Wow, it feels really good to update this thread with a real story! I haven't updated "Sick as My Secrets" since Howie's birthday last August, and that is just sad!
But I'm back, and Chapter 23 is up!
I've been sitting on this chapter for a year, trying to decide if the first draft of it was really where I wanted to go with this part of the story or if I wanted to take it in a different, less dramatic direction. Seems like I run into this dilemma at some point in the middle of all of my medical dramas, when I have to decide whether to put my main character through more pain and suffering for the sake of drama or give them a break. I always, always choose drama, but sometimes I look back and wonder, Would the story have been as good or better if I had just skipped this part? But I guess I will never find out because I went ahead and stuck with my original plan in this one too.
I figured it's a fanfic, and you guys wouldn't be reading it if you didn't want drama. The more, the better, right? I hope so, 'cause here it goes. Enjoy Chapter 23!
I'm going to keep updating at least once a week until I run out of chapters, so there will be more where this one came from soon.
