Yeah, the pipe bombing thing might be a red herring. And it might not. Maybe lovetvfan is right and the bomber's group has more incidents planned. And there are more stories on the horizon with the potential to bring danger to them.

And don't forget the kids. It's possible that this group will decide, "Hey, let's kidnap a reporter's kids and put pressure on the paper and the law to back off." It won't work, of course, but crazy people don't think clearly. There are surely more sleepless nights in store for our favorite couple.

I knew it wouldn't be easy for them to reintegrate their lives. It's good that they're talking to a counselor and especially to each other. Hidden fears and traumas don't fade away and vanish, they get together and build a bigger mountain than they each would have been separately. There is more angst to come, but if they both stay the course there's light at the end of the tunnel.

So where's the next chapter? I'm eager to see what happens next.



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

- Stephen King, from On Writing