Carl seems to have grabbed a life of his own in my head and the third chapter developed a lot faster than the second... and the fourth is already in the works.
I've uploaded Chapter 3 for posting and I'd imagine it will be up soon. Thank you for the feedback and corrections (I'm still writing without the safety net of editors, so please forgive anything I've missed and just drop me a quick note.)
I've also re-submitted Chapter 2 with corrections as well as something major I missed... apparently in the year it took to get that second chapter out of my head, I forgot how I spelled the name of one of the main characters (and am still doing it every other time I write his name... and no, it is not Carl!). Thanks for reading!