Hello Readers,
After much consideration, I have decided not to write an epilgoue to this story. I realized that of the scene I was going to write, I had already explored the only two aspects of it I could write in other works ("Love Among the Ruins" and If You're Not the One), and so I decided not to bore you all by repeating the same scene. Without the scene, the epilgoue seemed a bit pointless, so I decided to leave the story as it is. I don't think there are any loose ends left in the plot, and the epilogue would have been just fluff anyway, so no worries on that. However, if something was not made clear to you, please send me a message and I will answer your questions.
I guess that means that this is the end. It's hard to believe that when I first began writing Like Trees in November, it was just an idea in my head. I kept waiting for someone to write a crossover with ER and SVU, but when no one ever did, I decided I would take it upon myself to write it. And after I had written the first part, I never imagined it would be anything more than that. Look how wrong I was!
By the way, Like Trees in November was published exactly one year ago todaywhich is why the epilogue was supposed to be up today. For those of you that guessed a new episode of ER, that would be impossible, seeing as ER airs on Thursdays. At any rate, neither show will have any new episodes for at least another month.
There are so many people I want to thank for sticking by me as I was writing this story. There were people that I could constantly count on to review every time, and there were people that maybe only reviewed once, but still told me that they loved what I was doing. You all encouraged me to continue writing. Then there were the people that were extra patient with me when I went through several hiatuses, and especially on this last story, which took me well over six months to finish writing, whereas the others took only three. I thank you all for your time and appreciation. You have made my writing worthwhile.
Let's make this clear right now. There will not be a sequel to this story. This trilogy is going to remain a trilogy. So don't beg me for another story, because I still won't give you one. I have three other stories in the works right now that can be accessed on my profile page: November Without You, White Guy, Dark Hair, and Secrets and Lies (the first chapter of this has yet to be posted), if you want to read more. All of them are very, very different from this story.
I think that's about it, everyone! I thank you all again for your dedication to this story and your support. I hope that you keep reading and keep enjoying these two amazing shows.
-Color Esperanza