I've been following your author's notes and it sounds like your life has gotten busy lately and it's okay to not be able to finish a story or to not have the time to write anymore, that's human, it's totally understandable but like...l don't know, you thoughtfully crafted their relationship, their escape, their marriage...just to throw in a time jump and an ending like that. And their ending felt like it erased the power of all you put into them surviving Just saying, in this political climate, already surrounded by violence, it's nice to read something hopeful - we already watched Sinners, we've all seen the tragedy, we don't need another history lesson about how Black peoples don't always make it out. I know l've overstepped but that's just my take. Amazing story tho!