Reviewer: Barrowman Signed 
Date: June 13 2016
Title: Chapter 55: Chapter 55
@biokogy22.
Madison didn't got off easy at all. First, Madison's, Mirielle's and Michael's world were rocked that shrinking existed. Madison knew nothing about being related or that the crucial parts about the Hearst and the gypsy clan's history. When Michael and Mirielle were shrunken in Madisons room, you could already hear some remorse in her voice, but she tried to hide it. She wanted to act though infront of Mirielle and Michael. She is lucky Mirielle went along, because if Mirielle would have screamed in panic, she would have also raped a woman she was friendly with and never done anything to her. That would haunt her. But even in that someone consent form, she feels bad about it. You already hear how she tries to rationalize to Mirielle why she did it and how quickly she wants Adelina to restore her. It was never her will to shrink Mirielle in the first place.
Madison is letting Adelina, who she trust very much, to decides what happens. When she couldn't find Michael after having sex with Mirielle, she was in panic. When Adelina turned into her mother and start taunthing Michael to come out an explosion of emotions of pleasure and guilt came out and q quick relfection about everything that happened. The already little feelings of guilt, turned into remorse and shame. She didn't come with Adelina, because if she saw a releaved Michael with cries of happiness running to what he thinks was his mother, only to be broken by that it was Adelina. Seeing that happiness first and than pain in his eyes, would have hurt her, that she couldn't keep up her act in front of Michael anymore.
At that moment she hoped it stopped and Adelina would bring back Michael and was shocked that Adelina for the first time said NO to her and was somewhat strict and that she turned in her mother to teach her a lesson. Adelina probably never acted that way before with Madison. You can than see she is more quit with only short answers when Mirielle explains why she wanted the power.
After that she couldn't wait and wanted answers from Adelina about her plans and what she meant about Mortimer.
Adelina in her last breaths reveals many shocking things to her, in Madison's already very emotional state of guilty and panic feelings, that her father is removed and at the mercy of Mirielle and that she is related with her and than dies. Adelina was somewhat a mother figure for her.
Do you think she would care of getting the company after all this? Something she would have got regardless, only a little later maybe. There lives are dramatically changed and hers not for the better in my eyes. She and Michael don't seem like the type who would really care about the company, only Mirielle seems interested in it.
What is in that chest. Only lessons or the whole diary about the history too? She can only get comfort with Lucie who shares in the pain of loosing Adelina. What will she tell when Michael wakes up. Does she dare tell the whole story? She is now in a super awkward position and need a rest, but she has to work harder then ever now with those responsibilities. Will she come home in a Hearst house, where Michael fears her and tries to avoid her and a disappointed father who is now a slave or will both of them not even be there anymore. Michael being with Lucie and Mortimer being with Mirielle. In both cases, it will be painfull and painfull memories there. In the Hearst building it won't be much better. Seeing Mirielle everyday and asking if she can see her father and Mirielle always uncomfortable about Madison with the fear of being shrunk, even if Madison doesn't have that power. The whole situation is painfull, with distrust and fear. Madison will break from that stress. Her life was so much easier and without pain before all this than at present and the coming years.
The best Madison can do is make amands with everyone involved and trying to mend the Hearst family bonds so that she can look Michael, Mirielle and Mortimer normal in the eye without feeling extremely guilty and have allies around you, instead of enemies.
Michael's happiness with Lucie and the fact that Lucie will protect him from harm and without the stress of running that company what would be just as awkward for him with Mirielle and her father around, is a blessing in disguise. Money isn't everything and certainly not in thise case. Michael will get enough to never have financial worries. Adelina gave Lucie the means(Just like Madison, I don't think she has the power to shrink people on her own, and that is good. To strong characters that are young, makes them unrelatable where you can't feel sympathie for) to shrink Michael. Michael can have size changing sex fun with Lucie whenever they want. In the end, he won a lot. Mental strength, wisdom, one of the best type of women(Lucie) who complement you and makes you stronger, no stress of to run a company and thus can flee from it without consequences and can try to come in contact with his mother.
That upperhand, that victory over his sister you want, he already has. Madison is the one in danger of being unhappy for the rest of her life.
I think Adelina felt some remorse after having that talk with Lucie, but was determined to finish what she started. Those remarks of Mortimer about Michael in the presence of Adelina in Madison form must have contribute too to decide to restore him. She would not admit it, but she felt sorry for somewhat she had put him through. She tried to constantly force a label on Michael to make it easy, but in the end, Michael didn't turn out to be that evil and turned out to be the opposite.
I hope you continue this sometime, Duggernaut. This has a lot of potential to go many funny ways with all those conflicting feelings of most of the characters. The way you can write in a very subtle way how the characters are feeling, is top notch.
