Hello all,

I'm really sorry to have to do this, but I'm putting this series on temporary hiatus. *waits out the boos and cries of outrage* I know, I know. I can promise that it won't be forever, but... things are happening in my life that I'm really not coping well with right now.

The short version is that in addition to being a single parent (for the few of you who weren't aware), I'm in uni full time, and working 3/4 of a full time job at the same time, but the biggest thing right now is that my nephew committed suicide a little over a week ago. There's a whole bundle of trauma and angst bundled on top of that which I'll save for my therapist, but I really need to focus on supporting my family right now. Things are... not great.

So yes, I'm really sorry, but fanfiction is going to have to take a backseat for the time being (for the most part. There may be a few oneshots here and there) while I do my best to hold everything together.

Thank you for your understanding, and if you haven't already, please subscribe so you'll get an alert when I put out the next chapter. Fingers crossed it won't be too long. This series WON'T be abandoned. I WILL be back with more from our favorite prepubescent sociopath.

I'd also like to just throw it out there that Beyond Blue has some awesome resources for not only people suffering depression, but also advice for how to support someone who's lost someone to suicide. I'm sure there's lots of other resources online as well, so please, take the time to skim through them. You never know when that might be needed.

Ja ne,

TheCauldron