Name: eotopia (Signed) · Date: 17 Mar 2018 11:58 PM · For: Chapter 21

“He got the girl.”

 

I’m a mess. 

Author's Response:

Love you... xoxo, Jessica 

Name: DarcyDoo (Signed) · Date: 17 Mar 2018 05:51 PM · For: Chapter 22

I wish I had the ability to convey emotions through the written word as you do..This is probably one of the most heart felt and tender pieces I have ever had the privilege to read.. I have been waiting for this Chapter and you have not disappointed. Thank you for sharing your gift with us! 

I shall now go back to the waiting game for more awesomeness..lol

Author's Response:

Darcy!!! Let me start by saying that I happened to catch sight of your review tonight when my phone lit up with the email alert, and I almost started crying in a crowded restaurant.  I don’t have the words to express how much your feedback means to me.  Things in real life have been difficult lately, and I have been struggling to keep my head above water a bit.  Writing is an outlet, but at times during this story (including in writing this chapter) there have been moments where I have overidentified and been flooded by emotion, even when I realize that the characters are fictitious and the situations extreme. When Elliot crumbled, I did.  It sounds like some of that was able to be felt from a reader’s standpoint, which is the most I could have hoped for. Thank you so much for your kind words. I wish I had a better way to convey how much I needed to read this tonight, and how grateful I am to you for taking the time to leave me your thoughts. xoxoxo, Jessica 

Name: DarcyDoo (Signed) · Date: 08 Mar 2018 11:55 AM · For: Chapter 1

I can not express how happy i am that you are finishing this story!! I loved it on the original site and reread it here..still love it and cant wait for more!! Thank you Thank You Thank You

Author's Response:

Thank you so much, Darcy!  It’s hard to know who from the old site would a) remember or b) still be on board to read this story after all these years, so I’m so glad to know that you are here with me! :) Thank you so much for your kind words.  I am hard at work on the next chapter and hoping to post again soon.  (Honestly, I think I have the next chapter written but am going to keep writing beyond it a bit to make sure I’m comfortable with where it leaves off).  Little by little we’re getting closer to the end.  Hopefully better late than never!  I really appreciate your taking the time to leave me your thoughts.  Hard to gauge what people are thinking of the new chapters, but I’m hoping people are still hanging in there. Many thanks and welcome! xoxo, Jessica

Name: Lee (Signed) · Date: 03 Mar 2018 08:13 PM · For: Chapter 21

I can't tellyou how excited I am that you are adding to this story!!! It's always been one of my favorites. Can't wait to see it completed!!!

Author's Response:

Thanks so much, Lee!  That it was one of your favorites means so much to me... I’ve definitely fallen back down the ‘Breaking Point’ rabbit hole, so have no fear, this time I won’t stop until it’s finished!  Have been hard at work on the next chapter and will do my best not to keep you waiting too long, but I want to make sure I do the ending chapters justice, so I don’t want to rush things either. Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me your thoughts! It truly means so much to know that people are still hanging in there with me. xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 26 Feb 2018 01:01 AM · For: Chapter 20

Between the two of them and that absolute hell they've been through, I'm incredibly surprised that neither of them has demolished that laptop.  If I would've busted Elliot watching that footage I would've tap danced on it or thrown it out the window.  The hammer things is cool too tho.  Good idea she had though about making sure there are no other vics on them first.  Also I liked the line that he carries off duty when he has something work protecting or not losing. And the way she says, "I know what u told me about your feelings...", instead of saying, "I know you told me you loved me...", lol.  It's like she still is waiting for the show to drop.  I'm loving this.  No pressure tho, none at all, lol.  Unlike Fanfiction, I don't like that we don't get notice of a reply.

Author's Response:

I can’t imagine what personal hell that would be (for both of them) to re-witness the trauma of the night at the club in that manner. For Elliot to have to watch himself say and do such hurtful/damaging things to the person that he loves.........just UGH. I would love for them to go shoot up the laptop for some catharsis, but I knew that Olivia would, as always, put her needs second to any other prospective victim’s need for justice.  So glad you picked out the “carry when I have something worth protecting...” line(s).  I think it’s a moment of honesty that helps her air her fears. I feel like when one of them is vulnerable the other one comes to the rescue. Oh! And I didn’t even think about the way she phrased the “told me about your feelings...” line, but you’re so right, because that’s exactly the mental space I think she’s in at the moment.  Things are too new... and she’s so afraid that she’ll lose everything. Thanks so much for your feedback and support! xoxo, Jessics

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 25 Feb 2018 08:52 AM · For: Chapter 13

I love how wrapped up in each other they are and that she keeps thinking that he'll leave, change his mind or that she's dreaming.  I love it all, completely.

