I have been sadly remiss in updating, I suppose too many things have been going on outside of 'Windydom' I broke up with my fiancee, my sister is here from Japan, my niece and nephew were born via emergency C-Section and spent two weeks in NICU, lost a job, have to find a new one (which is hard where I live) and on and on and on.

I thank all of you for sticking with me, though. I know it can be frustrating not to have frequent updates and I truly am sorry.

Joyce LaKee asked if I will be addressing the effect having a child out of wedlock had on Silvia.

At this point, I am not certain. I have a couple of scenarios worked out in my head htat would work for that, but I'm not sure

I 'll wind up using them, since this story is focused mainly on Scarlett.

If I do use these scenes it will not be an in-depth exploration, probably just Rhett or Silvia explaining to Scarlett, Silvia trying to gain pity and make Rhett look bad or a conversation between Rhett and Silvia.

Please let me know in a review what you would prefer to see- this topic left alone or addressed, which scenario listed above you would prefer, or if you have any ideas for it, I'd be glad to hear them!

Thanks again to everyone that follows this story- I truly appreciate it. At this time it looks like this is going to be quite a long fan fiction (and I mean really long!) but I intend to see it through to the end, no matter how long it takes me!

Best wishes--

Shanley Rawdon