Chapter 4 has just been submitted for posting. Many folks have written to comment on this story: thank you, all, very much! Thank you particularly for the engagement that commenting readers have shown.
I hope that you enjoy the next chapter. I tried to write something I'd (ahem!) enjoy reading.
And, while I have your attention, let's all be thankful. I'm thankful for, among other things, the other writers on this, and other, site(s). Among these are Samantha K (Really! Read her Samantha Draco stories! I shit you not, read 'em!), Lubrican (as if I had to tell you why!), T. S. Fesseln, Al Steiner (I don't think I've read a single one of his stories,that I did not enjoy), and, (HEE'SSS BAAA-AACKK!) Dangermouse.
I've already spoken of my gratitude for firefighters, EMTs, Cops, docs, nurses, pharmacists, and all the other folks who are working Thanksgiving, away from their families, so that, should you or I need them, that they're there.
If you need them, please consider saying "Thanks!"