Author's Response:

This was such a lovely surprise!  I was so touched that a) you went back to re-read and b) took the time to leave me your thoughts.  Thank you!  I remember writing this chapter and how wrapped up *I* was in trying to put myself in each of their minds:  Elliot's in terms of his clarity of feeling but tentativeness about how to convey it in the right way, and Olivia's in terms of her vulnerability and fear that everything will come crashing down if she allows herself to hope, let alone to fall...  I'm so glad you felt that it worked, and that you feel (it seems) as connected to it as I do. xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 24 Feb 2018 03:16 AM · For: Chapter 21

I'm really glad you're not ending it here but you definitely could have.  That girl talk at the end and Olivia admitting, "he got the girl," was great.  It was a fun end to an emotionally rough chapter.

Author's Response:

Oh, good!  I'm glad you feel this way.  Actually, I'm glad you labeled it as an "emotionally rough" chapter.  I actually felt like this was pretty tame considering the hell I've put them through in this story (understatement...) and my fear had been that this would come across to readers as too "light".  But I felt that they've had some really heavy things they've been working through (such as in the last chapter) and that as much as they have more painful things to delve into, there are also other layers to their relationship that are starting to emerge as the adrenaline subsides... So...a little flirtation is creeping back in...desire... and then apart from those lighter aspects, Kat is always my go to comedic relief.  :) Thanks, as always, for taking the time to leave me your thoughts! It means so much.  xoxo, Jessica

Name: Lulu2354 (Signed) · Date: 22 Feb 2018 11:59 PM · For: Chapter 21

Oh my gosh, this is such a great update! And he got the girl :)

Author's Response:

So glad that you liked it. :) I always think that people won’t like the update if I don’t make them cry...lol.  But this chapter was necessary for some regular plot advancement before I can delve deeper again. (Plus they just went to some pretty dark and difficult places last chapter, so they are emotionally exhausted too). He *did* get the girl...le sigh... About damn time is right...!!! xoxo, Jessica

Name: Lee (Signed) · Date: 07 Feb 2018 04:03 PM · For: Chapter 20

I'm so glad this story was updated!!! Found this site and had to join when I saw this story was updated. Thank you so much for posting more and starting this site.

Author's Response:

Thanks so much, Lee! I’m excited to know that you even remembered ‘Breaking Point’ after so many years of my having dropped off the face of the planet.  I’m so very sorry for the prolonged delay.  Please pass the word about the site, etc. if you know of any friends/fans that remember the old one.  Little by little things are getting re-posted, but even with what is here thus far, I’m happy.  (Something about the old format and seeing some of my favorite authors/friends re-posting feels like I’ve gotten back a beloved friend...)  I hope you like the update to BP.  I actually have written quite a bit more now, but I need to keep going a little bit to figure out what I’m posting as Chapter 21 and what I might want to include in Chapter 22.  We’re getting close to the end...hopefully it will tie things up in a way that people feel is okay... Wish me luck! Lol... Thanks so much for joining and for taking the time to leave me your thoughts.  It means so much. Xoxo, Jessica

Name: rainbow_brite13 (Signed) · Date: 30 Jan 2018 06:34 PM · For: Chapter 6

I JUST WANTED TO REVIEW TO UPDATE YOU THAT I AM STILL HERE. Lmao.  I decided to do justice to your new chapter, I really needed to go back and reread everything that came before it, again. I actually did that last year or so, but I wanted to have the details fresh in my mind. However, it seems like I am having such a hard time finding a chance to just sit down and read it! Life is crazy busy and I never seem to have dedicated time for reading anymore. I feel like a fan failure! Ha ha. But I’m working through it, and I WILL read your new chapter!  Sometime before the next decade is over...

