AUTHOR'S NOTE: It is now that I must beg everyone's forgiveness. First and foremost, let me assure you that I have not abandoned this story. So many things have happened to get in the way. Give me a moment to explain. We first had to move, sell our house (which was a major fiasco as we had moved out of town and had rented the property...I will leave it at that.), then we moved in with family until that was done, bought a beautiful new home which ended up having a leaky basement we had to fix and what not so that we could finish it for my daughter's "apartment"... until the spring when my daughter got married and moved away... in the middle of that was a medical problem that took some time and a series of stories under another fandom that required my attention and refused to let go so I could concentrate on this one. Then spring happened again and there were gardens and chickens and a new barn involved. WHEW!

ANYHOO, I sat down tonight, ready to work on it and I am missing the entire next section. It has gotten misplaced in all the moves. I am scrambling to find them. THEY ARE HERE SOMEWHERE! I saw them! I just need to find them... or I will be forced to write them again. I DO NOT want to have to do that. I am not done with the story by a long shot HOWEVER, if I can find the missing piece, I will post that much so you can see my sincerity.

This story will be finished. I thank you for your patience, I thank you for the kind little pushes here and there. Please stay with me and I will do my best to get this done.

Thank you!