Author's apologetic note:
I've messed up again. I got carried away with the excitement of posting, and couldn't keep up with myself. My bad, no-one else's.
The story as posted so far isn't gonna work. So I'm withdrawing the current Chapter 30 and reworking it.
I'm sorry.
I hope to be back before too long with the rest of the story. Hope those of you who have been kind enough to show an interest will be sufficiently forgiving to join me on the rest of the ride when we start up again.
No promises as to when; I'll do my best. It would help if my Muse would stop working on completely different subjects....
Best wishes to you all; stay safe, stay sane.