The Epilogue is now live, here are some notes:

Thanks again for all the readers

-Not everything is perfect in the world, good people have to continually struggle, but I wanted to leave a sense of progression

-We met Mr. and Mrs. Brooks for the first time, they are very down-to-earth people with personal touches. I wanted them to act as foils to Gaston family

-Gary Gaston isn't the only member of his family with a cruel streak, remember the sister I mentioned from Chapter 9, I said I would explore all the named characters at some point in my story. She's a piece of work, too.

-Mrs. Potter may be gone, but she at least gave Gary some extreme damage

-Warren wants to join the military, it's going to be an uphill battle for a gay transgender male.

-Time for the big reveal: Yes for all the players at home, if and when I do write a sequel to this story, it would be a reinterpretation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

I've been hinting at it for a very long time

Chip's full name is Christopher "Oliver" Potter- revealed in chapter 10

Sikes, the titular villain of Oliver Twist, is the name of the Dean, who is husband to Melinda- Chapter 15

Brownlow, another important character in Oliver Twist, is the name of Brad's lawyer- Chapter 15

Nancy, a minor villain in Oliver Twist, is mentioned among the mob as University Office Admin- Chapter 19

Three more names added in Epilogue

Dr. Losberne, a minor character in Oliver Twist, Brad's new doctor

Mrs. Mann, an early villain in Oliver Twist, Chip's Paternal Aunt

Jack, I am hinting at the name of the famed "Artful Dodger"