Nice reader incentive, Mouse. I half-expected her to say something about a child or about day care (who knows, that might still show up), but not about her dying. Does Clark have anything to do with it? Did he accidentally pass on some pathogen to her during their time together? Will the cure have anything to do with them being intimate on some schedule?

He'd have to be some determined stalker to chase her for three years. I wonder if Perry is being so patient with her because of her condition? If so, does he suspect that Clark is the young man she spent horizontal time with three years before? You've got to come back and tell us what's going to happen!

You've cornered the market for pins and needles. Now it's time to give us a nice soft cushion to rest on while we scour the boards for the next chapter.



Life isn't a support system for writing. It's the other way around.

- Stephen King, from On Writing