yes, Mrs Donovan is referring to events before Janey cheated so you can maybe get some idea of what's coming.
skyangel at 11:18AM, Oct. 20, 2021
NicandBen: All is revealed next page ;)
Fruitbat44v2 at 2:11PM, Oct. 17, 2021
That is getting a bit sharper edged . . . I think Sarah's "Bloody cheek" is on the mild side, especially since Janey's mum admits that she cast Sarah in the role of the "predatory gay." Not nice, but at least she's admitting she was wrong. (I hope.) As for the last panel, why does it cross my mind that Janey told a somewhat "edited" version of what happened between her & Sarah . . .
skyangel at 11:17AM, Oct. 20, 2021
Fruitbat: Sarah's biting her lip here because she's only just made peace with Janey at long last and doesn't want things to flare up again. As for the last panel, very well remembered and Sarah will be mentioning the very same thing herself before this chat ends!