Up until now, ive been busting out chapters every day because it was fairly easy and straightforward with how I wanted the story to progress, but with the addition of the 3rd party to the relationship I felt like I couldn't just release it as a first-draft like the previous chapters have been. This chapter is significantly longer than previous ones, I hope that isn't a turn-off for readers, but I felt that everything in this chapter is really necessary so that there is still significant plot to the overarching story
Im hoping that the time and effort that I took to refine this new section pays off and is satisfactory to continuing the story for my readers. My main concern is the final portion where the perspective swapps rapidly between Nicole, Alex, and Samantha. Having re-read it about 2 dozen times, it all makes sense to me, but that could just be due to the fact that I know what I was hoping to convey to the reader. Please let me know if it is confusing at any points and I will take additional time to refine it for ease of reading.
Thanks for being loyal followers and readers! I am thoroughly enjoying being in the heads of my characters as I write this story, and I can see this progressing over many, many chapters to come.
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