Rick here...
I took a look at Liz's chapter 23 this afternoon and wanted to give you an update. First, like she said, there are happy endings, and there are unhappy endings. I'm sure that there will be people that will not like the story, and that's cool. We'd love to hear what you didn't like about it. If you do like it, we'd love to hear about that as well.
Second, I know that there is no a, an, or the in the Russian language. Russian makes up for not having those participles (I think are what they're formally called) by using inflection and tone. However, I was stationed with a couple of former Ukrainian citizens who had gotten their citizenship and joined the US military. They were in the country long enough to pick up and use a, an, and the. So when you read a certain section of the story don't be surprised when you see it in the dialogue.
Third, as she said, this is the last chapter dealing with the Michaels clan and the FBI task force. The next couple of chapters will be all Hanna Symanski-related. If you have ideas, let's hear them...
As always, thank you for reading and we hope you enjoy her musings...