Ssaaaddd!!! This was even angstier! Twists and turns. It sucks that she's not pregnant but now she doesn't want to forgive him. And now he's up shit creek. Damn, I bet he'll meet Karen at Stamford, and here we go again.

Author's Response: It is sad! It's a dreary world where Pam doesn't want to forgive Jim. "Up shit creek" - best line ever! There's a bit of the season 3 feeling... but I promise not to drag it for too long. Thanks for reading.

Interesting Pam/Jim story that takes place in a different setting. I hope you continue this story -- I can't imagine that Pam would ever want anything to do with Jim .....so I'll be interested in how this story goes.......

Author's Response: This story is a little different and I'll continue it. There's a reason why Pam doesn't want anything to do with Jim right now... Hopefully it will be explained in the next chapter. Thanks for reading.

oh wow! You sucked me right into this one like a vortex! I read it and I kind of thought as I was getting to the yucky parts that maybe I would skip this for now because my real life is just so riddled with angst at the present, I just felt I couldn't deal with it in the fiction I love. Funny thing is, I simply couldn't stop reading.

I found as I read that I became so angry at Jim. I understand that because of where he comes from, his life and his circumstances, he has learned not to trust people and that they more often than not have ulterior motives. The thing is, he didn't even give Pam a chance. Je spent all that time getting to know her, falling in love in a way he never had been before but then the moment his dad put that doubt in his mind he ruthlessly accused the woman he loved of being so low. I would bet that Pam would have been very happy to have signed away all the money and just been content to have Jim and their baby. She is right, he IS the one that lied. He concealed a huge part of who he is and it is because of that very reason, who he is and the circumstances he comes from, that he refused to see her as anything but a munipulative gold digger when she happily told him she thought they were going to have a baby.

Good for Pam for telling him it was done. I mean, I suspect that she could have gotten past the fact that he concealed his idenity, I mean, heck, I bet she would have been his biggest chapion in trying to break free from the life he came from. She would have stood by his side and helped him make any decisions he had to make.

I do though suspect very strongly that Pam was lying about being pregnant. Not the first time when she told Jim she thought she was. I think she lied the second time when she insisted she wasn't. I think Pam feels that she needs to get her baby away from these people who could turn the man she thought she knew so well, the one she loved, into a cold hearted monster. I think Pam is probably very broken hearted to have to leave but if she is pregnant as I suspect, I think she will take solice in her child and the she feels that she will always have at least a part of the man she loves. I think it's also a good enough reason to get away from these people when Jim says things like, my parents will take care of the baby. First off I'm sure Pam would want JIM, not his parents to take care of his child. Second, I think it would be scary to suddenly be dealing with people who think they can buy anything and anyone they want. I think Pam needed to make sure that there was never a situation where people with a lot more money than her are trying to take her baby from her. After all, I think she envisioned making that announcement to Jim and because they were so in love they would both be thrilled and they would go off and happily raise a family with nothing mattering other than being together.

I have a sneaky feeling that dad just may be keeping tabs on Pam and know where she is and what is going on but because he feels she isn't good enough for Jim his goal is to just make sure they stay apart. The sad thing is that if this is true, daddy is keeping him not only from his one true love and his child (if my theory is correct) but also from the one person that can and does truly make Jim happy.

The reason I decided to let myself get sucked in despite the heavy angst that is hard to bear right now is that you are a phenomenal writer and I have always followed all of your stories. I don't think you have ever written one tht didn't leave our couple blissfully happy and in love, and together at the end. I HAVE to believe you won't end that streak here. Also, this is such a unique idea, I've never seen this and I am intriqued. Also, I LOVE that you are a writer that tends to not leave ushanging. Your updates to your WIP, as I recall, tend to come quickly and that is something that means alot to me.

Thank you for sharing this unique story and the wonderful way tour brain works with us. I can't wait to read more and I DO beg you don't keep us in the angst and heartbreak TOO long. Give us that happily ever after (and a lot of happy moments in between) that you are the expert at.

Author's Response: First off... WOW! Your review left me with my mouth hanging wide open! WOW! You are BEYOND intuitive! Everything you said was what I was thinking while writing this chapter. You explained Jim's actions perfectly! He is just a confused fellow and Pam just happened to be a casualty. Your fourth paragraph???? SPOILER ALERT! You saw right through my writing! I have so much to say to you, but I'm speechless! Thank you for the kind compliments, it made me blush all kinds of red! And you are right about my endings... I'm a happy-ever-ever kind of girl. I'll be posting ch. 3 real soon. Luvs.

Poor Pam!! Where is she?! Jim's making me angry too. Is Pam lying about the baby? To say that I'm vacuum sucked into this story is an understatement. MORE MORE MORE!

Author's Response: Pam's whereabouts will be revealed... soon (next chapter). Don't be too mad at Jim... he's trying to figure things out and Pam just happened to be a casualty int he process. Keep reading and your question about the baby will be revealed!