Sorry that this isn't an update. I will try to have the chapter done by the end of this week, if I can manage it.
I just want to mention that I am alive and have not by any means given up on this fic or any of my CC works planned for the future. Life has gone very downhill for me as of late and I haven't gotten around to writing much at all. Got back from Tennessee a week or so ago, a visit meant to pay last respects to my Grandfather and last living grandparent, who was 3rd stage cancer. I say was, because he died this past Friday. Aside from that, the only relationship I really have with anyone, namely my best friend, has gone completely down the tubes and is only going further as they chose not to care anymore. Unfortuneatly, I still care a great deal and it makes things difficult. On top of that, work has been extra stressful and longer now that summer has begun.
I apologize for those of you who were looking forward to an update. I'm working on it and trying to deal with everything else, so have a little patience, okay? And for those of you who were most upset by last chapter and what I left a clue for happening in the next chapter, you're not being forced to read this story. If you don't like what I do, then you don't. I'm not going to change the story ideas I have planned to suit readers' preferences. I was asked to continue this one shot, and I am doing so. I can't please everyone, okay? But I'm sticking to my orginal plans, regardless. Please, please be patient with me. I'm trying to get back on my own two feet as soon as possible.
Thank you for your time and hopefully I will have chapter four ready for you by this weekend.
Manda-chan