Chapter 20 is now live, here are some author's notes

-I left a bunch of Easter eggs throughout the story, the lack of cameras at handicapped entrances, the trip to New Hampshire, and so on. Well, it all pays off in the chapter

-Some readers will be asking, "Cats? Why are they torturing cats?", there was a few news articles about college kid torturing cats and I saw the Netflix documentary "Don't Mess with Cats", so I went there. Also, it is quite true that cats are killed by pounds, especially if they are labelled as "feral cats" by animal control.

Are any of these felines going to come back in the future? Yes

-Legal argument, "Fruit from the poisonous tree" is a real concept. If you as a police officer discover something during the course of an illegal search, the evidence found cannot be used against those you are charging. However, child protection laws could outweigh this and Officer Halloran was given access to the dorm by Morris a resident of the dorm.

-Gary Gaston is a tricky bastard, no one would risk handcuffing themselves in order to provide reasonable doubt, except for him.

-Mrs. Potter's shot was to me the best way to punish Gary, killing him would have been too final, punching or beating him up would be illegal and unrealistic to the story, but having a character shoot at his crotch, neutering him, seems proper.

-Cook's death was just a reality, there was just not enough time for Lt. Abrams to bring him to the hospital and stem the bleeding. I know most writers would usually write those kinds of lines and save a character in the end, but I think actions should have consequences even from the bad guys side. Cook died due to violent ignorant assholes.

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