This story is *supposedly* dedicated to a few people, who should know themselves as they read along. Plenty of "THANK YOUs" to Doreen, who for some reason enjoyed my last story (save the ending J) and has given me a lot of confidence to start a new one.

I’ve decided to use a different style this time, and I have to give a first warning: in this story Jessica plays a very complicated role, both a round and flat character at different times. I’m hoping you will have *fun* (I actually don’t venture to call it "fun") reading the characters’ idiosyncrasies. My views of life are bit weird sometimes, and this is 100% likely to show up in the story. This story will be told in the perspective of different characters. Please feel free to comment, criticize, suggest, or question so that I can improve the story. Thanks for spending your precious time reading this! Drop me a note at phuong@lamtruong.org if you're free.