Thank you to my eagle-eyed readers. A couple of typos and errors were found, and I reloaded Chapters 11 and 12. Nothing major, but they needed to be fixed.
I recently got an email about Chapter 12. “I don’t get why you have this chapter in your story. It doesn’t advance it at all.” I thought about it for a bit. Was it because it showed character development among major characters in the story? Maybe because it built on earlier developments and was important for later character progress. Or perhaps because later chapters needed the background. I finally came up with the correct answer: Because it’s my fucking story and I will write it as I fucking see fit! Rant finished. It’s been a long day.
Anyway, Chapter 13 finishes what started in Chapter 12. Enjoy!