All right, so I'm close the end but not there yet. I'm very interested to see what happens to Ahmed at the end. Because it feels to me like Ahmed has sort of been panicking inside while Ben hovers in limbo in this safe house. Will he stay, leave, get returned to his RTC?
"Geez." He shakes his head, "acting" like he's remembering. Or, trying to. Now it's so obvious he's lying. There was no Valerie, and if he'd been there, he'd know. "Valerie, Valerie, Valerie. Dunno. Musta been after my time."
To me, this doesn't look like obvious lying. I mean, how's J.D going to know that Valerie didn't get to Serenity Ridge after he left? He can't remember someone who didn't exist. Solid proof? Not quite. I wonder if this is Ahmed trying to convince himself that J.D is lying so that he'll have a reason to dislike him. A reason not to fall in love, because he believes he's got a crush on Hammer. Whose character I love, by the way. The perfect example of what happens to desperate people rejected by society at large- making porn video shows for some kind of steady income while hiding away from the people who wouldn't accept him. Of course, he's not the sharpest tool in the shed, from the sounds of it. But maybe that's just as much a part of his act as his teasing and taunting online- the vapid disguise for his inner turmoil. I'd love to see a sequel from Hammer's perspective, although that might be even more graphic in nature, given his livelihood and what little we find out about his early life.
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