Author's Response:

Thank you so much, Colleen! Please no pressure to read!  While (obviously) I would love to hear your thoughts, I really don’t want you to feel obligated or that there is any rush to do so.  It’s a ginormous story (now going on 461 pages in my word doc...!!) and it took me days to re-read in preparing to start writing again. You are NOT a fan failure.  You are awesome. You’re allowed to have a life and be a mom. This story isn’t going anywhere and neither am I. :) xoxo, Jessica 

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 09 Jan 2018 08:31 AM · For: Chapter 20

I think you're moving them in the right direction.  I love the dialogue between them, the spot-on characterization of them, even the wordless communication and assumptions they make about themselves.  Looking forward to the conclusion though I don't want it to end.

Author's Response:

I’m so sorry it took me so long to respond! Somehow I missed this one!  Thank you so much for the feedback.  I’m glad to know that you felt the most recent chapter continued the story without feeling disjointed (always a risk after such a long lull...) The things you chose to pick out regarding their communication (verbal and nonverbal) feeling true to the characters made me really happy, as it’s always a challenge to figure out how to keep them true to themselves while allowing for the extremes of emotion that would come from the aftermath of all that they’ve been through.  Thanks, thanks, thanks for your support and for taking the time to leave me your thoughts. xoxoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 09 Jan 2018 06:41 AM · For: Chapter 19

I love how this is playing out.  I'm happy to learn of your intentions on finishing this fic.  I know how hard it is to stick to something when you've lost the mojo for its direction.  I enjoy the lines about the door in the warehouse being left open, lock off, lights on, things being over.  I hope it remains true as the story concludes.  I've binged on this fic and have truly enjoyed the journey.

Author's Response:

Don’t forget about Chapter 20! You’ve still got one more left as I fiiiiiinally updated it at the end of December.  I’ll tweak my old author’s note to make that clearer.  I just wanted to keep parts of the old note in there since Chapter 19 was the one that I’d left it on all those years ago.  So, 20 is up now, and I’m slowly plugging away at 21.  Okay, so, back to the fic! In terms of your thoughts on this one - I’m glad you highlighted that image.  For me, I feel like it’s a tangible thing for Olivia to hold onto as proof that it’s actually over.  What a horrific ordeal.  Now to continue that healing process.  Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to share your thoughts with me along the way.  It’s seriously the most amazing gift for an author to learn what stands out for people chapter by chapter. xoxo, Jessica 

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 09 Jan 2018 05:09 AM · For: Chapter 18

DAMN what a good chapter!  I'm so, so, sooo glad the cavalry showed up when they did.  I couldn't stand to read Olivia being violated not one more time.  I hope Kat pulls through.  I like the kid.  

Author's Response:

Thank you! Yes - I wouldn’t have been able to write Olivia being put through much worse than the way this chapter played out.  It’s enough - as Elliot makes clear in that room: “There won’t be any more games. We’re not playing.”  I hope Kat pulls through too! Lol... Oh, right...I have to write things... ;) I’m so glad you liked the chapter! Speaking of writing, this one was a doozy! Phew... xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 09 Jan 2018 03:57 AM · For: Chapter 17

Wow.  So much going on in this chapter I don't even know where to begin.  Liv must be at the club if they're not in the Catskills.  I'm just glad he's waiting to get them both before he begins the torture.  A HATE DIRTY COPS.  Also, I HOPE that footage is the only copy for both their sakes.  I'm impressed with the medical jargon.  I'm a nurse so I appreciate the details.  Are you in the medical field too?

Author's Response:

Wow! Thanks for this one... :) I plead the fifth for any and all speculation regarding where Liv’s being held. ;) It wouldn’t be “fun” for Petrov if he couldn’t torture them together... I hate dirty cops too!  The footage... ugh... poor Elliot! It’s beyond awful.  Thanks for the comment on the medical jargon. I’m a social worker at a children’s hospital in NY (I promise I’m not so dark and twisty as this fic in real life) so I work closely alongside nurses and doctors and joke that I’m getting my medical degree by osmosis. If I screw anything up, please let me know. :) Thanks for what you do as a nurse! It ain’t easy...  oxoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 09 Jan 2018 03:02 AM · For: Chapter 16

I knew the moment Anya showed up that she was bait.  When they're hard to get, you don't chase your prey, you get your prey to come to you.  And neither Munch nor Olivia went with their guts that something wasn't right.  Of all the people to take into a possible ambush, Munch's lovable but old and frail ass would be the last one I'd bring with me.

