Title: Chapter 8

i cracked. i couldnt stay away. i dont have any words, JJ - this was heatbreaking. i believe in joss and eshan and i believe that they will be together - i choose to believe that. so this will work out - somehow...! i dont know how but it will...right? lol!

brilliant update! thank you!!



Author's Response:

Lol.  I can't give you any answers or promise that the next chapter will provide many, but soon, all will be revealed.  Thanks Cassius Noir!!!

Reviewer: Yuukiyanagi Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 06 2014 11:20 am

Title: Chapter 1

*Eshan...stupid autocorrect

Reviewer: Noelle J Anonymous [Report This]
Date: July 06 2014 04:59 am

Title: Chapter 1

Maybe I watch too many K-dramas but I hate the noble idiot and Joss is being one. Eagan is an adult and if he is willing to have his mother removed from his life, that is his choice. Making the "right" decision for selfless reasons is sometimes more destructive to the person you think you're benefiting than just making the selfish choice. 

Reviewer: Noelle J Anonymous [Report This]
Date: July 06 2014 04:57 am

Title: Chapter 8

Am I selfish for wanting them to remain together?

Reviewer: flgurleygrl Signed starstarstarstarhalf-star [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 09:29 pm

Title: Chapter 1

I want them to be together, but Joss is right: E. will come to resent their marriage and eventually her--there will always be a sadness around him.  When a man disrespects his mother, even if she brought it on herself, the son usually feels guilty and will do whatever they can to get back into mom's good graces.

This woman has a problem and is not a good wife, mother, or grandmother.  I  think Joss should give the ring back and back off.  E will never marry the intended bc he and she knows he does not love her and never will.  

As one comment stated: ...the mom's husband should divorce her. and I agree---E's father has been in love with a mirage and now the scales have been removed from his eyes.  

Joss needs Pearl now, but I would just take a trip to get my mind straight and grieve privately---don't count on the selfish sister for advice.  

E. will apologize to his family, but he will never forgive his mother and she will only have the memories of the son he once was.  

keep the grandkids from her because granny is showing her ass (true colors)---so easy for her to use her 'love' and affection as a guilt trip--I would never trust her again.



Author's Response:

Thanks for sharing your insight, Penelope, and for reading and reviewing.  I think that most would agree Mrs. Kourosh isn't showing herself deserving of a man as kind and considerate as Mr. Kourosh.  Whether that will lead to a divorce is another matter.  From my understanding, divorce isn't something Iranians do often or take lightly.  And it seems that with the exception of the nasty things Mrs. Kourosh has said to Joss and her mother, her bad behavoir isn't all that surprising to any member of her family.

Reviewer: Penelope Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 08:50 pm

Title: Chapter 8

Eshan's mother is playing a perfect "Old Crone." You know, the literary figure who tries to manipulate and destroy the lives of younger people, because she desires power moreso than love? She seems to get some great payoff from being able to move people around like pieces on a chessboard. I wonder if she realizes that the Old Crone is usually left alone and friendless, if not dead?

I don't blame Joss for wishing to end things. How long can love endure, under these circumstances? They would have to move away, or at least stay away from her influence in the community. This would deny Eshan the love, respect and approval of the surrounding community that he has worked so diligently to obtain.

It's interesting that Eshan's mother thinks that she is saving her family from Joss. What if Yaghoub decides to exercise his right to divorce her, instead? He obviously loves his children, and his grandchildren, enough to wish them happy, and he must realize by now that she does not share those values. In addition, how could she shame her entire family this way, before the community, and expect for him to continue to support her actions?

Eshan's sisters have husbands, and if I were them, I would forbid that poisonous woman any contact with my family, including my children. After her threats and actions, she would never again enter my home.

Finally, by denying Eshan his "gift," she has cut off any relationship she hoped to continue to have with him. She may have also done the unthinkable: caused him to question his relationship with Allah. Humans are prone to wonder whether God is real, and whether He is concerned about our suffering, when these types of circumstances arise. Also, the officiant's refusal to perform the ceremony seems to have been a final straw for Joss. Wouldn't it be ironic if Eshan decided to turn from religion and from tradition because that harpy was trying to "save" him from Joss, a woman who was perfectly willing to honor both?

