Deanna, Susan, Mary C, this story would still be sitting stale on my laptop were it not for you. Many thanks for your friendship as well as all your edits and feedback.

Mary N, Julia, and KeAnne, I believe you also edited this long ago, but all my notes on it are lost. Hopefully I have that right and hopefully I haven't forgotten anyone. In any case, thank you all for your insights, comments, and corrections from years ago that I've likely incorporated into this.

Story and chapter titles are all from Neil Diamond songs:

"to hear you whisper" is from Right By You
"a new girl" is from At the Movies
"to help a friend" is from A Mission of Love
"spend the night" is from Morningside
"when the morning scares you" is from What's it Gonna Be?
"lovers and liars" is from On the Way to the Sky
"with her kiss" is from You Got to Me
"could I keep your trust?" is from If I Lost My Way
"a simple act" is from Gold Don't Rust
"in the strange house" is from Yes I Will
"the company of strangers" is from I Haven't Played This Song in Years
"we meet and talk" is from Ten Lonely Guys
"only just pretend" is from First You Have to Say You Love Me
"a mixed-up girl" is from The Ballad of Silverman
"consumed by the fires" is from On the Way to the Sky
"a new drug for your mood" is from Don't Go There
"visions of your future" is from I Haven't Played This Song in Years
"hell in the city" is from Street Life

Background image is from a photograph of the Gate of Gizella Mansion in Budapest, author, Globetrotter19, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0. I altered the image by removing the color and overlapping edges for seamless tiling. The background image is free to use under the same licensing agreement with credit to Globetrotter 19 for the original photograph.

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