I've been following this story avidly all along, so I thought I should just be good for once and say so. Your stories always have a darker, edgier feel to them, Shayne. It's what makes them so intriguing.
“Is he dead, Lois?”
“No! But I was really mad and I wanted to kick him between the legs and pull his nose off and put out his eyes with a freshly sharpened pencil and disembowel him with a dull letter opener and strangle him with his own intestines but I stopped myself just in time!” - Further Down The Road by Terry Leatherwood.
Your stories always have a darker, edgier feel to them, Shayne. It's what makes them so intriguing. 
