Acknowledgements

Many thanks to my Fabulous Assistant Carien, who suggested several ideas that made this novella come to life—and who caught some egregious typos.

Thanks to Marcella Burnard and Jim Sorenson who provided very helpful feedback on the story and made it ever so much better.

So much love and appreciation to Rebecca Cremonese, for crying at all the right parts, and for being a sap in exactly the perfect way.