i'll post up this first part then - still working on the next section, then maybe i can get my head round the follow-up of "harvest of tears" - i got really stuck trying to work out the plotline because there's loads of threads to bring together (sigh) and because this is the last story focussing on little alexa...

thanks again for your encouragement

hugggggggggggs

ruthie[Phil]

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