To all my friends and co-conspirators in projects not yet revealed, thank you for your encouragement and for lifting my spirits in good times and bad. JC, JP, TH, TP, MM, CY, WR, EO, DO, BP, MB, HP, world ain’t much without y’all in my life. Xoxo.
And last, but certainly not least, thank you to the Howlers and more casual readers who urged me to continue playing in this sandbox. Since I can remember, I’ve wanted to tell stories. You folks let me do that. The debt of gratitude I feel is immense. I hope you loved and loathed this story. I hope you read into the early morning, well past any reasonable hour, and that you come along with me for the conclusion of this little tale, and many more that are yet to be written.