Hey, I was watching that !

*pay no attention to the slaves and rape culture behind the pretty quotes*

I know Gone With The Wind wins the Literary Your Fave is Problematic Award, but I really like the name Rhett and we need to bring it back. I think it's one of the few American male names that is all hard sounds.



HDU Hulu
Some of you have asked about me writing more about Rhett's life on the job. I did a lot of research about The Coast Guard for OHG and one of my favorite resources was this show on the Weather Channel called Coast Guard Alaska that I would watch for the brave, cute men inspiration. It followed a CG base in Alaska and  there were about 5 spinoffs about different bases and they were all on Hulu but I went to look at it recently and they're all gone !  Now I've been doing a lot of forum lurking...it's not as fun so if I do write a Rhett at work scene I'll be making a lot of stuff up.

Deleted Scene
As I was outlining I originally had Rhett's bachelor party go to a strip club but I took it out because it just felt off. Here is a bit of that scene. In this version the party is just Deacon, Cody and Rhett.

“So, this is a bachelor party?,” Uncle Deacon laughed and signaled for another round for the table.

It was still strange being in Rooster's, the glamour of it was gone.

“I guess so,” I say. I didn't care either way.

“Nah it ain’t,” Deacon laughed

Deacon paid for the drinks and we got in the truck, He started driving but, not towards our house.

He finally pulled into a strip mall with only one tenant. A place called Lipstixx

“No,” I told him when I realized where we were.. “What if people see me in there ?,”

“So ?,” Deacon said 

We walked in and the women were surprisingly attractive. There was a buffet set up against the wall

"No liqour ?,” I ask as Deacon start putting sweet and sour meatballs on a paper plate.

“Can’t have it here,” he said and then I noticed the women were topless.

We sit around the stage, picking at the food, watching a woman in her 30's shaking her boobs at us. It was awkward and I have a feeling it's only going to get worse.

I think I just wanted to write about a buffet at a strip club.

Chapter 12 aka The One With All The Songs
So, here is the big poppa chapter. I thought it was 10K, but it's actually just barely 9K. I have no idea how I ever broke a 10k chapter ! Either way, it's a long one so pace yourselves.

Rhett goes to Christmas in Connecticut and when things get heated he gets kicked out by his father-in-law. Rhett wants to go to the Coast Guard's Aviation Survival Technican (AST)rescue swimmer  training camp for two weeks and maybe eventually go to AST school, but it would mean being away from his future baby.

 Juliana doesn't like the idea of being left in Freeport but right now she's struggling with how to balance her Dad and Rhett who leave her in the middle.

CHAPTER 12
PLAYLIST


- 1- The Rules for Lovers by Richard Walters (I love this song)
-2- Receiver by Pietra Brown (love this one too)
-3- So in Love With You by Jake Etheridge
-4- Making Love On The Mountain by the Woodlands
-5- How Will I Know by Sons of Serendipity
-6- From the ground up Dan + Shay
-7- It Girl by Jason Derulo
-8- All of the stars Ed Sheeran