Author's Response:

Aw, Anya... I actually like to think of her as not having been bait until she calls the precinct at the end.  In my head, she really just was desperate to find her niece and risked coming to find Olivia to try to get the answers she sought.  The aftermath was that Petrov likely figured out where she’d gone, what she’d done and then it was all over... And ha! Poor Munch.  Yeah, I’d rather go into that situation with Fin any day!! xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 09 Jan 2018 12:13 AM · For: Chapter 15

I like Kat.  She's ballsy and says what's on her mind.  I also fear that getting attached to her will only end in heartache.  Things can't bode well for her with that psycho on the loose.

Author's Response:

So glad you like Kat!!!  With all the stress, she adds some much needed sarcastic humor - so fun to write!  Definitely ballsy, and her tendency to speak her mind gives Elliot a run for his money in the next chapter. :) I love reading your chapter reactions! Thanks, thanks, thanks! xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 08 Jan 2018 12:27 PM · For: Chapter 13

Aww, they're headed in the right direction 

Author's Response:

Phew, right??!  I hope you liked the way it came to pass?  Lots of insecurities beneath the surface due to history and the traumatic nature of what they endured to bring them to this place, but the EO romance is finally evolving... :) xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 08 Jan 2018 05:42 AM · For: Chapter 12

I'm so happy they finally talked.

Author's Response:

Me too - painful, but so needed.  Olivia gets the award for bravery in that chapter.  Not easy to reveal all of those painful aspects of herself and all that she has endured. xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 07 Jan 2018 09:57 AM · For: Chapter 10

If I was her, I would head right back down to the protective embrace of my partner.  Screw waiting and trying to be indpendent again.  

Author's Response:

Same!  Especially if my partner looked like Chris Meloni... ;) xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 06 Jan 2018 09:15 AM · For: Chapter 8

Heart.  In.  My.  Throat.  Seriously, talk about edge of your seat craziness.

Author's Response:

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you felt that way because funnily enough I felt the same way writing it.  That whole last scene my fingers were flying, typing almost as rapidly as things were falling apart. :) xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 06 Jan 2018 08:35 AM · For: Chapter 7

Well, I'm damn sure the partnership won't be the same after this uc.

Author's Response:

Yeah...talk about a traumatic way to blow past all of those boundaries... Glad to know I didn’t lose you with that chapter!  xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 06 Jan 2018 07:36 AM · For: Chapter 6

That kiss tho...

Author's Response:

Ha! Sigh.....If only....... ;) xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 06 Jan 2018 05:43 AM · For: Chapter 5

There's no way I hell either of them is ready for this, especially Olivia.  I foresee very bad things happening.  Though I hope not too bad, I'd have to stop reading if something worse than Sealview or William Lewis happens to our girl.

Author's Response:

Okay, SO - Chapter 7 is the toughest chapter to get through, but if you can hang in there with me through that one, I promise you that things get better.  This story is called Breaking Point for a reason, and Chapter 7 is the catalyst for everything to come.  It’s different than Sealview or Lewis, because she’s with Elliot, so that in and of itself shifts the dynamic enough to where I hope you’ll trust that I’ll make things right.  Chapter 9 is where I think you’ll take a breath and see what I’m trying to do to help them heal and slowly bring them together.  This is an EO fic after all...  Thank you so much again for leaving me your thoughts.  I’m always curious to know what stands out for people along the way. Thanks! xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 06 Jan 2018 03:23 AM · For: Chapter 3

This is AFTER Rearview? I sense this is gonna be incredibly rough on Olivia.  Elliot too for that matter since he's only left to wonder what happened to her there.

Author's Response:

YES!  Incredibly rough on both of them, and Breaking Point became a way for me to address a lot of the things that the real show didn’t address between them - aftermath of Gitano and Sealview and all of the things left unsaid... But you’ll have to hang in there with me through some tough stuff along the way.  Elliot and Olivia are such strong, independent characters, it takes a lot for them to let their defenses down and become vulnerable.  This story basically forces them into a vulnerable space...so maybe they’ll actually have to learn how to communicate........ haha. Thanks again for taking the time to leave me your thoughts! xoxo, Jessica

Name: Poetif (Signed) · Date: 06 Jan 2018 03:23 AM · For: Chapter 3

This is AFTER Rearview? I sense this is gonna be incredibly rough on Olivia.  Elliot too for that matter since he's only left to wonder what happened to her there.