I doubt if the elder Mrs. Kourosh will have a crisis of conscience, but I do encourage you to have her experience Eshan in a crisis of faith, due to her actions. She is trying diligently to preserve the Eshan she knows and approves of, and does not realize that if he loses Joss, that Eshan will be gone forever. He will ever wonder, "Where is the reward for the faithful?" Even if he marries the woman of whom she approves, he will be a shadow of his former self, and have no real joy in her, as she is not his desired wife.

I do hope she realizes the consequences of her actions before it is too late, but in real life, she would probably be too drunk on power to bother with logic.

Reviewer: Noelle Vonham Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 05:53 pm

Title: Chapter 8

Joss is sacrificing her life, her love, her marriage for one person- the only person that matters: her beloved Eshan.  As he is sacrificing many aspects of his life, his culture, his family to be with her...but at what cost? His happiness? That's the reason for joss's unselfish decision. It's because she knows he's suffering right now and it's breaking her heart seeing him in pain. She loves him too much so she's doing the only thing she can at this point. 

If they don't wed, Eshan would eventually marry his intended, however, she would never have his heart. 

Wow. Truly heartbreaking. All because of his mother.

Reviewer: JV4ME Signed [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 03:35 pm

Title: Chapter 8

First of all. thank you for this great update. I'm loving this story. 

I understand what Joss is thinking and doing but she is not really seeing the situation for what it is. She is thinking that she is to blame for this. That she is the problem, therefore, if she remove herself, everything will be solved but she is wrong.

Even if she doesn't marry Eshan, he will still never go back to the relationship he had with his mother because she took away a gift that he believed Allah, his God, gave to him. That is big for someone like Eshan.

Even if she doesn't marry Eshan, Mr.Kuorosh will still know that his wife was willing to destroy their marriage, throw away his love for her and their children in order to trying to control his son's life. And she cost his son's happiness after his son try to do everything right by them and his religion.

Even if she doesn't marry Eshan, Eshan sisters will know that their mother as such lack of love for them that she was willing to throw them and their children away in order to try to control their  broher's lives.  And she cost their loving brother his happiness. 

If she doesn't marry Eshan, Mrs. Kuorosh will realize how much power she have over Eshan and this won't be the first or last time she uses that power. Eshan life will basically be control by her because she will realize that if she plays dirty, she can make sure that every step he takes, will be a step she decided for him to take.

Joss can't do anything to repair this because she wasn't the one who destroy this family, Mrs. Kourosh is the one who did. She is the only one who can repair it and the only way she can do that is by proving to her family that her need or want to control Eshan's life is not greater than her love and need for her family. 

If Joss is trying to save herself, than her decision to not marry Eshan will be the best one.

But if she is doing this to save Eshan's family, than it's a bad decision because it won't solved anything because this Mrs. Kourosh actions went beyond her hatred for Joss.  It means that even when Joss is gone, Mrs. Kourosh will continue when Eshan makes another decision that she doesn't agree with.

 



Author's Response:

Truth7, you've made A LOT of excellent points, some of which will be discussed in the next chapter.  Thanks for reading and commenting!

Reviewer: Truth7 Anonymous [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 01:19 pm

Title: Chapter 8

I cannot stand these people who do not see love for what it is.  I cannot live my Childers life and they cannot live my life of white picket fences.  I can not feel their pain or cry their tears but I can wish them happiness through the feature.  Fantastic update,  I hope she makes the right decision.

Reviewer: Bredreaway Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 11:28 am

Title: Chapter 8

Please don't let Joss break up with Eshan

Reviewer: fanaserie Signed [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 11:12 am

Title: Chapter 8

As an added note, I don't want to place all blame on Joss. I can see where she's coming from. I would imagine that it could very easily make Eshen resentful if their relationship  tore his whole family apart. Especially if based on his reaction to this latest drama.  It's a very hard decision for the both of them.  I hope it works out for the best for everyone involved. I'm rooting for them! 😍

Still loving this story. 

Reviewer: Musicluva Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 09:04 am

Title: Chapter 8

And thus Eshen's mother wins 😒. It would truly be a shame that Joss not only let her win the battle AND ultimately, the war.  What a shame! 😰

 

Thanks for the 4 th update!

