I know this is cheating and we're not supposed to do this, but I need some reader feedback in a bad way and I can't continue crafting the ending of this story until I hear from you guys on this issue. I posted the question in my bio section. I welcome your answers via email. Please don't review this chapter, since it's basically a non-chapter. To cover my a**, I'm calling it a "musical interlude." This is an old skool song by Atlantic Star, which fits what will be happening in the next chapter.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you guys!

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It's a fragile situation

It could fall apart at any time

And none would be the wiser

Except you and I

It seems that we've stopped talking

Like we're afraid to disagree

And after all we've been through

Can we still be that naïve?

If your heart isn't in it

Why can't you tell me so?

If my heart wasn't in it

I'd have gone long ago

If your heart isn't in it

Why keep me hangin' on?

Just tell me and I'll be gone

From your life

You treat me like a stranger

As if I wasn't there

Oh, baby, I've waited for a miracle

To make you show that you care

If your heart isn't in it

Why can't you tell me so?

If my heart wasn't in it

I'd have gone long ago

If your heart isn't in it

Why keep me hangin' on?

Just tell me and I'll be gone

From your life

If your heart isn't in it

Why can't you tell me so?

I can't go through the motions

I have to know

If your heart isn't in it

Why can't you tell me so?

I can't go to the limit

I have to know

If your heart...

Oh, can't you tell me so?

I have to know

If your heart isn't in it

Why keep me hangin' on?

Just tell me and I'll be gone

Don't keep me hangin' on

For dear life