But not me! I'm already thinking about a new story or two. Anyway, this one was fun and relatively quick for me. Whether that was good or bad is up to you, my readers. I hope you liked it.
Writing the scene about reading Sarah’s report to the police was very unpleasant for me. If you think that would be hard for a parent to read, it can be worse. The hardest thing I ever had to read was my eldest daughter’s report on her rape when she was eighteen, twenty-six years ago. It’s hard to read while you’re crying. Real life intrudes on all our writing.
If you find any errors, typos, or fixes needed, send them. I will fix both the SOL version, and in a week or so, update the bookapy version. Those of you who purchased the story will be able to download an updated copy.
As I mention in the afterword, I couldn’t have done this story without help from some excellent editors. Special thanks to grynslvr2, a long service police officer, for his information on police procedure and the FBI. Another big thank you goes to the incredible Al Steiner, for his information on ambulance and emergency services. As always, the screwups, and I am sure you will find some, are my fault, not theirs.