Author's Note:
Just a quick word of thanks to all those that read and reviewed during the writing of this story. I ran it by an "expert" in the field of assault and recovery, and upon her recommendation I've significantly changed chapters 3-10. The story grew by almost 6,000 words during the process, so it's probably worth re-reading if you enjoyed it the first time. Normally, I don't take time to go back and do rewrites – I write for myself, and to heck with it g. But in this case, the subject matter is so sensitive that I didn't want to portray it wrongly. As Min told me – there is no real right response to an assault, but there are wrong ones. I wanted this story to ring "true" so to speak.
Thanks so much to Min for her consultation and assistance. Thanks also to Kylen for her daily encouragement, to those who submitted over 70 reviews, and each and every one of the people who contributed to the 700 hits on my personal site since January of this year. I do believe I've found my following…
Thank you all!
-Crys-
(the grateful almost-author)