Reviewer: Musicluva Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 07:32 am

Title: Chapter 8

For her hate of Joss to be this entrenched that she will willingly sacrifice her whole family's happiness, there is something else going on.  This is a vendetta against Joss because she has just realized her beloved son loves his (hopefully) soon to be wife more than her.  She forced his hand and knowing how much his family and faith means to him, this is heartbreaking for them both.  She has placed them literally between a rock and hard place.  You would stoop so low to involve innocent children to me is the final straw.  Adults have the right to make their choices and live with the consequences and in all honesty her consequences to these series of actions can't come soon enough to me.  I understand Joss wanting to end this never ending battle or little shop of horros on replay everyday.  I could understand if she wasn't attempting to learn and respect his heritage and culture and faith etc but mama Kourosh is just too much for me.  



Author's Response:

Thanks for reading and reviewing, Lajack!  You've touched on something of real significance in this story.  Eshan is the baby and most favored member of his family who, in the past, has obeyed his parent's wishes at every turn (e.g. abandoning his life for months to look out for a cousin he'd never even met).  Now, he has shown himself a man with desires of his own he seeks to advance, and who has made Joss the one he most favors.  So not only is Mrs. Kourosh "losing" the last of her children and being dethroned as the most important woman, if not person, in Eshan's life, but she's also losing all influence over him.  A better woman would have accepted this as an expected and necessary consequence of her son maturing.  But Mrs. Kourosh has proven time and time again she is not a better woman.  

Reviewer: lajack1 Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 06:55 am

Title: Chapter 8

Joss is so stupid! ! Please,  I so want Joss and Eshan to get  married. I just had to add that.  Mrs. K is evil and deserves to he all by her lonesome!!   Mr.K divorce her first as she doesn't deserve your love! !

Reviewer: pmgayles Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 06:36 am

Title: Chapter 8

Joss is pissing me of because she is not fighting for Eshan.  Eshan will have  his father and his sister in his life maybe not hos brother Hassan. I need another update!

Reviewer: pmgayles Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 05:50 am

Title: Chapter 8

Okay, soooo JJ, you know I adore you, but HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?????  You get Joss and Eshan to the brink of the altar and then this happens!!!

Okay (takes a deep breath), so you've gotta fix this!  This couple has been through so much; I just wish they could have a happy ending (sniff, sniff).  Lol; I know I sound bi-polar right now:)

Waiting with bated breath for the next update; I know it will be a good one either way!

 



Author's Response:

Lol.  I'm sorry to make you suffer this way, but you know Mrs. Kourosh wasn't going down without a fight.  It seems as if she might have won this battle, but the war is not over.  Stay tuned.  Updates forthcoming.  Thanks for reading and reviewing, Amiefuzzy!

Reviewer: Amiefuzzy Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 05:48 am

Title: Chapter 8

I just realized I missed something in my first review for chapter 8, but during Mr. & Mrs. K's conversation, I got the impression that they may have gone against the grain in getting married. I don't know if it was stated in a previous chapter if Eshan's parents marriage was arranged or not, but if it wasn't and Mrs. K had stood in Joss' shoes at one point shouldn't that resonate with her? Shouldn't that give them some common ground? Or was Mr. K only speaking hypothetically when he questioned Mrs. K on how would she have responded if he had stood up to her mom like Eshan did to her?



Author's Response:

Good question, Lapis Love.  Mr. Kourosh was speaking hypothetically.  Their marriage was arranged and, therefore, sanctioned by both their parents.  Thanks for reading and reviewing!

Reviewer: Lapis Love Anonymous starstarstarstarhalf-star [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 05:23 am

Title: Chapter 8

Mrs. Koursh....shaking my head. It's that serious that she's basically ready to flip up the deuces sign to every single person in her family because her son, her treasure, wants to marry a woman he loves that she disapproves of?She's going to take it out on her husband, other children, and her grandchildren? Why should everyone else suffer because SHE is the one with the problem? 

I really don't know how to feel. I want Joss and Eshan to get married but not at the expense of him losing his family. With Pearl and PJ I feel like that can be cleared up...eventually. But what Mrs. Koursh wants to do will have serious repercussions with every single person in her family for years to come. And who wants to start a life with someone when that kind of a dark cloud will be hanging over your head?

