I rarely write "sequels" but felt to had to after all he had previously suffered. I also don't often write where Adam suffers too much physically--usually he beats himself up instead of someone else physically doing it! And, yes, finding he was loved helped Adam heal most of all. Thanks for reading, Heather, and reviewing.

I rarely write "sequels" but felt to had to after all he had previously suffered. I also don't often write where Adam suffers too much physically--usually he beats himself up instead of someone else physically doing it! And, yes, finding he was loved helped Adam heal most of all. Thanks for reading, Heather, and reviewing.

Why shouldn't Adam be happy after he suffered so much in the story leading into this?  So, I gve him a chace at love. <3  THanks for leaving a review and I'm pleased you liked the end.

Yes, he does deserve happiness. I think that had Adam gone through such a devastating loss in the show, his character wu ould have changed (and if the character had been able to develop more depth, I wonder if PR would have stayed!) Thank you for reading and commenting.

Yes, there is a sequel to this but there is another story in the Adam/Lucy arc that is "The Doublewalker." It has Reverend Dave played by PR from the Bronco episde, "The Belles of Silver Flats." Glad that you liked this. (Dont think Hop Sing shared his gift no more than Hoss did!)

I am glad that you like the story so much, Since I had put Adam through so much in a previous story, I felt that he would have been a changed man when he returned from the sea. And thanks for liking a "darker" Adam; not many readers do.

So glad that you liked this, Penny. Thank you for the nice words!

Lucy was a balm for his soul. (PS--the re;ationship continues in my first NaNoWri--"Absolute Bearing.")

Love that Adam! Appreciate your leaving a comment, 1964Adam. Thanks.

I like this story as well--for some starnge reason. I'm glad that you saw that Adam had to get his head staight and trust again. Thanks for reading and giving your opinion.

The way I figured it, after all that time, Roy still had no evidence against Adam so there would be nothing to follow-up. I loved Lucy---no reference to the TV show!  :) -- and "Absolute Bearing_ is the follow-up story of Adam and Lucy--it's long--was my NaNoWri challenge story. And since you asked, "The Double-walker" is another prequel story of Adam and Lucy. There is another story, "The Wiving of Adam" but Lucy is dead at the beginning. I'm not spoiling anything because it's revealed in the first section. Read at your own risk! :-D

Thanks for reading and I'm pleased that you liked the story. 

Thank you--I'm glad it did.

Thank you for such a generous review; I imagined that after being gone for five years at sea, Adam had to be different--that you for validating that. This is one of my favorite stories that I wrote (some I want to delete!) so I'm glad that you like it as well. :-)

Well, this is the second--my NaNoWri is the third story. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I'm glad that you liked it--it's one of my favorites.

Since this is actually one of my favorite atories, I'm pleased that you liked it. Thanks for reading, choklit.

I'm so glad that you enjoyed it. (Hope you didn't mind that Joe's getting married! LOL!) It's my pleasure to share.

I was surprised and glad to see that someone had reviewed this story and "A Type..." For some reason, I particularly liked writing these two and was disappointed in a way that when I wrote " To Suffer..." as a WIP, not many people read it and I loved "To Suffer..." so much. It was like having an ugly baby that no one oohs! and Ahhs! over.  :-D  Thanks for sayong something nice about my "baby." I appreciate it.

Maybe there could be one (I'm searching for legitimacy :) in my stories here.)  Anyway, R or not, I'm glad that you liked this one and enjoyed it! But I will consider your suggestion Kimberly. Always looking for fresh ideas.

Thanks, Terina, for taking the time to review this in the Library.  I'm glad that you liked it and that you let me know.

Lady cat, I appreciate that you chose one of my stories as one to read. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.

I'm glad that you like the story, ansinico. Adam's bitterness is the result of what happened to him previously--this story is a sequel-that prompted him to take to the sea. The darker aspects of his personality were brought out by a traumatic, tragic event that killed a bit of his humanity.

Thanks, Bertha, for reading it and commenting.

Thank you for leaving a review, jmd29. I always like the idea that Adam will be blessed with love and happiness and most of all, thet he will be content to remain on the Ponderosa.