DONOT read if you are under the age of 18.?Thanks to Daddy?s Princess for editing my work, the help is greatlyappreciated.? If you like this story,please vote.? I would love any and allCONSRUCTIVE feedback, especially if you would like to see future chapters ofthis story. Letme tell you just a bit about our family.?My husband and I are in our late 20?s.?No kids,. And if she doesn't, her parents (even from two thousand miles away) will. I'll miss her, but this is for the best. As I said before, love doesn't conquer all. Nor should it be expected to.(I didn't know about the following until much later, but am including it here for the sake of continuity.)"You're doing WHAT?" Rachel spun around on the swivel chair so hard she almost fell off. She stared incredulously at Maddie, who was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling. The two were over at Rachel's. Not just any dime-store novel, that one could read in a night and then discard, but a rich, fully-developed epic, far more engaging than anything that he had ever read before, and he was considerably well-read. She was the kind of book that at times he could not put down for days on end, and at other times he needed to tear himself away to contemplate and digest what he had read before he could continue. But her story never left his mind, it kept unfolding in layer after layer until he could.Read More