It's sad to see what both the physical and psychological trauma has done to influence, or I say hinder Gia's bond with Sully. Fortunately, in recent years (very recent) more focus (unfortunately not in all cases more resources) has been directed towards the possibility of this occuring in both sexual assault victims who become pregnant and their partners. The outcome of parent(s) having to confront the evidence of the trauma unwillingly and/or without proper treatment for the trauma can be disastrous for all parties involved. Hence, if things don't get better for Sully it could result in him becoming a monster or emotionally inept or isolated. And lets face it if left with Becky as his only option for a mother it's not a question of if he will be damaged, but rather how and what's his diagnosis. So right now this leaves Gia as his only hope, which at this point he may not fare any better with her. Sigh. . . Fingers cross, it being a bit much for little girl who is traumatized herself, but Holly girl it appears that at the moment Sully's well being is in your hands.
Another reason why Becky and Jeffrey are idiots: they were so focused on hiring the worst people imaginable with no morals whatsoever just so they could make sure that Gia had no way out that they never considered that those same people with no morals could one day throw them under the bus. Now their own guard is planning on taking them out. Loyalty should’ve been the first criteria during the hiring process lol
I really can’t believe they’ve been there for almost 2 years. I really hope than can escape soon bc I would hate for holiday to waste her precious childhood in that hellhole. Imagine how that’ll affect her social skills?
I hope so too bc she knows good and well that Becky doesn’t care about that child. And I’m sure Jeffrey hasn’t even seen him before. I know she wouldn’t leave a stranger in that situation so she better not leave her child
This is breaking my heart honestly. I just really want Gia to go back home, but I really hope Issac didn’t move on. I don’t think he can no matter how long realistically when love ones get kidnap and that person truly cared for them. They never give up, Issac please use your head, Gia stay strong as long as possible, because Becky is already breaking. And Jeffery is cheating on her it’s in plain site, he no longer needs Her nor he no longer wants her.
Also i honestly love Holidays characte development. She’s come such a long way. She shouldn’t have to go through this at all but i guess it is what it is. You can so clearly see she’s trying to be strong for Gia and even Sullivan she loves him a lot.
I hope when they return home Collin and Isla have some memories of them, I know it might be possible but i really hope so
Okay I know Gia has been through so much and all but she has to learn to love Sullivan. it breaks my heart how she doesn’t care about him as much as she had Holiday and Collin in book one. Holiday and Collin didn’t go through what Elle went through, I know Holiday has it worst and all but still, the first thing she said when they were about to finally leave their nightmare was ‘I want to get my kids’ and that makes me have hope that WHEN they get RESCUED she won’t leave him behind but i’m not to sure with this mindset she has but my fingers and toes will stay crossed
I am really enjoying this book. However, I feel it’s kind of repetitive because Gia is still forced to have sex to have babies. Also, Becky is still insulting and degrading Gia. The only difference is Elle is replaced by Holiday and Isaac is replaced by Aleksey. Is there going to be anything new?
I don’t think you should see it as repetition because sure the situation might be the same but everything else is so clearly different. Firstly they’re in a different country mightn’t mean a whole lot but if they were to escape it wouldn’t be as easy as if they were in Amercia, they have no passports and would most likely be caught before reaching the airport. Secondly, Aleksey is so so different than Issac. He hits her while Issac loved her. Issac wasn’t a racist nor a druggie he is too different to Aleksey to even think bout comparing them. Eve and Holiday were totally different ages. Eve couldn’t do more than half the stuff Holiday is doing. Holiday also spent a portion of her life with Becky playing as her ‘mother’ so it’s most likely going to hit different.
I feel like her feeling relief over Sully getting hurt can go both ways. One she was glad that he didn’t get hurt because she does really care about him, or two she didn’t want to get in more trouble with Becky because she would have blamed her for him getting hurt. I’m leaning towards the second one because she seems to want nothing to do with the baby but still feels bad for him as if he was a strangers baby...
It's sad to see what both the physical and psychological trauma has done to influence, or I say hinder Gia's bond with Sully. Fortunately, in recent years (very recent) more focus (unfortunately not in all cases more resources) has been directed towards the possibility of this occuring in both sexual assault victims who become pregnant and their partners. The outcome of parent(s) having to confront the evidence of the trauma unwillingly and/or without proper treatment for the trauma can be disastrous for all parties involved. Hence, if things don't get better for Sully it could result in him becoming a monster or emotionally inept or isolated. And lets face it if left with Becky as his only option for a mother it's not a question of if he will be damaged, but rather how and what's his diagnosis. So right now this leaves Gia as his only hope, which at this point he may not fare any better with her. Sigh. . . Fingers cross, it being a bit much for little girl who is traumatized herself, but Holly girl it appears that at the moment Sully's well being is in your hands.
Another reason why Becky and Jeffrey are idiots: they were so focused on hiring the worst people imaginable with no morals whatsoever just so they could make sure that Gia had no way out that they never considered that those same people with no morals could one day throw them under the bus. Now their own guard is planning on taking them out. Loyalty should’ve been the first criteria during the hiring process lol
I really can’t believe they’ve been there for almost 2 years. I really hope than can escape soon bc I would hate for holiday to waste her precious childhood in that hellhole. Imagine how that’ll affect her social skills?
I hope so too bc she knows good and well that Becky doesn’t care about that child. And I’m sure Jeffrey hasn’t even seen him before. I know she wouldn’t leave a stranger in that situation so she better not leave her child
This is breaking my heart honestly. I just really want Gia to go back home, but I really hope Issac didn’t move on. I don’t think he can no matter how long realistically when love ones get kidnap and that person truly cared for them. They never give up, Issac please use your head, Gia stay strong as long as possible, because Becky is already breaking. And Jeffery is cheating on her it’s in plain site, he no longer needs Her nor he no longer wants her.
Also i honestly love Holidays characte development. She’s come such a long way. She shouldn’t have to go through this at all but i guess it is what it is. You can so clearly see she’s trying to be strong for Gia and even Sullivan she loves him a lot.
I hope when they return home Collin and Isla have some memories of them, I know it might be possible but i really hope so
Okay I know Gia has been through so much and all but she has to learn to love Sullivan. it breaks my heart how she doesn’t care about him as much as she had Holiday and Collin in book one. Holiday and Collin didn’t go through what Elle went through, I know Holiday has it worst and all but still, the first thing she said when they were about to finally leave their nightmare was ‘I want to get my kids’ and that makes me have hope that WHEN they get RESCUED she won’t leave him behind but i’m not to sure with this mindset she has but my fingers and toes will stay crossed
I am really enjoying this book. However, I feel it’s kind of repetitive because Gia is still forced to have sex to have babies. Also, Becky is still insulting and degrading Gia. The only difference is Elle is replaced by Holiday and Isaac is replaced by Aleksey. Is there going to be anything new?
I think holiday will help gia a lot with the baby
I feel like her feeling relief over Sully getting hurt can go both ways. One she was glad that he didn’t get hurt because she does really care about him, or two she didn’t want to get in more trouble with Becky because she would have blamed her for him getting hurt. I’m leaning towards the second one because she seems to want nothing to do with the baby but still feels bad for him as if he was a strangers baby...