This story is now cancelled. I've gotten better enough at writing (I like to think) that this story would take too much work to get up to my current standards. As it is, I will take ideas from what I have written and what I was planning on writing and apply them to other stories I write.
To all one of you that was looking for an update on this story, I thank you for enjoying it, and am sorry that I'm not continuing it. I may start a rewrite when my life settles down a bit, but don't hold your breath.
—HB