Yeah Eshan can say today he's willing to turn his back on his family, but what about tomorrow or next week? And Joss, poor thing can't catch a break. Had to deal with being sexually harassed by that horn dog Chris, dealing with that pitfully naive roommate Shakira (as Ms. Pearl would say) that led to her and Eshan's first break up. Now this hateful, spiteful, evil woman...I don't know why I'm getting the feeling there won't be a happy ending. And I know not all stories end happily, but its like Eshan and Joss are David and his mother is Goliath. Where is a stone and a sling shot when you need one? I just wanted to read about their first time together. Now it might not happen. 

Crying. 



Author's Response:

Lol @ "Where is a stone and a slingshot when you need one?" 

Reviewer: Lapis Love Signed starstarstarstarhalf-star [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 05:18 am

Title: Chapter 8

Absolutely a huge awakening for Eshan mum could stop future sadness for the couple and I don't know what you are going to do to get them down that aisle (if they do) and have Eshan not being so torn up inside, knowing how honourable he his and by his tight answers to Joselyn seems he is doing this out of pride and duty, though he clearly loves her, i feel so bad for them. 

Reviewer: dounome Anonymous starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 04:43 am

Title: Chapter 1

So heartbreaking!  I knew Mrs. K attempt one more desparate act and I hope Eshan will not let Joss back out at this point. I'm down for a small intimate wedding just as long as they get married! Now please post an update soon as I am way too vested in to this story!!!! 

Reviewer: Sienna Anonymous starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 12:46 am

Title: Chapter 8

Noooo!! I hate cliffhangers! But you did warn me though so its my fault. Joss and Eshan's situation is breaking my heart :( They have to get married!

Reviewer: M3l4n1_C4rt3r Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 05 2014 12:39 am

Title: Chapter 8

u r wrong!!!! Post immedeiately!!!!!

Reviewer: monique32 Anonymous starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 04 2014 11:14 pm

Title: Chapter 8

Thank you....Although I want to vomit at the thought of Joss and Eshan separating...Thank you for the update and have. Happy 4th! 

Reviewer: Artamiss Caine Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 04 2014 09:35 pm

Title: Chapter 7

Eshan's mammy is a bitch! Joss wasn't thinking when she gave that heffa ammunition on a silver platter! Who knew she would so blatantly disrespect her family. Sure she's used underhanded tactics though not as vindictively as this.  By doing so, she has most assuredly shamed her husband.  What penalty would Yaghoub bring against his spouse- if any. Seeing her true colors makes me wonder how 'pure' and 'just' Mrs Kourosh really is.

Pearl should've at least slapped that wench- damn the purse! She deserved it.  I'm ready for Eshan to say I do / I will / or whatever is customary and take his bride away from such treachery and deceitfulness that is his mother!

looking forward to the next update! Happy 4th JJ!

Reviewer: JV4ME Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: July 04 2014 05:59 pm

Title: Chapter 7

I try not to call women bitches but Mrs. Koursh is a straight up BITCH! Now, I wasn't hoping Ms. Pearl would shoot her but I was hoping she'd at least get to introduce Mrs. Koursh's cheek to the palm of her hand and maybe snatch some of that nice, dark hair of hers. Something! But I'm glad Asa and Delkash spoke the truth since Joss once again wanted to sweep that woman's gutter actions under the rug all to keep the peace. Don't get me wrong, I understand why Joss wanted to play it all off considering her wedding is the next day, but there's but so many times you can allow yourself and your family to be disrespected before snapping back, fighting back with words and make it plain like "Guess what boo you might not like me but I'm marrying your son and having a bus load of his babies so suck that sh*t up or keep to yourself in your corner and sulk for all I care." 

Now I'm back to being on pins and needles wondering if the wedding will take place. Maybe Eshan and Joss should just elope. Surely they can have a quick but intimate Muslim/Christian wedding somewhere else? Maybe keep the guest list to those who actually do SUPPORT their union. But I doubt it may happen. Eshan loves his family, but after his mother's betrayal...I'm wondering if he may question something's, not if his marriage to Joss is worth it, but maybe he should do more to protect her from his witch of a mother and what that may mean in terms of him having a relationship with the woman who gave birth to him. 

Last chapter I was almost crying, this chapter I'm ready to cut a bish. That's just the power of your writing. 

Thanks for updating!

Reviewer: Lapis Love Signed starstarstarstarhalf-star [Report This]
Date: July 04 2014 05:30 pm



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