This story is getting good, update again soon.

oh snap that crazy peanut stab him that crazy. i'm glad that he didnt' glamble and  decide to  make a change but hope he lives to do that. N better tell her what he tried to do with her father before he ask her the big question or he lose her forever. sergie got a girl nice but is the girl real or fake? mmmmmmmm love this story and i must say you have to do a sequeal when this one done  love your work. thanks for the updated.

Arrgh!  I drafted a lengthy review but had trouble posting it (some sort of glitch with the security code...?)  In any event, won't retype the whole thing...will instead share just a few thoughts...

I've been following this fic, but I think this may be my first review!  Well, here goes...

Nikolai.  I truly despise Nikolai and cannot bring myself to root for any kind of HEA for him and Sunshine.  He's a straight-up sociopath.   

Jacob.  That he didn't have the strength to stop his near underaged daughter from essentially pimping herself out to make good on his gambling debt was DEPLORABLE, but I must admit, I do have sympathy for him.  It's clear that he has an illness, an addiction over which he has had little to no control over many, many years.  (Is it an excuse?  Certainly not.  It is, however, an explanation for the many bad choices he's made to date.)  In any event, it seems that he's finally made some realizations about the depth of his addiction and what he needs to do to move forward.  Good for him!  So sad, though, that he's attacked right on the heels of his "aha" moment.  Hope he makes it through! 

Sergei.  Love him!  Hope he manages to somehow free himself from Nikolai's world when all is said and done.  He deserves much better.

Kudos to you, Onimosity, for penning a well-written, compelling story.  I'll definitely be hanging in to see how things resolve themselves in the end!    

I am officially in love with Nikki.  He is just too adorable.  Those moments bt. her and Nikki are just the best. Sergi has a girlfriend.  WOW!  I didn't see that coming. I have to admit,  want Jacob to survive.  I would hate for him to die just when he was about to take that important step.  I hope Sunny says yes to the proposal.

Well, I do believe that I remarked about something happening to Jacob in my last review. I could feel the build up in each section of this chapter.

It will be intersting to see Sunny and Nikolai out in public doing normal couple type things. Niki wants to marry Sunny, but I have a feeling that things between them are going to take a turn for the worst. I just hope that Niki doesn't let the dark take him.

It's good that Sergi is sort of seeing someone. He needs to give Nadia a chance, because he's still walking a very narrow tight rope.

Thanks for updating, and enjoy your vacation.

Oh nooooo!!! Peanut needs to die!!!! All he has done is brought heartache to Jacob and his family and now he tries to kill Jacob. Oh hell no!!!  Hope Jacob doesn't die and this really is a turning point in his life. Glad to see the progress between Sunny and Nikki.

I love the parallels and symbolism in this story...

Jacob...the flashback of Jasmine almost brought me to tears...Jacob was blessed to have had two remarkable women pass through his life to show him the way...his wife, who loved him unconditionally and saw him as so much more than he even dreamed himself to be...and his daughter...who gave up the future she dreamed of to secure his debts...and he failed them both miserably...until now...and now fate has stepped like a thief in the night to possibly prevent him from rectifying the mistakes of his past...how cruel...and ironic...

Nikolai and Jacob are very similiar indeed...they both live within a world of darkness of their own making...yet fate has been kind to them both by sending them someone to show them the path to light out of the darkness...lets hope that Nikolai makes smarter choices than Jacob did...he loves Sunny...adores her...yet he keeps doing things that will ensure that he loses her...he's afraid to show her his true heart because maybe he thinks he is not worthy of her love...or perhaps he knows that it is wrong how he 'got' her...or maybe he fears her rejection of him...don't know...but as much as it pains me to say this because I want them together so...but 'tis truth that I speak...he has to release her...let her go...and trust that she comes back to him...he must come to the realization that the greatest gift he can give her is not those expensive trinkets he buys her...but her freedom...and allow her to make a choice of her own FREE WILL...to come back to him...it's the only way... 

Thanks for showing us more of Sunny's inner feelings...she is indeed the mystery in this story...I've come to believe that she loves her Nikolai as much as he loves her...some may call it a form of Stockholm Syndrome...but I choose to call it true love...even when he 'allows' (c'mon...we are talking about Nikolai here...and he is far from perfect) her to just be 'young' with her friends...he is never far from her thoughts...they've both become to depend on each other's companionship...and perhaps she see potential in him similiar to what her mother saw in Jacob...

Sergei...*sighs*...how many times does Sunny have to tell him that they are...never will be...cannot be...and will always be NOTHING MORE THAN FRIENDS...yet he persists in taking liberties with her...giving her that scarf for her birthday...why so personal a gift...especially knowing how Nikolai is and despite the numerous warnings...his future lies with Nadia or someone like her...Sunny's heart is elsewhere...Sergei's fixation on Sunshine has become obsessive and dangerous...he refuses to accept that she's just not into him like that...and nothing good can come from it...

Enjoy your vacation...relax...relate...release, LOL...but above all...have fun...just know I'll be waiting with bated breath until you come back...

Just when Jacob had decided to do this for real. damn...What will this do to Sunny if he dies? What will this do to Sunny and Nikki?

ahh, a little peak into Sunny's feelings for Nikki.  I actually thought Sunny had found the ring. Glad Nikki is holding off on that.

 Sergei still hasn't given up. Hopefully, Nadia can occupy his mind, but it sure doesn't look like it. 

Thank you for giving this wonderful story to us. You have no idea how much I look forward to each update. 

I had that feeling ..... isn't that the crap.  Jacob's finally seeing the light, finally trying to turn his life in to good and then Peanut goes and stabs him.  Is he dead???  Will he survive???? How sad.....

Nikolai and Sunshine don't seem as cohesive as they did before, I don't know why their voices seem to indicate they are ... but hmmm, can't pinpoint it. Maybe it's because they weren't together much in this chapter.  Great update!

Oh Jacob. This was excellent. But as much disdain as I've had for him...I'm still sad. Poor Sunshine. 

Great update as always. 

Sergei did he really find someone else or that juist a ploy.  If he did that really good but he still looking at Sunny with that look. 

Nikki- is ready to pop the question but with Pops being dead or hurt would that be a good thing.  You had me going for a sec when she felt the box in his pocket I thought it was the ring.  lol

I see that Sunny feelings for him for real she loves him awwwwwwww.

As soon as pops decide to do the right thing he get stab. 

OMG!! I did not see that coming Jacob gets an epiphany to stop gambling and then gets stabbed.

Sunshine is really in love with Nikolai and is starting to realise it.

Please. please update soon!!

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