Author's Note:
I would like to apologize a thousand times for letting this story sit unfinished for so long. I know I said I'd never let there be such a delay and, as I am usually a woman of my word, I'm sad to have made myself a liar. I'm also sad that I've left you all in suspense for so long. A 3 year gap between updates is inexcusable (though if you want to hear my excuses they involve graduation, jobs gained, jobs lost, a cross-country move, and death. So there you go).
I started reading my story again tonight and, darn it, I want to know how it ends. I still have all my notes so tomorrow after work I am forcing myself to write. I am surprised and ecstatic that I still have some of you with me. After a while I stopped getting review updates and was pleased to sit here tonight and read some of the more recent ones. To answer your questions, yes, I am going to finish this!
(And if you've got this story on alerts, sorry this "chapter" was such a tease).