This is a great story! Mark did a fine job here at making us care about these people, and anyone who hasn't, should read it... or read it again. Cheers.
Oh, I did get pneumonia. I wrote that confusingly. The pneumonia had me terribly ill, but once I got better, it didn't sidetrack the new story. I tried to write a few hundred words a day, once I was able to sit up, and now I'm writing 3000 words a day some days.
Thanks, Les. I worked on the new one today. There was a delay because of illness, and I was worried having pneumonia would end up sidetracking the story, but that hasn't happened, and I am getting close to finishing. Cheers!